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Pokémon Go smartphone game takes New Jersey by storm

The Pokémon Go smartphone game craze is sweeping New Jersey and the country. The mobile game has children and adults participating in scavenger hunts in the real world looking for the animated Pokémon

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Jul 11, 2016, 10:49 PM

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