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• The Latest: 'Serial' podcast victim's family gives statement

  03-02-2016 23:52
  
  The family of a young woman whose murder was examined in the podcast "Serial" has issued a statement, as the man convicted of killing her seeks a new trial
  
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• Mexican actress seeks injunction in possible drug lord case

  03-02-2016 23:51
  
  Mexican actress Kate del Castillo has filed a court petition seeking an injunction against any arrest related to Mexico's investigation of her relationship with detained drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman
  
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• Recipe for a Healthy Brownsville

  03-02-2016 23:48
  
  A cooking school and restaurant featuring healthy, locally grown food is looking to revolutionize the neighborhood’s food culture.
  The yet-to-be-named school has leased space inside 69 Belmont Ave. — formerly home to a 99-cent store — and hopes to open by the fall. It’s now accepting applications from interested students, and will offer free tuition, organizers said.
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• Celine Dion to speak but won't sing at Rene Angelil memorial

  03-02-2016 23:26
  
  Celine Dion will address the audience, but she isn't expected to sing at the memorial in Las Vegas for Rene Angelil, her husband and manager credited launching with her career
  
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• John Oliver, about to return to HBO, and his secrecy policy

  03-02-2016 23:10
  
  Comic John Oliver wants to keep as much about his show secret in advance as he can
  
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• PHOTOS: Super Bowl Halftime Shows

  03-02-2016 23:08
  
  Football. Food. Halftime show. Since the humble beginnings of marching bands in 1967 to the full-fledged spectacle of Katy Perry and 'Left Shark', the half time show has become as much of a part of American culture as the Super Bowl game itself. Check out these photos of the Super Bowl halftime show acts from the past 17 years.
  
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• Cam Newton took fancy pants where other pros dare not go

  03-02-2016 23:07
  
  Do other pros dare to go where Cam Newton ambled in his famous, pre-Super Bowl 50 pants
  
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• 5 of the most memorable Super Bowl halftimes

  03-02-2016 23:04
  
  Halftime shows can stick in the memory for artistic reasons or missteps
  
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• Russian Series: composer Alexander Zhurbin

  03-02-2016 22:24
  Saturday, February 6, 2016 4:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterLegendary Russian composer Alexander Zhurbin sings old and new songs, tunes from theatrical productions and films, answers questions about the musical life of Moscow and presents two new disks and a new book.
  This event is in Russian.
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• Del Potro returning after wrist surgery, long layoff

  03-02-2016 22:19
  
  Juan Martin del Potro says he will make his comeback from injury later this month at the Delray Beach Open
  
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• Bob Elliott, of comic duo Bob and Ray, dies at 92

  03-02-2016 21:59
  
  A funeral home in Maine says Bob Elliott, half of the enduring television-and-radio comedy team Bob and Ray, has died
  
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• Shakespeare on stage in squalid migrant camp in France

  03-02-2016 21:20
  
  The Globe theater company took "Hamlet" to Calais on Wednesday, bringing one of William Shakespeare's best-known plays to an audience that almost certainly would rather see it in his native country
  
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• In Tech: Instagram video series, billion-user club, Fitbit

  03-02-2016 20:54
  
  Filmmakers debut Instagram thriller series featuring 15-second episodes over 28 days
  
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• Victim parents: middle school killer deserves life in prison

  03-02-2016 20:33
  
  The parents of a 14-year-old boy slain in 2004 in a middle school bathroom by his best friend are urging a judge to keep the killer locked in prison for life
  
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• Pussy Riot releases new video mocking Russian prosecutors

  03-02-2016 20:09
  
  The Pussy Riot punk provocateur band is punching back at the Russian government
  
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• Lawyers spar at hearing on case profiled in 'Serial' podcast

  03-02-2016 20:04
  
  A defense lawyer's failure to call an alibi witness was a key point of contention as a convicted murderer returned to court Wednesday to argue he deserves a new trial in a case that gained fresh notoriety through the podcast "Serial."
  
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• Review: In 'Hail, Caesar!' a studio fixer's faith is tested

  03-02-2016 19:54
  
  Film Review: The Coen brothers' "Hail, Caesar!" is by no means their best, but it's in some ways the Coens' most essential
  
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• The Latest: Witness: Lawyer for 'Serial' figure had problems

  03-02-2016 19:45
  
  A witness says the former defense attorney for a convicted murderer profiled in the public radio podcast "Serial" was plagued by health problems
  
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• Your Ideal Week: Feb. 4- Feb. 10

  03-02-2016 19:04
  
  Party like it’s 199something on Saturday at Brooklyn Bowl’s I Love the 90’s live show featuring local cover band the Fresh Kids of Bel-Air. Photo: ilovethe90s.com
  It’s a glum, drizzly Wednesday–the kind of day that forces even the cheeriest optimists among us to suppress the urge to snarl at subway stair dawdlers–and we still have a whole half of the workweek to get through before Saturday’s sweet, lazy freedom is upon us. It’s a da
  
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• Review: 'Pride & Prejudice & Zombies' is a silly muddle

  03-02-2016 18:42
  
  Review: Genre mash-up pic "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" is as silly as it sounds, and not nearly as fun as it should be
  
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• The Latest: Hearing opens for key figure in 'Serial' podcast

  03-02-2016 18:07
  
  An attorney for a convicted murderer profiled in the public radio podcast "Serial" says a previous defense lawyer's failure to call an alibi witness amounted to "ineffective counsel."
  
