Howard Unruh, who killed 13 people on the streets of Camden in 1949 shooting spree, dies at 88

TRENTON, N.J. — Howard Barton Unruh, who killed 13 people as he walked the streets of Camden in a psychotic 1949 shooting spree that was the nation’s worst mass murder at the time, died Monday. He was 88.

Move over Mary Kay! NJ candidate makes living selling sex toys at Tupperware-style parties

TRENTON, N.J. — A lot of small business owners run for the Legislature, but one New Jersey candidate can tout a unique entrepreneurial experience: hosting sex-toy parties.

Campbell Soup CEO Conant’s pay falls slightly in recession as company profit slid

CAMDEN, N.J. — Campbell Soup Co. President and Chief Executive Douglas Conant received a slight pay cut in fiscal 2009 while his company’s profit shrunk amid a deep global recession, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.

Bargaining begins in earnest for control of 3 Trump casinos in Atlantic City

CAMDEN, N.J. — Both sides in the battle to buy Trump Entertainment Resorts and its three Atlantic City casinos out of bankruptcy are digging deeper in their pockets to try to make it happen.

Campbell Soup earnings fall 22 percent, but excluding one-time items, they’re up 11 percent

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — The Campbell Soup Co. says its fourth-quarter net income fell 22 percent, but stronger soup sales helped its profit rise 11 percent excluding one-time items.

Bondholders win bid to challenge plan to let Donald Trump regain 3 Atlantic City casinos

CAMDEN, N.J. — A federal bankruptcy judge has handed Donald Trump a legal setback in his battle to buy back three Atlantic City casinos he once controlled.

12 NJ hospitals paying more than 500 doctors to save money in a Medicare experiment

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — A dozen New Jersey hospitals are paying doctors as an incentive to save the hospitals money.

Campbell Soup maintains outlook for fiscal 2009 adjusted profit growth above target

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — Campbell Soup Co. officials said Wednesday that they expect to surpass their long-range earnings growth target this year despite a down economy and continued investment in its fledgling businesses in China and Russia.

Campbell Soup expects fiscal 2009 adjusted profit growth above long-range target

CAMDEN, N.J. — Campbell Soup says it expects its fiscal 2009 profit growth to exceed its long-range target of 5 percent to 7 percent.

Cocoa plant where worker died was operating illegally; business says it’s a misunderstanding

CAMDEN, N.J. — Officials say a cocoa processing center in New Jersey was operating illegally when a worker fell into a vat of melting chocolate and died.

Police: Worker dies after falling into vat of boiling chocolate at NJ plant

CAMDEN, N.J. — Authorities say a man has died after falling into a vat of melted chocolate in a New Jersey processing plant.

Campbell Soup CEO recovering from surgery after turnpike crash; co. says he’s still in charge

CAMDEN, N.J. — Campbell Soup Co. president and CEO Douglas Conant is leading the company from a hospital as he recuperates from surgery after he was injured in a motor vehicle accident.

Confessed hit man now says NJ rabbi didn’t hire him to kill wife in their home in 1994

CAMDEN, N.J. — The man who has long claimed that a southern New Jersey rabbi hired him to kill his wife in 1994 has now recanted his story.

High school breaks with tradition and becomes a Camden, NJ, rarity: it has no dropouts

CAMDEN, N.J. — Angelo Drummond wears a pressed white shirt and a red power tie for his two-hour presentation to his harshest critics — a panel of fellow students at Camden’s MetEast High School.

Small Pa. town heavily penalized for wronging developer files for bankruptcy protection

WESTFALL, Pa. — A decade ago, this small Pennsylvania town was found to have engaged in racketeering to thwart a condo development. Then years later it was found to have wronged the developer yet again.

Donald Trump wants to regain control of casino company he once ran

CAMDEN, N.J. — As the casino company that bore his name sank deeper and deeper into the red this year, Donald Trump went head to head with bondholders trying to buy it and take it private — and lost.

Sold! Icahn group gets Atlantic City Tropicana at bankruptcy auction for 80 percent off

CAMDEN, N.J. — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is back in the Atlantic City casino business for what amounts to at least 80 percent off.

Bankruptcy judge approves sale of Atlantic City Tropicana to Icahn-led group at 80 percent off

CAMDEN, N.J. — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is back in the Atlantic City casino business.

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