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From the Press of Atlantic City:

Paula T. Dow will be sworn in as New Jersey’s Attorney General this afternoon.

Dow, Essex County’s Prosecutor since 2003, will now lead the 9,000-employee Department of Law and Public Safety.

The Democrat was tabbed for the position by Republican Gov. Chris Christie in December. She is the first African-American woman to serve as New Jersey’s Attorney General.

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