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• Jimmy Buffett musical to premiere at California theater

  03-02-2016 18:01
  
  The Jimmy Buffett musical will make its world premiere somewhere nice and warm _ the La Jolla Playhouse in California
  
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• Meet the Artists and Designers Behind Brooklyn’s Hippest Coworking Space

  03-02-2016 18:00
  
  Sponsored By Coworkrs.Coworkrs offers coworking memberships, desks, and private office suites in Gowanus, FiDi and Flatiron NYC. Be 'At Home at Work'Created By BlankSlateIn some parts of the world, maybe, the word “work” conjures up images of business suits in a dreary commute to do 9 to 5 at cookie cutter cubicles in a drab office.
  This, however, is Brooklyn, where we work at creative and innovative jobs, and demand office spaces to match.
  The new Coworkrs Gowanus spa
  
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• Las Vegas fans scramble as cable fight threatens Super Bowl

  03-02-2016 17:55
  
  Thousands of Las Vegas football fans are scrambling to figure out if they'll be able to watch the Super Bowl
  
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• The 10-time Grammy winner you don't know about but should

  03-02-2016 17:38
  
  Bob Ludwig's role is at the finishing line of an album _ helping it sound a perfect as possible before it's available to the masses
  
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• Romania: govt suspends law for books written in prison

  03-02-2016 17:20
  
  Romania's government has suspended a controversial law that makes prisoners eligible for a reduced sentence if they write a book
  
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• Central figure in 'Serial' podcast is arguing for new trial

  03-02-2016 17:19
  
  A convicted murderer who was the focus of a popular podcast is returning to court to argue he deserves another trial and a new chance at freedom
  
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• Conductor Riccardo Muti undergoes hip surgery

  03-02-2016 17:07
  
  Conductor Riccardo Muti's official website says the conductor has undergone hip surgery in following an accident
  
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• Editorials from around New York

  03-02-2016 16:59
  
  Editorials from around New York
  
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• Cast of Broadway's 'Hamilton' to perform at Grammy show

  03-02-2016 16:27
  
  The Grammy Awards this year will have a little Broadway sparkle _ the cast of "Hamilton" will perform live via satellite
  
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• Sports Illustrated turning its swimsuit edition into TV show

  03-02-2016 16:01
  
  The TNT network will air a special in 2 weeks that reveals the identity of Sports Illustrated's cover model for its swimsuit edition
  
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• 20 years later, metal band Sevendust relishes Grammy nod

  03-02-2016 15:52
  
  Sevendust, an alt-metal quintet from Atlanta, is celebrating 2 decades together with its first Grammy nomination _ best metal performance _ for a song appropriately named "Thank You"
  
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• Painterly 'The Assassin' leads nominees at Asian Film Awards

  03-02-2016 15:40
  
  Hou Hsiao-hsien's cinematic kung fu masterpiece "The Assassin" may have missed out on an Oscar nod, but it tops nominees at the Asian Film Awards
  
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• BROOKLYN HEIGHTS: Heights residents: Helicopter chop doesn’t cut deep enough

  03-02-2016 11:30
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThe city’s recent deal to halve the number of sightseeing choppers clattering across the East River is a cop out that doesn’t take enough copters out, say Brooklyn Heights residents.Pols are hailing the reduction as a win for waterfront residents, but locals say that is all spin — they’ll still have to put up with frequent cacophonous copters, and the bargain may have undercut their efforts to nix the flights
  
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• BROOKLYN HEIGHTS: Heights residents: Helicopter chop doesn’t cup deep enough

  03-02-2016 11:30
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThe city’s recent deal to halve the number of sightseeing choppers clattering across the East River is a cop out that doesn’t take enough copters out, say Brooklyn Heights residents.Pols are hailing the reduction as a win for waterfront residents, but locals say that is all spin — they’ll still have to put up with frequent cacophonous copters, and the bargain may have undercut their efforts to nix the flights
  
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• POLITICS: Alma matters! Locals want Sanders-Clinton debate at Bernie’s Brooklyn high school

  03-02-2016 10:59
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperThey want to bring this grassroots candidate back to his class roots.Brooklyn-born presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders challenged Democratic primary opponent Hillary Clinton to a debate in his native borough, and pundits are suggesting Barclays Center or MCU Park as possible venues — but locals say the Vermont senator’s Brooklyn alma mater, James Madison High School, is the only pla
  
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• Shakespeare on stage in squalid migrant camp in north France

  03-02-2016 09:06
  
  Shakespeare's Globe theater company is staging "Hamlet" in a squalid refugee camp in northern France, bringing the Bard's best-known play to some of the more than 4,000 people living in what is known as the "jungle."
  
