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• Politicians join push to protect Utah's famous salt flats

  01-12-2015 23:36
  
  Utah governor, lawmakers join racers' push to protect state's famous salt flats
  
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• Seth R.'s Review of OPTYX - New York (1/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:10
  
  This place is terrible.I ordered glasses and its been about a month and no sign of them yet - the original estimate was 3-5 days.I've called several times and they can't track packages and are…
  
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• Mital P.'s Review of Ample Hills Creamery - New York (1/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:10
  
  Maybe it's because I am not American, but I am sitting here next to Ample Hills Creamery with the first ice cream in my life that I have been unwilling to finish. I say unwilling because it's just not…
  
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• Gabriel D.'s Review of 3 Aces Barber Shop - New York (5/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:09
  
  I recently moved to Hell's Kitchen and was looking for a new barber. Read the reviews for 3 Aces in Yelp, decided to give it a try and don't regret it. 3 Aces is a very busy barbershop because it's so…
  
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• Becka R.'s Review of Chirping Chicken - New York (4/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:09
  
  If you live in the Upper West Side and haven't ordered from this place for takeout, you are missing out!Chirping Chicken has both healthy and indulgent options that can satisfy any night in.I…
  
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• John S.'s Review of Havana Alma De Cuba - New York (5/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:08
  
  Incredible food.Fine dining service but not stuffy.Great private dining room for a small party or business meeting.Ropa vieja was my favorite!I will be going again.
  
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• Janus C.'s Review of Luke's Lobster - New York (3/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:08
  
  Came back and tried their Lobster Grilled Cheese, and it's nothing mindblowing either. The cheese is bland. The lobster pieces are decent.The blueberry soda they have is interesting and delicious…
  
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• Irma B.'s Review of TD Bank - Jackson Heights (1/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:08
  
  This location is the absolute worst. Other locations in the city have minimal wait time, incredibly friendly and courteous staff, perfect banking Experience. This location fails every time. I live a…
  
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• Danelly R.'s Review of Rooftop 48 - New York (1/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:08
  
  This yelp account is a scam this place is really called "cantina rooftop"
  
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• Simon A.'s Review of Third Rail Coffee - New York (5/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:07
  
  The cortado is just swell! Staff was the appropriate blend of friendly, hip, and terse. That being my impression from my one order.
  
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• Mike L.'s Review of My Airport Cab - Teaneck (5/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:07
  
  Have used this taxi service all the time when I am visiting New Jersey..on time, friendly service. Will recommend to anyone staying in Teaneck or hackensack area
  
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• Michelle S.'s Review of Groove - New York (4/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:07
  
  Let's start with the Ambiance of the place. 1. This lil gem in the west village is cozy, comfortable and good for groups. 2. Staff - The staff here is very pleasant and inviting. They make you feel…
  
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• Manuela L.'s Review of Blue Ribbon Bakery & Cafe - New York (5/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:07
  
  I live in the neighborhood and absolutely love this place. I have been there for dinner (usually) and sometimes lunch. The service, location and ambiance are impeccable. It's very understated but also…
  
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• Asia B.'s Review of Coconut Latin Caribbean Grill - Jersey City (3/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:07
  
  Great food and very reasonably priced. HOWEVER, the attitude of the women who work their is terrible and quite disgusting. They never hand me my change in my hand, mind you there's other people around…
  
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• Stephanie N.'s Review of Beverley Pizzeria & Cafe - Brooklyn (3/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:06
  
  My dad always orders from this pizza shop because it is the closest. I give it 5 stars for convenience, however as time goes by I have noticed the quality of this place declining. The food gets a 3.…
  
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• Ashley H.'s Review of Orient Express - New York (5/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:06
  
  I recently moved into the neighborhood and this is my new bar! I belly up a few times a week and always feel welcomed.The bar is super cozy, always great music and the drinks are delicious. Dawn is a…
  
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• Neha P.'s Review of Del Posto - New York (5/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:04
  
  5 out of 5 for both service and food.
  We had an early evening reservation on Sunday and were seated immediately. The staff was constantly attending to us, explaining the menu, answering questions..…
  
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• Jason C.'s Review of Mokja - Astoria (2/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:04
  
  We were craving some Korean food and didn't wanna trek all the way to Flushing, and just earlier in the day, I discovered a new Korean spot in Astoria so we decided to give it a try.From the…
  
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• Helen O.'s Review of Bell Bay Florist - Bayside (4/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:04
  
  Just ordered flowers from Bell Bay for the first time, based on the recommendations found here on Yelp. The flowers are BEAUTIFUL and exceeded my expectations. My mom LOVES them! I look forward to…
  
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• Chris K.'s Review of Bistro Du Saigon - Fort Lee (4/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:04
  
  We really love this place as its so hard to find decent Vietnamese food in the NY Tristate area
  One dig is that the spring rolls are SO SMALL.They used to be larger when the restaurant first opened.
  
