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• Monitor: Apple antitrust cooperation 'sharply declined'

  16-04-2015 23:58
  
  Court-appointed monitor says Apple's antitrust cooperation 'sharply declined' in recent months
  
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• "Duck Dynasty" family debuts musical in Las Vegas

  16-04-2015 23:37
  
  "Duck Dynasty" family debuts Broadway-style musical in Las Vegas based on life, good and bad
  
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• Anna Kendrick has book of essays coming in 2016

  16-04-2015 23:22
  
  Showing off: Actress, singer Anna Kendrick now has book of personal essays coming in 2016
  
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• #76759: Featuring the House that Herman Built: Theater of the Oppressed

  16-04-2015 22:20
  Monday, May 18, 2015 7:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterTheatre troupe with community members who face pressing social, economic, health, and human rights issues.
  
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• #76759: Featuring the House that Herman Built: The Dhamma Brothers

  16-04-2015 22:20
  Sunday, May 31, 2015 1:00 pmCentral Library, Info Commons LabEast meets West in the Deep South. An overcrowded maximum-security prison-the end of the line in Alabama's correctional system-is dramatically changed by the influence of an ancient meditation program.
  
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• #76759: Featuring the House that Herman Built: Paper City – Stop the School to Prison Pipeline

  16-04-2015 22:01
  Monday, April 20, 2015 7:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterA documentary about the nationwide phenomenon in which high school dropout rates coincide with mass incarceration of urban youth.
  
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• #76759: Featuring the House that Herman Built: Community Conversation: Reform Efforts and Rikers Island

  16-04-2015 22:01
  Wednesday, May 20, 2015 7:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterA community conversation with policy experts about the justice system in New York, in particular the effects of policies and reforms such as the ending of solitary confinement for juveniles and the repeal of Rockefeller drug laws. Guests include Vincent Warren from the Center for Constitutional Rights, Soffiyah Elijah, Executive Director of the Correctional Association of New York and Jean Casella, Co-Director of Solitary Watch.
  
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• Coming to the Kentucky Derby? Leave selfie sticks at home

  16-04-2015 21:49
  
  If you're going to the Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs says leave your selfie sticks at home
  
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• New 'Star Wars' teaser, cast information revealed at event

  16-04-2015 21:43
  
  Director debuts second teaser for 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens,' introduces old and new cast
  
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• North Dakota lawmakers split on costs for Lawrence Welk home

  16-04-2015 21:40
  
  North Dakota Legislature at odds over operating costs for Lawrence Welk's boyhood home
  
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• WikiLeaks creates online archive of hacked Sony documents

  16-04-2015 21:20
  
  WikiLeaks puts all emails, documents from last year's Sony hack in searchable online archive
  
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• #76759: Featuring the House that Herman Built: Book Discussion Series: Women, Prisons and America: Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Woman’s Prison

  16-04-2015 21:02
  Wednesday, June 17, 2015 2:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterAuthor and activist asha bandele will lead a three-part discussion series of books that examine incarceration from the viewpoints of women who are impacted by the corrections system as a spouse of an incarcerated man, an advocate for the incarcerated and as a woman experiencing incarceration. The books are drawn from or inspired by Herman Wallace’s “dream library”.
  Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Woman’s P
  
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• #76759: Featuring the House that Herman Built: Book Discussion Series: Women, Prisons and America: Back from the Dead

  16-04-2015 21:02
  Wednesday, June 3, 2015 2:00 pmCentral LibraryAuthor and activist asha bandele will lead a three-part discussion series of books that examine incarceration from the viewpoints of women who are impacted by the corrections system as a spouse of an incarcerated man, an advocate for the incarcerated and as a woman experiencing incarceration. The books are drawn from or inspired by Herman Wallace’s “dream library”.
  Back from the Dead, Joan Cheever. Considers the role of women in adv
  
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• WikiLeaks creates public archive of internal documents stolen by hackers from Sony Pictures

  16-04-2015 21:00
  
  WikiLeaks creates public archive of internal documents stolen by hackers from Sony Pictures
  
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• #76759: Featuring the House that Herman Built: Book Discussion Series: Women, Prisons and America

  16-04-2015 20:46
  Wednesday, May 20, 2015 2:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterThe Prisoner's Wife, asha bandele. Considers issues of family and love behind bars and the impact on wives, mothers and daughters.
   
