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Reports a federal indictment in New Jersey accuses eight women and two men of participating in a smuggling ring that brought females from Honduras to the United States. Charges against the ten for conspiracy to commit forced labor offenses, alien smuggling, and harboring illegal aliens; How Honduran women were recruited for slave labor and abused; Comment from the federal prosecutor, Christopher J. Christie; The names listed in the indictment, including the ringleader Luisa Medrano, a naturalized citizen who is from El Salvador.

Reports on a State Appellate Court decision that New Jersey legislative districts need to be redrawn. Ruling that Newark and Jersey City should each contain no more than two districts, as opposed to the current three, and no other cities should have more than one district; Implications for the state's political balance, in light of the districts being widely seen as helping Democrats by including city voters in suburban districts, which gives minority candidates a better chance; Outlook for a ripple effect that would force the Legislative Apportionment Commission to redraw other district lines.