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While playing basketball last year, Camden native Tyheem Baker overheard a young kid saying he planned to return to the city and open a basketball camp, if he ever struck it big. That statement immediately got the gears grinding in Baker's brain to take action.

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Crime in the United States was down in 2012, but it rose three percent here in New Jersey, according to New Jersey State Police statistics.

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CAMDEN — A New Jersey man is asking a judge to throw out his manslaughter conviction in a case where two victims were tortured, killed and left partially buried in a Camden yard.

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CAMDEN — A southern New Jersey man authorities say belongs to an anti-government extremist group has been charged with illegally owning four guns.

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The Camden City Council has approved a play to lay off the city's entire 270-officer police force as a step toward bringing in a new county-run force.

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A Camden man has been sentenced for his part in a heroin and cocaine distribution network in which 27 others are implicated.

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A high-ranking Bloods member was indicted today for allegedly selling a handgun and ammunition while he was free on bail in connection with a previous indictment accusing him of heading a narcotics network in Camden.

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A Camden man has been indicted in connection with the armed robbery of a Chinese restaurant that ended in a gun battle with officers in 2011.

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Steve Trevelise wants to get everyone's creative juices flowing, so he's offering an incentive now that Camden is looking for you to say something nice about the city.

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Toxicology tests show a New Jersey woman who decapitated her 2-year-old son and then killed herself in August had smoked PCP-laced marijuana.

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