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ter compete with the larger airlines that now dominate the market.
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Booker routs US Reps in NJ's Democratic Senate primary, facing Lonegan in October election
• TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Cory Booker brushed off three experienced opponents in a victory in New Jersey's special Democratic U.S. Senate primary, setting up a campaign of deep contrasts with Steve Lonegan, who won the Republican nomination.
• The two winners Tuesday will face off in an Oct. 16 special election called by Gov. Chris Christie to fill the last 15 months of the seat previously held by Frank Lautenberg, who died at 89 in June.
• Lonegan, former mayor of Bogota, is trying to buck history and become the first Republican elected to represent New Jersey in the Senate in 41 years. Booker, mayor of Newark, is trying to make history as the state's first black senator.
• Booker promised to disregard old political rules and focus on finding common ground. Lonegan, who had harsh words for Booker as a celebrity who rubs elbows with "elites" in Hollywood, said that Democrats like Booker need to be stopped so the government does not deprive citizens of individual liberty.
• Booker, 44, a rare New Jersey politician who was well known statewide before seeking statewide office, easily defeated U.S. Reps. Rush Holt and Frank Pallone -- who both did well only in and near their districts -- and state Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver. Despite facing experienced competition, he received around three-fifths of the votes.
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Eurozone grows by quarterly rate of 0.3 percent in Q2, ending region's longest-ever recession
• BRUSSELS (AP) -- The recession in the eurozone came to an end in the second quarter of the year, official figures confirmed Wednesday.
• Eurostat, the European Union's statistics office, said the 17 European Union countries that use the euro saw their collective economic output grow by 0.3 percent in the April to June period from the previous quarter.
• That's the first quarterly growth rate since the eurozone slipped into recession in the final quarter of 2011. The ensuing recession of six quarters was the longest to afflict the eurozone since the euro currency was launched in 1999.
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