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Community mourns Army sergeant from BK at East New York funeral

Mourners said tearful goodbyes Saturday in East New York to an Army sergeant from Canarsie who was killed in Iraq. Mario Nelson, 26, leaves behind a grieving wife, 3-year-old daughter and others who

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