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Parts Of NJ Under Excessive Heat Warning
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Parts of New Jersey are under an excessive heat warning. The National Weather Service says the warning is in effect until 8 p.m. for Mercer, Gloucester, Camden and northwestern...
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Big Apple Heat Wave Packs Steamy Punch; Another Scorcher On Tap For Thursday
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — It’s so hot, we could shatter records set more than seven decades ago. The blazing sun made it feel like 100 degrees on Wednesday and it’s not over yet. AccuWeather said that...
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Report: Crime On The Rise In Camden Following Police Layoffs
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Crime in Camden is on the rise following deep cuts to the police force earlier this year. An analysis of crime data by The Courier-Post of Cherry Hill finds violent crime...
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Police: Camden Man In Custody After Gunfight With State Troopers
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A Camden man is in custody after exchanging gunfire with five state troopers Wednesday who were trying to stop a robbery along the Admiral Wilson Boulevard in Camden....
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Police Investigate Fatal Shooting Outside Camden House Party
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Authorities in southern New Jersey say one man was killed and another wounded when gunfire erupted outside a Camden house party early Sunday, but it’s not yet known what...
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Camden Lawmakers Pass Curfew To Curb Late-Night Crime
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Camden’s City Council has again passed a business curfew intended to cut crime around late-night food places in one of the nation’s most crime-ridden cities. Restaurants...
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Camden Gives Financial Aid To Victims Of Summer Warehouse Fires
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Several Camden families whose homes were destroyed or damaged by two massive industrial building fires this summer are getting some help from the city. The Courier-Post...
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Camden, After Laying Off Nearly Half Of Police Force, To Rehire 14 Officers
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — New federal grants will add 78 police officers to patrols across New Jersey, where several departments have had deep layoffs because of budget problems. Federal...
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Violent Weekend Leaves 5 Wounded In Camden
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Authorities in southern New Jersey say five people have been injured during a violent weekend in Camden. Four of the victims were shot in separate incidents that...
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NJ Attorney General Paula Dow To Talk Violence In Camden
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s state attorney general is coming to Camden Thursday to talk about how to address a spike in violence in a city that has long suffered from problems with crime. The city...
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Lawmakers To Consider New Aid To NJ Cities
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A partisan squabble that has held up $139 million in aid to impoverished cities in June may soon be resolved. The Senate Budget Committee will consider legislation appropriating...
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New Jersey Education Chief Talks Getting Tough On Failing Schools
TRENTON, NJ (AP) – As New Jersey’s acting education commissioner, Christopher Cerf is charged with carrying out Gov. Chris Christie‘s plans to overhaul some aspects of the state’s public education...
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8 New NJ Charter Schools To Open In September
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The Christie administration has approved applications for eight new charter schools to open in September. Three of the new schools will be located in Camden and two are in Newark,...
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Proposed Rutgers – Rowan Merger Has Students And Faculty In An Uproar
CAMDEN, NJ (CBSNewYork) — Students and faculty at the Camden campus of Rutgers University feel betrayed by Governor Chris Christie. They say that his plan to merge the Camden campus with Rowan...
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Fatal Camden Fire Under Investigation Saturday
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Camden authorities say a man was killed and a woman was seriously burned when a vacant city row home caught fire, destroying both the residence and an adjacent home. A firefighter...
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Gov Christie Honors SEAL’s Service But Won’t Apologize For Heated Exchange
BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP, NJ (CBSNewYork/AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he doesn’t regret calling a former Navy SEAL an “idiot” during a heated exchange at a recent public event. Christie’s...
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Camden Shooting Leaves 2 Dead, 1 Wounded
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say shootings at a southern New Jersey home have left two Camden men dead and another hospitalized with serious injuries. Camden County Prosecutor Warren Faulk says the...
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Prosecutor: Driver Shot Before SUV Crashed Into Home In Camden
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Prosecutors say a driver was shot multiple times before his sport utility vehicle crashed into a Camden home this weekend, leaving him dead and a passenger wounded. Camden County...
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Video Shows Father Putting Toddler In Washing Machine At Camden Laundromat
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — A New Jersey man’s game with his little boy nearly turned tragic at a Camden Laundromat. Surveillance video shows the father putting his 1-year-old son in a washing machine...
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Prosecutors Will Not File Charges After Boy Put In Washing Machine At Camden...
CAMDEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — A New Jersey prosecutor will not file criminal charges against a man who allegedly put a baby boy in a Laundromat washing machine. Two weeks ago, 1-year-old Saimer David was...
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