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NJ Mayor Under Gun in Triple Killing

Newark crime rate sparks calls for idealist Booker's resignation

By Dustin Lushing, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 7, 2007 4:34 AM CDT

(Newser) – Jersey residents shocked by the shooting deaths of three students at a Newark schoolyard this weekend are lashing out at a young mayor who rode a wave of hope and idealism into office, the Times reports. Cory Booker, 38, is facing a wall of public... Read full story »

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