Once a retail giant, Kmart down to three U.S. stores after NJ closing

Once the Kmart in Avenel, New Jersey, shutters, the number of Kmarts in the U.S. -- once well over 2,000 – will be down to three last holdouts. In its heyday, Kmart sold product lines endorsed by celebrities Martha Stewart and Jaclyn Smith, sponsored NASCAR auto races and was mentioned in movies like "Beetlejuice."

NJ residents taking buyouts before town goes underwater

Patricia Kambach couldn't bear to watch a crew demolish her longtime neighbor's home this month, so she went inside her own house in Woodbridge, New Jersey, where she has lived since John F. Kennedy was president.