  
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• #76759 Featuring the House that Herman Built: Author Talk: Fourth City: Essays from the Prison in America

  16-04-2015 20:46
  Thursday, May 7, 2015 1:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterWith over 2.26 million people incarcerated in America, they unofficially represent the population of America’s fourth-largest city. Scholar Doran Larson collects first-person essays about life as it is lived every day by Americans held inside state and federal institutions. He’ll read selected essays and be joined by formerly incarcerated authors who will share their writings.
  
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• CBC executives let go after critical report on host case

  16-04-2015 20:38
  
  CBC execs let go after report criticizes handling of ex-radio host charged with sex assault
  
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• Director, producer debut teaser for new 'Star Wars' film

  16-04-2015 20:29
  
  Director, producer debut teaser for 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' at California event
  
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• NFL reinstates Adrian Peterson from suspension

  16-04-2015 20:26
  
  NFL reinstates Vikings running back Adrian Peterson from suspension for child abuse charges
  
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• Phil Klay, Leslie Jamison among PEN award nominees

  16-04-2015 20:18
  
  Phil Klay, Cynthia Bond and Leslie Jamison among PEN award nominees
  
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• Ari Millen multiplies as male clones on 'Orphan Black'

  16-04-2015 18:40
  
  Ari Millen moves into the spotlight as new clones on season 3 of BBC America's 'Orphan Black'
  
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• Ex-rap mogul 'Suge' Knight will stand trial on murder, attempted-murder charges in hit-and-run

  16-04-2015 18:36
  
  Ex-rap mogul 'Suge' Knight will stand trial on murder, attempted-murder charges in hit-and-run
  
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• NBC and its networks miss out on Fallon hit

  16-04-2015 18:32
  
  How did Jimmy Fallon's 'Lip Sync Battle' escape from NBC Universal?
  
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• Man indicted in US for drug deal elected senator in Nigeria

  16-04-2015 18:06
  
  Alleged drug baron wanted in US elected senator in Nigeria, case in 'Orange is The New Black'
  
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• Lady Antebellum tour bus catches fire along Texas interstate

  16-04-2015 18:01
  
  Lady Antebellum'a tour bus catches fire along interstate in Dallas, no injuries reported
  
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• New video-streaming apps turn TV stars into phone friends

  16-04-2015 17:50
  
  Meerkat and Periscope: Video-streaming apps turn TV stars and shows into your phone friends
  
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• Etsy Went Public Today, and They're Celebrating with a Popup in Times Square

  16-04-2015 17:26
  
  By now you’ve probably heard that Etsy, the Brooklyn-based online creative marketplace that is the definitive source of all things... Read More… Read More
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• Brooklyn by the Book: Jim Shepard with Joshua Ferris: The Book of Aron

  16-04-2015 17:01
  Thursday, May 21, 2015 7:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterFrom the hugely acclaimed National Book Award finalist, Jim Shepard writes a novel that will join the shortlist of classics about the Holocaust and the children caught up in it. Aron, the narrator, is an engaging if peculiar young boy whose family is driven from the countryside into the Warsaw Ghetto.read more
  
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• Musical about 'Amazing Grace' coming to Broadway this summer

  16-04-2015 16:08
  
  Musical 'Amazing Grace' coming to Broadway this summer starring Josh Young and Chuck Cooper
  
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• Documentary filmmakers' memoir gives backstage peek at stars

  16-04-2015 15:46
  
  Review: Hepburn, Astaire among shining stars in documentary filmmakers' delightful memoir
  
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• Jia, Sorrentino, Van Sant in Cannes lineup; selfies a no-no

  16-04-2015 15:24
  
  Cannes Film Festival welcomes Jia, Sorrentino, Haynes, Van Sant, but says 'non' to selfies
  
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• A Spin on the Tough Mudder Human Hamster Wheel

