New Jersey

• States like NJ pass bills helping sexting kids avoid sex offender status — NBC NY
• Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez's battle against breast implants — New York Times
• Florida pushing record number of laws to restrict abortion — Jezebel
• Courteney Cox opens up about split from David Arquette — PopSugar
• Hillary Clinton makes historic visit to Egypt — Huffington Post
• Transgender pastor to lead Colorado church — Nerve
• John Galliano expected to stand trial May 12 — Fashionologie
• Brad Womack chooses Emily Maynard on The Bachelor finale — People

• MTV orders more installments of Jersey Shore — THR
• Jessica Simpson is the surprise judge at the Project Runway NYFW show — PopSugar
• Wall Street Journal to launch book section, as others cut coverage — Daily Beast
• Madonna's daughter Lourdes attends her first day at NYC public school — Daily Intel
• Get caught up on all the season finales before the Fall premieres — BuzzSugar
• Why don't ask don't tell impacts women more — Jezebel
• Botox may soon be approved to treat migraines — New York Times
• Britney Spears dismisses sexual-harassment accuser as fame seeker — People

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Whitney Houston has put her 12,561-square-foot, five-bedroom, four-and-one-half-bath Mendham, NJ, house on the market for $2.5 million. The most notable element of the house, which was featured on her short-lived reality show Being Bobby Brown, is that it's entirely round. It also has soaring ceilings and beautiful natural light, but if you have a thing for angles, this house won't do. According to the listing, it was built in 1992, while Real Estalker says Houston snapped up the mansion at the height of her fame in 1987. But regardless, it looks pretty '80s to me! I do like her Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired glass panes, but the vertical blinds, peach-colored décor, and drapey window valances are beyond tacky. Take a look at the photos, and tell me what you think when you read more

The Exxxotica Expo opened today in Edison, NJ, for the second year in a row, meaning that blushing city officials failed in their attempt to prevent the porn convention from coming to town.

The city, hell-bent on keeping local fans from meeting their favorite porn stars, passed an ordinance that prohibited sexually oriented products at gatherings within 1,000 feet of a school, church, hospital, or playground. Only problem? The convention is being held more than 1,000 feet from any of those sites. Score one for the porn stars.

The city's focus on the annual convention borders on an obsession. It's become a major issue in the town's mayoral race, and one candidate produced ads that say: "Mayor Candidate Says YES to PORNO!" The candidate under fire for not getting on board the anti-porn convention train responded by saying, "No, it's not something that I would personally approve of. By the same token, I don't think we should be foisting our personal values upon everyone else, unless they're harmful.”

Do you agree, or would you be bothered if a porn convention came to town?