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NYC mayoral race becoming charged

March 3, 2013 8:17 PM By DAN JANISON dan.janison@newsday.com

New York City Comptroller John Liu announced that

Photo credit: Nancy Borowick | New York City Comptroller John Liu announced that he is seeking the Democratic nomination for mayor in this year's election. (Feb. 26, 2013)

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Charges of wrongdoing become potent wild cards in any big election -- and the New York City mayoral contest holds a few in the deck.

The federal probe into city Comptroller John Liu's political fundraising grabbed attention at a mayoral candidates' forum in Manhattan on Thursday night. And surprisingly, it was Democrat Liu, playing to an audience full of his cheering fans, who raised the issue.

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