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3:07am

Sun June 9, 2013
Around the Nation

New Jersey Neighborhood Finds Ways to Live With Cicadas

Originally published on Sun June 9, 2013 10:58 am

Ten-year-old Markus Gokan has mixed feelings about the cicadas scattered around the yards and sidewalks of Summit, N.J.

"There's tons of them just squashed, just these flat, pancake cicadas that don't look very appetizing," Gokan says.

Yet he's not afraid to touch and handle un-squashed cicadas — to serve a higher purpose.

"I did pick up a few, and I threw them at some people I don't like," he explains.

They screamed, he says, so for him his mission was successful.

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9:40am

Sat June 8, 2013
The Two-Way

Newark Mayor To Run For New Jersey's Open U.S. Senate Seat

Originally published on Sat June 8, 2013 10:49 pm

Credit Julio Cortez / Associated Press

Newark Mayor Cory Booker announced Saturday he would run to finish the late Frank Lautenberg's term in the U.S. Senate.

Booker, a 44-year-old Democrat, has served as mayor since 2006 and is Newark's third black mayor. He is hoping to claim Lautenberg's seat, which has been filled by Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa until a special election in October.

He made the announcement at a Saturday event in which he was endorsed by former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley.

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11:46am

Thu June 6, 2013

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