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Newark officially regains schools control after 22 years

By DAVID PORTER - Associated Press

Newark mayoral candidate Ras Baraka gives a thumbs-up after casting his vote, Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in Newark, N.J. The election will decide whether Shavar Jeffries, a former state assistant attorney general, or Baraka, a city councilman, will take over the seat Cory Booker occupied from 2006 until October 2013, when he won a special election to succeed U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, who died in office. (AP Photo)

Newark’s Baraka declares win; runoff for Trenton

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2 candidates vie to replace Booker as Newark mayor

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Poet Sonia Sanchez reads a poem during the funeral of poet Amiri Baraka Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, in Newark, N.J. The 79-year-old author of blues-based poems, plays and criticism died Jan. 9 of an undisclosed illness. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Funeral held for activist poet-writer Amiri Baraka

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NJ wake set for activist poet-writer Amiri Baraka

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First Amendment crusader Barney Rosset dies

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Eggers, Baraka among American Book Award winners

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