Cory Booker, the mayor of Newark, is pretty much the awesomest mayor on the whole entire Eastern seaboard and maybe in the whole world.

I used to live in Newark, but I only lasted there for like two months and I never ran into him while I was casually eating Brazilian burgers, much to my great disappointment. Still, it was totally cute when he got into a feud with Conan O’Brien, who Booker subsequently banned from Newark Liberty Airport for his constant dissing of the city, leading Conan to say he’d have to get into Newark “like everybody else, through a series of poor decisions.” Hee.

Anyway, being a relatively young 39, Booker understands the Twitter and the social media better than older elected public officials. And while other local metropolis mayors were busy being multi-zillionaires and wearing monocles, Booker was responding to tweets for assistance- shoveling Newark residents out, bringing diapers to stranded people and even in one case, bitching a guy out for complaining about conditions only to arrive and find the man’s mother and sister shoveling, complainant notably absent.

The New York Times preserved a few of Booker’s tweets from the storm’s aftermath:

“Mayor, central ward needs ur help bad,” one Twitter message said. “Streets are still a mess.”

Mr. Booker responded: “Where exactly? I’m in Central now making lots of progress.”

When a Twitter message from someone named Stephanie said “My street (UNITY AVENUE ; off of 18th and Styvesant) has yet to be touched,” Mr. Booker wrote back: “I’m sending someone ASAP.”

You can follow Booker on Twitter by clicking here. His latest tweet?

Please DM me his # and address. I will try & help RT @TrulyAware181: Plez help my dad he’s snowed in at home & i cant get to him from NY

Newark Mayor uses Twitter to great effect during epic snowstorm and aftermath is a post from: The Inquisitr

What better way to start your week than with a new desktop of one of your favorite superheroes and with that thought in mind I offer you up these 12 desktop wallpapers to pick from.

The Batman II by ErikVonLehmann

Batman:Arkham Asylum Wallpaper by Igotgame1075

Joker Wallpaper by Jinchuuriki9

Spiderman Symbiot Suit by Altinaguiche

Spiderman 3 Venom Logo by Minitrucksmafia

Spiderman Desktop by Shadowolf07

Logan Wallpaper by GreyFrost78

X-Men 2: Wolverine by Thetrend25

Superman Wallpaper by Polainas9

Superman by Laurynl

Iron Man 2 War Machine by Optimus467

Iron Man Wallpaper by Igotgame1075

via psDeluxe.com

12 Superheroes for your Wallpaper Sunday is a post from: The Inquisitr

From the WTF dept. – A man wearing a spandex super hero jumpsuit calling himself the “Shadow Hare” has declared his own personal war on crime in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The 21 year old Shadow Hare, who won’t reveal his true identity, is patrolling the streets of the city and is armed with items like handcuffs, a taser and pepper spray which are legal for the general public to carry in the State for self defense purposes.

Shadow Hare is no Superman, though, since his physique is somewhat less buff (ok, the dude is a skinny wimp) but that’s not stopping him from carrying out his superheroly duties. He really is tackling street level crime head on and even injured his shoulder trying to stop a man from beating up a woman. And when he’s not battling the bad guys, he hands out food to the homeless.

Surprisingly enough, Shadow Hare is not the only spandex clad crackpot crime fighting maven on the mean streets of the U.S. He claims he’s part of a crime fighting syndicate called the “Allegiance of Heroes” which includes others like Aclyptico in Pennsylvania, Wall Creeper in Colorado and Master Legend in Florida. He’s even teamed up with Mr. Extreme in California to “track down a rapist.”

Now don’t get me wrong – I know that a lot of people dream of being a superhero as a kid, wishing we had super human powers to be able to fight the bad guys or turn invisible and fly up to that hot girl’s window while she’s undressing, but most of us grow out of that phase by the time we’re 13.

Oh, and if you want to hook up with Shadow Hare the Cincinnati superhero online, here’s a link to his Myspace page. When I visited the page, there was a message saying that he was at work and would be fighting crime later. I guess superheros gotta eat too.

Shadow Hare – Real Life Superhero Cleans Up Cincinnati Crime is a post from: The Inquisitr