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Seated from left are Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, and Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Standing, from left are Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito Jr., and Elena Kagan. The Supreme Court on Thursday, June 28, 2012, upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Supreme Court to hear NJ housing discrimination case

Mark Sherman, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take on another dispute involving race, deciding whether people must prove they were victims of intentional housing discrimination to win lawsuits under federal law...
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Berkeley "Rashid" Smith and Shirley Stewart married at an Ikea

New Jersey couple marries in area Ikea where they met

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
After the groom returned to the furniture department store a few weeks before the ceremony to find the exact spot, everything was settled. Ikea stores have hosted weddings before in many of its locations internationally.
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker stands for the presentation of the colors at the Newark City Hall on May 8, 2013 in Newark, New Jersey. Booker, who has declared that he will run for New Jersey's open U.S. Senate seat in 2014, was attending a ceremony honoring 90-year-old WWII veteran Willie Wilkins on the 68th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Can Cory Booker live up to all the hype?

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - Despite never running in a statewide election before, he's been embraced by some of America's biggest names, including Oprah Winfrey...
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker steps on a stage during a news conference to discuss his plans to campaign for the Democratic nomination to run for the seat of late U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg on June 8, 2013 in Newark, New Jersey. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has set October 16th as the date for a special election to determine who will fill Lautenberg's seat for a year. (Photo by Ramin Talaie/Getty Images)

Cory Booker announces US Senate run

Angela Selli Santi and Geoff Mulvihill
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Newark Mayor Cory Booker on Saturday formally announced he's in the race to finish the U.S. Senate term of the late Frank Lautenberg...
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker shakes the hand of 90-year-old WWII veteran Willie Wilkins at the Newark City Hall on May 8, 2013 in Newark, New Jersey. (John Moore/Getty Images)

Special election spells trouble for Cory Booker

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theGRIO REPORT - Cory Booker's long-awaited move to the national stage has just gotten a bit harder...
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Senator Frank Lautenberg (2nd R)) and Mayor of Newark Cory A. Booker pose for photos prior to the news conference between Prudential Financial and Devils Arena Entertainment naming the Prudential Center as the new home of the New Jersey Devils on January 8, 2007 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Andy Marlin/Getty Images for the NHL)

What will Lautenberg's passing mean for Booker?

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theGRIO REPORT - With Christie handpicking his 2014 opponent, he can no longer pretend he doesn't have a stake in who represents N.J. in the U.S. after 2014...
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Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) (C) speaks to members of the press as he arrives at the weekly Senate Democratic Policy Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol January 29, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Senate Democrats gathered at the luncheon to discuss Senate Democratic agendas. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

New Jersey senator Frank Lautenberg dead at age 89

Donna Cassata, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, a multimillionaire New Jersey businessman and liberal who was called out of retirement for a second tour of duty in Congress, has died at age 89...
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President Barack Obama walks with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (L) after arriving on Air Force One at Joint Base McGuire-Dix in New Jersey on May 28, 2013. Obama is traveling to the New Jersey shore to view rebuilding efforts following last year's Hurricane Sandy.(SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Limbaugh: Christie and Obama have a 'master-servant' relationship

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theGRIO REPORT - Limbaugh has frequently sung New Jersey governor Chris Christie's praises, but like many conservatives he is irked by the Republican's seemingly chummy relationship with President Barack Obama...
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President Barack Obama stands with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie before speaking to crowds along a rain soaked boardwalk on May 28, 2013 in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Seven months after Superstorm Sandy devastated the region, President Obama declared that the Jersey Shore is back in an appearance with the governor. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Obama: Jersey Shore is back in business

Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama was to tour New Jersey's struggling beach communities on Tuesday with popular Republican Gov. Chris Christie...
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Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown (L) holds ten-month-old Natalie Vincent (2nd L), daughter of House Speaker Michael Busch's senior policy adviser Jaclyn Vincent, as Gov. Martin O'Malley (R) looks on after he signed the state's recently passed same-sex marriage bill into law during a ceremony at the Maryland State House March 1, 2012 in Annapolis, Maryland. The law is expected to face a referendum in the November election before it goes into effect in January, 2013. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

2014 could be a banner year for black candidates

Perry Bacon Jr.
theGRIO REPORT - Three African-Americans are strong candidates to be elected either governor or U.S. senator in 2014, creating the potential for a landmark year for black candidates...
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