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The parents of a 12-year-old New Jersey girl allegedly killed by two teenage brothers say their daughter was treated "like a piece of trash." Authorities found Autumn Pasquale's (pas-KWAHL'-ee) body in a recycling bin Monday night after a 48-hour search in her hometown of Clayton. Two teen brothers in town were charged Tuesday with murdering her.

It's been two years since Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg announced a $100 million gift  to Newark, N.J.'s public schools. NBC News looks at what's been done and what remains to be accomplished.

Officials in Camden, N.J,. say that their unionized police department is too expensive, so they are disbanding it to free up millions for a nonunionized force to safeguard the city.

The FBI arrested the mayor of Trenton, N.J., today on corruption charges, The Times of Trenton reports. Trenton Mayor Tony Mack, his brother, Ralphiel, and convicted sex offender Joseph Giorgianni, are accused of conspiring to obstruct, delay and affect interstate commerce by extortion, the Associated Press reports.

A 6-year-old boy whose throat was slashed by an intruder high on PCP-laced marijuana was killed trying to save his sister, coming to her aid as she was being assaulted on the floor, prosecutors said Tuesday....

A New Jersey produce company recalled a number of products distributed in the Northeast that contained fresh-cut mangoes Saturday because of potential salmonella contamination.

A 16-year-old New Jersey boy was killed after sticking his head out of a party bus and hitting an overpass just after crossing the George Washington Bridge Friday, authorities said.

An employee at a suburban New Jersey supermarket opened fire in the store in the pre-dawn hours on Friday, killing two co-workers and then taking his own life, a prosecutor said.

Republicans eagerly looked to showcase Mitt Romney as a man who understands everyday Americans and a leader who can fix the economy, with GOP National Convention speeches Tuesday by the woman who knows him best and tough-talking New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

A New Jersey woman is accused of fatally poisoning her husband’s 88-year-old grandmother with antifreeze.