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$320 billion

$175 billion

The 10-year price tag for Obamas proposed tax increases,

aimed at wealthy people and
businesses.

Obama also proposes cutting

taxes for low- and middleincome taxpayers by this
amount over a decade.

Obama wants Congress to

pass legislation requiring
companies to provide
workers seven days of paid
sick leave per year.

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Members of Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier's family, including her

mother, Juana Scully (right) sit in the courtroom.

President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday in Washington. Vice
President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listen in the background.

STATE OF THE UNION

Baby set
afire soon
after birth,
record says
Mother, 22, makes her
first court appearance

OBAMA AS
ROBIN HOOD?
President makes case for bigger tax bite on
wealthy, new programs and tax cuts for others
BOB JORDAN @BOBJORDANAPP

resident Barack Obama used his sixth State of the Union address to sharpen the

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A Pemberton Township woman apparently gave

birth shortly before she set fire to her baby in the middle
of a road Friday night, a court record says.
An umbilical cord and placenta still were attached to
the infant girl when Pemberton Township police officers lifted the baby from Simontown Road around 10:50
p.m., says a probable cause statement for charges
against Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier, 22.
The baby, wrapped in a smoldering towel and papers, was flown to a Philadelphia hospital, where she
died shortly after 1 a.m. Medical records showed the baby had third-degree burns on about 60 percent of her
body.
Evidence suggests Dorvilier gave birth at her home,
about 112 miles from the fire scene, the court record
says.
Family members told a pastor Tuesday they did not
know Dorvilier was pregnant; they told police they were
unaware of the babys birth.
At an initial court appearance Tuesday, Dorvilier said
she had retained an attorney, but she did not know the
lawyers name. She quietly answered, Yes, your honor,
to most questions posed by Superior Court Judge Philip
E. Haines.
The judge continued Dorviliers cash bail of $500,000.
If shes able to raise that amount, Haines said, Dorvi-

focus on a middle class that remains economically wounded by the Great Recession. Middle-class economics is the idea that this country does best when everyone gets their fair shot, everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the
same set of rules, Obama told members of Congress and the American people

Tuesday night. But the president wants tax relief for the middle class to come from new taxes on
the wealthy a non-starter with Republicans who retained control of the House of Representatives and won control of the Senate in the November mid-term elections. Does the stalemate
sound familiar? It is akin to the political battlefield in New Jersey, where Democrats for five

years have sparred with Republican Gov. Chris Christie without gaining Christies blessing on
new taxes. Democrat Stephen Sweeney, the president of the New Jersey Senate, said Obama is on
the right track in Washington and he promised to continue engaging Christie in Trenton on the
states economic fairness. The best way to create immediate and long-term economic growth
See OBAMA, Page A5

Obama puts middle class front and center. PAGE 1B

See BABY, Page A6

Lacey womans death ruled accidental; husband stable

JAY SCOTT SMITH @JAYSCOTTAPP
LACEY The Ocean County medical examiner ruled
out foul play in the death of a 91-year-old Lacey woman
found dead in her home Saturday, the Ocean County
Prosecutors Office said Tuesday.
An autopsy Monday determined that Ruth Jacobs
died of injuries consistent with a fall in the home, said
Al Della Fave, spokesman for the Prosecutors Office.
Her injuries included a fractured hip and a cut to the
head. Her 96-year-old husband, Arnold Jacobs, who was
found semi-conscious in another part of the house, re-

mained in stable condition.

Della Fave said in a statement that the medical examination, combined with investigation by police, confirmed that the death was accidental. Exactly what
transpired, however, remains a mystery. The preliminary investigation found Arnold Jacobs unable to provide details of the incident due to his physical condition, according to the statement.
Lacey Township Police found Ruth Jacobs unresponsive on the kitchen floor of her house around 4:45 p.m.
on Saturday. Her husband was found semi-conscious in
the garage. Both were transported to Jersey Shore Uni-

versity Medical Center in Neptune, where Ruth Jacobs

was pronounced dead at 7:10 p.m. on Saturday.
Family members of the couple had gone to the home
after they had not heard from the couple for some time.
Della Fave said that after gaining access to the home
through a keypad entry system, the family members
made the discovery and contacted police.
The couple lived in an age-restricted community and
had been living in the home since 2003. Arnold Jacobs
was being treated at Jersey Shore Medical Center.
Jay Scott Smith: JSmith14@gannett.com

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