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Prudential Center opens in Newark

L-R: Newark City Mayor Cory Booker and former Newark Mayor and now Senator Sharpe James attend the opening night of the Prudential Center with a performance by Bon Jovi, in Newark, New Jersey on October 25, 2007. (UPI Photo/Graylock.com/HO)

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