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• Central figure in 'Serial' podcast to argue for new trial

  03-02-2016 09:01
  
  A convicted murderer who was the focus of a popular podcast is returning to court to argue he deserves another trial and a new chance at freedom
  
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• Judge finalizes Hilary Duff's divorce from ex-NHL player

  03-02-2016 06:55
  
  A Los Angeles judge has finalized Hilary Duff's divorce from former NHL player Mike Comrie
  
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• Man arrested, charged in apparent road-rage killing in Texas

  03-02-2016 06:34
  
  A suspect has been arrested and charged in what investigators say was the apparent road-rage killing of a Fort Worth woman on a North Texas freeway
  
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• SHEEPSHEAD BAY: Alma matters! Locals want Sanders-Clinton debate at Bernie’s Brooklyn high school

  03-02-2016 06:16
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyThey want to bring this grassroots candidate back to his class roots.Brooklyn-born presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders challenged Democratic primary opponent Hillary Clinton to a debate in his native borough, and pundits are suggesting Barclays Center or MCU Park as possible venues, but locals say the Vermont senator’s Brooklyn alma mater, James Madison High School, is the only place to watch the pair duke it out.“There
  
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• Working blue: Police perform in improv show

  03-02-2016 06:00
  
  These officers have put together a different kind of line-up. Read more.
  
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• WILLIAMSBURG: Goes down Easy: Mardi Gras party has big eats and big beats

  03-02-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn DailyThe Big Easy is coming to Williamsburg!Brooklyn’s biggest Mardi Gras party is bouncing into music venue the Hall, with four days of jazz bands leading up to a Bourbon Street-style bash and foodie feast on Feb. 9. The “New Orleans Mardi Gras Crawfish Boil” on Fat Tuesday will have a heaping helping of bumping jazz from the Jambalaya Brass Band and Cajun cooking that embodies th
  
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• WILLIAMSBURG: Cops: Brutes beat up guy for taking off his glasses

  03-02-2016 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsBrooklyn Paper90th PrecinctSouthside–WilliamsburgPublic spectacleCops collared an alleged rogue who they believe was part of a trio that beat up a guy for taking off his glasses on S. First Street on Jan. 24.The victim told cops he was near Roebling Street at 10:15 pm when the alleged lout approached him along with two buddies. The victim took off his specs while walking past the group, and the alleged attacker said “Why are you tak
  
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• NOT FOR NUTHIN’: Jo’s getting into the ad game

  03-02-2016 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyOkay, so I thought this past Sunday was Super Bowl Sunday — so shoot me, I was mistaken. It’s this Sunday that the Broncos and Panthers vie for the trophy. But that hasn’t stopped advertisers from sneak-peeking those million-dollar ads on us poor, unsuspecting consumers out here in television land a week early.Apparently those ads are the gifts that keep on giving. Producers have created a show with old ads tha
  
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• NIGHTLIFE: Goes down Easy: Mardi Gras party has big eats and big beats

  03-02-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn PaperThe Big Easy is coming to Williamsburg!Brooklyn’s biggest Mardi Gras party is bouncing into music venue the Hall, with four days of jazz bands leading up to a Bourbon Street-style bash and foodie feast on Feb. 9. The “New Orleans Mardi Gras Crawfish Boil” on Fat Tuesday will have a heaping helping of bumping jazz from the Jambalaya Brass Band and Cajun cooking that embodies th
  
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• NIGHTLIFE: Fat chances: More spots to celebrate Mardi Gras

  03-02-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn PaperIf crawfish does not float your skiff, worry not — you have other options on Fat Tuesday. Brooklyn has everything you need for a proper Mardi Gras celebration.Bell of the ballBrooklyn’s beloved Hungry Marching Band will bust out the brass to headline a “Mardi Gras Bash” at the Bell House on Fat Tuesday. Also performing will be soul-spinning DJ Jonathan Toubin and the street jazz band Baby Soda, with magician
  
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• HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Hot-shooting Glynn not enough for Bonnies

  03-02-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyMeghan Glynn’s unmasking was nearly enough to deliver Fontbonne Hall its biggest win of the season.The usually reliable junior wing’s performance dropped for the first half of the season while wearing a protective mask for a broken nose. Glynn wasn’t getting a clean look at the hoop — now she has gone from hardly scoring to averaging 13.5 points per game since removing the mask.“It’s just ha
  
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• GREENPOINT: Dumb-bells lift cash from gym

  03-02-2016 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsBrooklyn Paper94th PrecinctGreenpoint–NorthsideGym ratsA nasty trio pilfered the cash register of a Berry Street gym on the night of Jan. 29.An employee of the personal training studio near N. 14th Street said surveillance footage shows the troublemakers jumping the fence of a nearby establishment and coming in through an unlocked side door at around 9:30 pm, according to a police report.
  One of the punks stayed on the first floor and rob
  
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• Goes down Easy: Mardi Gras party has big eats and big beats

  03-02-2016 06:00
  
  The Big Easy is coming to Williamsburg! Read more.
  
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