Mayor Cory Booker

'Nauseating' Booker Controversy Sparks Resignation

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 05.29.2012

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Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker's communications director Anne Torres has resigned in the wake of the mayor's controversial "Meet the Press" rema...

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Woman Saved By Mayor Booker Speaks Out

Posted 04.17.2012

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The woman who was saved from her burning apartment by Newark Mayor Cory Booker has given her first interview. 48-year-old Zina Hodge, still recove...

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11 Things Cory Booker Could Save Us From

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.14.2012

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Honestly, is there anything Cory Booker can't do? In case you haven't heard, the mayor of Newark saved a woman from a burning building (serously, we'r...

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Mayor Cory Booker Of Newark Rescues Neighbor From Burning House

AP | SAMANTHA HENRY | Posted 04.13.2012

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NEWARK, N.J. — In a smoky stairwell, with embers falling from the ceiling and his neighbor slung over his shoulder, Cory Booker called it his "p...

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Rebecca Carroll

Zuckerberg's $100 Million To Newark Starts To Gain Some Traction

HuffingtonPost.com | Rebecca Carroll | Posted 11.06.2011

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On their first day back at school today, the students of Newark, N.J., may be too focused on reconnecting with friends and meeting new teachers to not...

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Zuckerberg's Donation To Newark Schools Spurs $43 Million In Matching Gifts

Posted 05.25.2011

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is known for influencing others to join a movement. And that's exactly what he's done for the Newark school system. Dono...

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The Politics of Mayor Bloomberg's Snow Removal Response

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Danny Groner

There is such an uproar over the snowy residue that some believe the storm could grow political. So where has Mayor Bloomberg gone wrong?

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$100 Million Donation To Newark Schools Comes With Conditions, Causes Controversy

Posted 05.25.2011

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When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg donated $100 million to the Newark Public Schools system in September, advocates for school reform celebrated na...

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Cory Booker: No More Toilet Paper For Newark (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Newark city employees may have to start carrying a roll of Charmin's to work. Mayor Cory Booker says the city can no longer afford to buy toilet pape...

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Newark Politics: The Twitter They Come, The Tweeter They Fall

John R. Bohrer | Posted 05.25.2011

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John R. Bohrer

Newark state Senator Ronald L. Rice can't help but dislike Cory Booker. He can't trust a mayor of Newark who is admired outside this concrete campus they call Brick City.

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Cory Booker Shovels Snow After Twitter Request (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Talk about a hands-on mayor. When Ravie Rave (@BigSixxRaven) tweeted at Cory Booker (@Corybooker) that her 65-year-old father needed help shoveling h...

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Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Web Celeb Ashton Kutcher Tweeting for Community Service

Joe Territo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Newark Mayor and frequent tweeter Cory Booker has teamed with fellow-Twitterati Ashton Kutcher in challenging web followers to pledge acts of communi...

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Newark Shootings Leave Three Dead, Seven Wounded Three

AP | VICTOR EPSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEWARK, N.J. — Three shootings in Newark on Monday have left three people dead and seven wounded in the latest outburst of violence in northern ...

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