Gov. Chris Christie, Republican, and Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Democrat, have played something of a political tug of war for publicity in the Garden State — with eyes fixed squarely on a wider audience. The mayor has one-upped the governor...
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Pulitizer Prize- and National Book Award-winning novelist Philip Roth with co-director and co-writer Livia Manera during the filming of ""Philip Roth: Unmasked."
Philip Roth: Hello, Newark
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Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, New Jersey, arrives at the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho.
Super-Booker to the Twitter Rescue: ‘Cha-Cha Comes in from the Cold’
This time it was cold, not fire, threatening a Newark damsel in distress. Still, Mayor Cory Booker knew just what to do: He swept her off her four furry feet, placed her in a police cruiser and ordered the heat...
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Democratic mayor of Newark, New Jersey: Magnet for Wall Street money. Scooper-upper of imperiled neighbor in a burning apartment. Now, filer of Federal Election Commission Form 1, “Statement of Organization,” to run for U.S. Senate in 2014. Cory Booker, 44,...
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Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama during a town hall style debate at Hofstra University.
Washington Daybook: Swing States
Both President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney will claim victories in debate today as they and their surrogates attend rallies in the swing states of Iowa, Ohio and Virginia. Expect the frenetic campaign pace to continue through the weekend...
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Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, New Jersey, at the Democratic National Convention.
Castro, Booker: Paths from City Hall in a Swiftly Changing Nation
Most of them have come from governors’ offices in the past century: The presidents of the United States. Some from the Senate. Not since Calvin Coolidge, however, has a one-time mayor of an American city become president. He came from...
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