  16-04-2015 15:20
  What would you do for a year’s worth of free Chipotle burritos? In the vicinity of Downtown Brooklyn, there were plenty of people to be found on Monday afternoon willing to shed all scruples (and restrictive outerwear) for the chance to win – all by giving the Human Hamster Wheel a whirl. The Human Hamster Wheel, in this instance, is a bi-rimmed wheel with handlebars, measuring about ten feet in diameter, rotating on an axle approximately ten feet above the ground, and which the
  
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• 'No Catcalling' signs up around NYC

  16-04-2015 15:19
  
  An apparel company has put up signs around New York City in an effort, it says, to end street harassment. Approximately 50 of the "No Catcalling" signs are posted in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The non-profit company, Feminist Apparel, paid for the signs with money from the sale of T-shirts with similar messages. But will it work?
  
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• RiffTrax Will Bring the Funny to The Room at the Tribeca Film Festival

  16-04-2015 15:00
  
  There are bad movies, and then there are really bad movies. From Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space to the... Read More… Read More
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• Tribute song for Paul Walker hits No. 1 on Billboard chart

  16-04-2015 14:57
  
  'See You Again,' the tribute song for Paul Walker, hits No. 1 spot on Billboard Hot 100 chart
  
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• Beijing Film Festival opens with aim to raise profile

  16-04-2015 14:22
  
  Beijing Film Festival opens with Besson, Schwarzenegger among international attendees
  
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• 'Most dangerous movie ever made' charges into theaters

  16-04-2015 14:16
  
  Touted as the most dangerous movie ever made, 'Roar' charges into theaters 34 years later
  
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• Lady Gaga, Herbie Hancock, Sam Smith to perform at Montreux

  16-04-2015 14:10
  
  Lady Gaga, Herbie Hancock and Sam Smith to perform at 49th Montreux Jazz Festival
  
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• Portions of 'Ninja Turtles' sequel to be filmed in Buffalo

  16-04-2015 13:47
  
  Portions of 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' sequel to be filmed on Buffalo expressway in May
  
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• Beijing International Film Festival opens with big names

  16-04-2015 13:41
  
  Beijing Film Festival opens with international names, as it seeks higher profile
  
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• Clarification: Philippines-Pacquiao Film story

  16-04-2015 12:46
  
  Clarification: Philippines-Pacquiao Film story
  
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• Jia, Sorrentino, Van Sant in Cannes festival lineup

  16-04-2015 12:37
  
  Jia, Sorentino, Haynes, Van Sant among directors competing for prizes at Cannes Film Festival
  
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• Bible stories and thrillers make Morocco filming choice

  16-04-2015 12:19
  
  Bible stories and thrillers boost Morocco filming but still competition from other nations
  
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• FACEOFF: Blues, Red Wings ready to roll with rookie goalies

  16-04-2015 08:27
  
  FACEOFF: Blues, Red Wings ready to roll out rookie goalies in another round of series openers
  
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• Water work: G’Point theater troupe staging ‘Moby-Dick’ in bookstore

  16-04-2015 07:36
  
  It is a whale of a tale. Read more.
  
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• College a cappella: Not your granddad's barbershop quartet

  16-04-2015 07:17
  
  Not your granddad's barbershop quartet: College a cappella singers become unlikely rock stars
  
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• After conviction, many court cases left for Aaron Hernandez

  16-04-2015 06:41
  
  Even after murder conviction, many more cases left for ex-New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez
  
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• Tribeca kicks off with 'Saturday Night Live' doc

  16-04-2015 02:32
  
  14th annual Tribeca Film Festival kicks off with 'Saturday Night Live' documentary
  
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• Manny Pacquiao fights back at Mayweather's "reckless" jabs

  16-04-2015 02:10
  
  Manny Pacquiao laughs at Mayweather calling him a reckless fighter: "We call this boxing"
  
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• Review: Bway's 'Finding Neverland' never finds its groove

  16-04-2015 01:16
  
  Review: 'Finding Neverland' on Broadway has great performances but never finds its groove
  
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