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• Stephanie N.'s Review of Chilo's - Bedford-Stuyvesant (5/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:03
  
  I live right down the street from Chilo's, but never went in because the store front seemed a bit dilapidated, dark and hipster. After my friend found it on Yelp, we decided to check it out. We saw an…
  
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• Sarah K.'s Review of fuku+ - New York (5/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:03
  
  I couldn't not stop by here while David Chang constantly instagrams the freaking chicken sandwich and ssam sauce. Surprisingly, what blew me away wasn't the chicken sandwich or the ssam sauce, but the…
  
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• Rachel L.'s Review of Lady M Cake Boutique - New York (5/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:03
  
  My coworker told me to try the mille crepe and so I did.I ordered the green tea mille crepe and it was freakin amazing!It's $8.50/slice and $85 for an entire cake.It was so good, I got it 2 days…
  
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• Mike N.'s Review of Dr Brendan - New York (5/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:03
  
  I had another excellent experience at Dr. B's today. I had snapped a headphone jack, and my own attempts at paper-clipping or tweezing it out only pushed it into my phone farther (not 'further' here…
  
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• MarieK S.'s Review of Aurora - Brooklyn (5/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:03
  
  Romatic and very cute place! The garden is adorable!
  Have the French Toast for breakfast and the Burrata for Lunch...
  
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• Kristi A.'s Review of Clinton Car Service - Brooklyn (4/5) on Yelp

  01-12-2015 23:03
  
  Good service - they called when the car arrived, as promised(last service, NYC Car Service, couldn't manage that on 2 attempts even though both times claimed that was their policy, resulting in a…
  
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• CNN erases description of Gray's mother as heroin addict

  01-12-2015 22:25
  
  CNN removes description of Freddie Gray's mother as 'illiterate heroin addict'
  
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• Michael Caine reflects on 'Youth' and old age

  01-12-2015 22:20
  
  From 'Youth' to old age, Michael Caine reflects on a happy life in show business
  
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• The Latest on Freddie Gray: Jury may be seated Wednesday

  01-12-2015 22:18
  
  The Latest: Freddie Gray judge questions potential jurors, panel may be seated Wednesday
  
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• 'Love & Hip Hop' star sentenced to 8 years in prison

  01-12-2015 22:18
  
  Cast member of VH1 reality show 'Love & Hip Hop' gets 8 years in prison for drug trafficking
  
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• NBR names 'Mad Max: Fury Road' best film of the year

  01-12-2015 22:14
  
  National Board of Review names 'Mad Max: Fury Road' best film of the year
  
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• MEAN STREETS: Idaho weighs in on the ‘Idaho stop’

  01-12-2015 22:04
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsThe Brooklyn PaperCouncilman Antonio Reynoso (D–Williamsburg) wants New York to legalize the “Idaho stop” — allowing cyclists to treat red lights like stop signs, and stop signs like yield signs.New Yorkers have plenty of opinions on the topic, but it has already been the law of the land in its namesake state since the early ’80s — so how is that working out for Idahoans? We called them to find out!
  In the st
  
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• Morrissey wins annual 'Literary Review Bad Sex' award

  01-12-2015 21:26
  
  The prize no one is happy to get: Morrissey wins annual 'Literary Review Bad Sex' award
  
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• Here, Kitty Kitty: White Tiger

  01-12-2015 21:20 via bkmag.com
  
   
  White Tiger
  601 Vanderbilt Avenue, Prospect Heights
  It’s been years since Korean fare made its great escape from the tight borders of K-Town, with restaurants of all stripes stocking their pantries with kimchi and gochujang, and classically trained chefs like Hooni Kim (Danji) and, more recently, Tae Kyung Ku (Oiji), relaying a refined and modern side of their native cuisine. But save for Red Hook’s much-loved The Good Fork (and its admired Korean-style steak and eggs), Brook
  
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• Norman Lear says TV is still a place to talk about race

  01-12-2015 21:19
  
  Norman Lear says TV is still the place to explore race; talks 'Jeffersons' 40th anniversary
  
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• Panel Discussion: Mildred D. Taylor: 40th Anniversary of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

  01-12-2015 21:09
  Thursday, February 11, 2016 7:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterSet in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of one family’s struggle to maintain their integrity, pride and independence in the face of racism and social injustice.
  
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• Smithsonian launches music Web site for fan photos

  01-12-2015 21:03
  
  Crowd-Rock: Smithsonian launches music Web site for fan photos
  
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• Serbs to Steven Seagal: Don't bash us, train us

  01-12-2015 21:03
  
  All in the kick: US action hero Steven Seagal gets job offer to train Serbia's special police
  
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• Founder of global Roman Catholic broadcaster on feeding tube

  01-12-2015 20:27
  
  Mother Angelica, founder of global Roman Catholic broadcast network, in declining condition
  
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• Open Wide: Fancy Nancy in Bed-Stuy

  01-12-2015 20:24 via bkmag.com
  
  Photo by Jane Bruce
  Fancy Nancy
  1038 Bedford Avenue, Bed-Stuy
  It’s been a rough few months for the Bed-Stuy dining-and-drinking scene. The closings of seemingly stalwart spots like Do or Dine and Scratchbread were enough to make any prospective restaurateur wonder if the neighborhood was able to support the recent influx of local dining hot spots. But the show must go on, and the area recently welcomed Fancy Nancy, a casual dining spot owned-and-operated by Kristen Walker and Jay Chan, bot
  
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• Check out these Star Wars fan films to feel the Force

  01-12-2015 20:09
  
  From the hilarious to the awe-inspiring, Star Wars fan films are a force for creativity
  
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• The Cost of an Urban Climate Crisis, #BHeard next Wednesday, December 9

  01-12-2015 20:00
  
  Sponsored By BRIC.BRIC is a nonprofit arts and media cultural organization that presents free and low-cost programming to the community.Created By BlankSlateOver the past few years, the issue of climate change has become impossible to ignore. The effects of climate change are not lost on those who call New York City home. Families who live in low-income housing are exposed to toxic and hazardous conditions, and their children are associated with a wide range of health conditions, inclu
  
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• All-Female, Hasidic Band Bulletproof Stockings Talks Kickstarter, Parks and Rec, and Their Debut LP

  01-12-2015 19:45 via bkmag.com
  
  Dalia Shusterman
  photos by Jane Bruce
  At this point, Bullet Proof Stockings, the all-female Hasidic alternative rock band from Crown Heights who perform only for women, is no stranger to the media. Since lead vocalist and keys player Perl Wolfe, and drummer and vocalist Dalia Shusterman launched the enigmatic (now foursome) group in 2011, they’ve appeared on nightly news programs, the Oxygen Network, and most publications you’d quickly dash off (New York Times, the New Yorker, the Ne
  
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• Clerics promote climate justice with music, fasting

  01-12-2015 19:11
  
  Muslim and Christian clerics back climate activism with music, fasting
  
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• Second Life: Inside Five Brooklyn Spaces that Aren’t Quite What They Seem

  01-12-2015 19:05 via bkmag.com
  
  If there’s one thing you can rely on in Brooklyn, it’s that everything changes. Perhaps nowhere is this rule more absolute than when applied to our borough’s buildings. Exteriors might seem static over decades; the bones of a place stay the same, while the insides transform into something wholly different, something new, like when a church becomes a home or a loft becomes a cabin in the woods. Here, then, are five spaces whose external appearances belie the way they’re c
  
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• The Gift of a Garden: Seedsheet

  01-12-2015 19:00
  
  After using a Seedsheet over the summer, I marveled at how easy it made growing plants from seed. Designed to be foolproof, this garden-in-a-sheet provides all the benefits of an organic garden, without the burdens of gardening. Each one includes a variety of organic nonGMO seeds and soil contained in water-soluble pods which are embedded within a weed barrier fabric. You just place atop soil and water for the perfect weedless garden that’s “planted” in 30 seconds. It&rsqu
  
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• Matthew Barney’s River of Fundament Is Literally Full of Shit

  01-12-2015 19:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Photo by Hugo Glendinning.
  © Matthew Barney, Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels.
  River of FundamentDirected by Matthew BarneyOpens December 4 at IFC Center
  Having devoted almost an entire decade of his creative life to creating a cycle of films named after a muscle in the testicles, it’s perhaps no surprise that Matthew Barney would turn from the balls to the ass in his new avant-garde epic River of Fundament—“fundament,” among other things, referring
  
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• 'The Wiz Live!' to air vocal description for sight-impaired

  01-12-2015 18:54
  
  NBC's 'The Wiz Live!' to include vocal description as pioneering service for sight-impaired
  
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• First Look at Le Garage, a Mother-and-Daughter-Run Bistro in Bushwick

  01-12-2015 18:52 via bkmag.com
  
  Classic French cuisine staged quite the comeback this past year, finally sloughing off its stodgy, fine dining connotations in the wake of a slew of modern, fuss-free debuts throughout the city, from Le Fond and L’Antagoniste in Brooklyn to Rebelle and La Gamelle in Manhattan. And moving towards 2016, duck confit and moules marinières seem as au courant as ever, what with the recent opening of Cassette, a rustic, Catalonian eatery in Greenpoint, closely followed by Le Garage,
  
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• Seinfeld to appear monthly at NYC's Beacon Theatre in 2016

  01-12-2015 18:40
  
  Jerry Seinfeld to appear monthly at New York's historic Beacon Theatre in 2016
  
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