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• Taylor Swift wins early Grammy for '1989' album

  15-02-2016 22:10
  
  Taylor Swift won the first Grammy of the night for her best-selling "1989" album in the Grammys pre-telecast Monday
  
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• Pulitzer prize-winning composer Steven Stucky dies at 66

  15-02-2016 21:38
  
  Steven Stucky, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, longtime faculty member at Cornell University and resident composer with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, has died at age 66
  
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• New tarantula species named after singer Johnny Cash

  15-02-2016 21:22
  
  A tarantula named for Johnny Cash is among 14 new species identified by scientists who spent a decade collecting the hairy spiders and studying nearly 3,000 of them
  
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• BORO OF NERDS: Horsing around: Thousands of ‘My Little Pony’ fans party in Park Slope

  15-02-2016 21:09
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsBrooklyn PaperThese pony partiers just couldn’t rein in their enthusiasm!Thousands of fans of the television show “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” galloped into Park Slope’s sparkling Grand Prospect Hall on Feb. 13 through 15 where attendees say they celebrated their shared love of the pastel-colored animated horses by dressing up as their favorite one.“I was really happy
  
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• Wedding planning? Hear these bands at the Bell House on Monday

  15-02-2016 20:31
  
  A couple who booked MIXTAPE: A cover band for hipsters for their wedding. Looks like the right choice. Photo: Chellise Michael Photography
  If you’re booking live music for your wedding, the last thing you want is a cheesy, Adam Sandler-sounding wedding band. But unless you can afford the $100,000 and up price tags of your favorite singers, you need to do a little digging to find musicians to gush about.
  We get that. So much so, that along with our annual wedding fair, we also showcase wha
  
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• Bands, DJs and performers to rock your wedding

  15-02-2016 20:31
  
  A happy bride and groom who booked MIXTAPE: A cover band for hipsters for their wedding. Photo: Chellise Michael Photography
  For years we have produced an annual wedding band showcase that brings together the city’s best musicians to soundtrack your wedding. This year, Wedding Crashers Live on Monday, Feb. 22 will feature the same awesome bands, along with talented performers and interactive vendors who will make a lasting impression on your guests.
  Live poets The Haiku Guy
  
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• NY Fashion Week: Hilfiger sets sail with a nautical theme

  15-02-2016 19:43
  
  Tommy Hilfiger built a steam liner for his nautical-themed show
  
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• Cast of 'Alone in Berlin' sees parable for today's Europe

  15-02-2016 19:28
  
  The cast of "Alone in Berlin" say the Nazi-era drama contains lessons for present-day Europe and its treatment of refugees
  
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• Aaron Hernandez settles lawsuit with friend who was shot

  15-02-2016 18:25
  
  Former NFL player Aaron Hernandez has settled a lawsuit filed by a friend who says Hernandez shot him in the face
  
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• 'Big Ang' of 'Mob Wives' faces cancer with hope, family

  15-02-2016 18:08
  
  The reality TV star known as "Big Ang" says she veers between hope and depression as she fights stage-four brain and lung cancer
  
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• 'Star Wars: Episode VIII' starts filming, adds del Toro

  15-02-2016 17:47
  
  "Star Wars: Episode VIII" has begun filming and added both Benicio del Toro and Laura Dern to its cast
  
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• Tracy McGrady joining ESPN as NBA analyst

  15-02-2016 17:35
  
  Former All-Star Tracy McGrady is joining ESPN as an analyst and will make regular appearances on its new daily NBA show
  
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• Grammys to feature Adele, Gaga, Rihanna, Swift and more

  15-02-2016 16:08
  
  Adele isn't competing for Grammys at the awards show Monday, but she has a chance to own the night
  
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• AP reporters win Polk award for seafood slavery probe

  15-02-2016 15:38
  
  Four journalists from The Associated Press are among the winners of the 67th annual George Polk Awards in Journalism for an investigation of slave labor in the Thai seafood industry
  
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• Lucky Number is bringing beloved Burmese dishes to unexpected Brooklyn spaces

  15-02-2016 13:30
  
  At the last Lucky Number pop-up inside Sunview Luncheonette in Greenpoint. Photo: Elaheh Nozari
  It’s often in the corners of Brooklyn where under-the-radar food events take place, or so I felt a few Sundays ago—the weekend of the blizzard, to be exact—eating Burmese food at a retro diner in Greenpoint with a couple dozen strangers. The event in question was Lucky Number 6, a monthly pop-up dinner organized by two Brooklynites on a mission to bring the underrepresented Southeas
  
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• Hollywood's A-list, musicians mix at pre-Grammy gala

  15-02-2016 12:53
  
  Chris Rock sat next to Caitlyn Jenner, Gwen Stefani curled up with Blake Shelton and Jamie Foxx was front row recording Earth, Wind & Fire jam onstage at Clive Davis' pre-Grammy gala
  
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• Grammy winner Joanne Shenandoah needs liver transplant

  15-02-2016 09:05
  
  Grammy-winning Native American singer-songwriter Joanne Shenandoah needs a new liver after becoming ill with a bacterial infection last summer
  
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• DEVELOPMENT: Lost in the wash: City stalls G’point Hospital redevelopment because it’s using it as a laundry

  15-02-2016 07:46
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsBrooklyn PaperThis medical drama is turning into a soap opera!The city has once again delayed its decades-old promise to turn the derelict Greenpoint Hospital into below-market-rate housing, this time because is claims it needs it as a laundry for homeless shelters — a wishy-washy excuse, say locals, who are demanding officials clean up their act instead.“We’re 30 years down the road trying to get this thing done, and it&rsquo
  
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• THE GREATEST STORY EVER: Artist training thousands of pigeons to carry lights over Navy Yard for new show

  15-02-2016 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperCall it a flight of fancier.
  A Red Hook artist known for bizarre public performance pieces is now training thousands of pigeons to fly in formation over the East River while toting tiny lights on their backs for a series of shows at the Navy Yard in May. It is art, but also a way to celebrate the species often pigeon-holed as “rats of the sky” and the dying New York pastime of pigeon keeping, he said.“I hope it bri
  
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• MUSIC: Beat goes on: Halcyon record shop moves to Williamsburg nightclub

  15-02-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperFourth time’s the charm?Nomadic record store and occasional cafe Halcyon has come around again, settling into a fourth location, this time inside the Williamsburg nightclub Output. The new location is a natural spot for a store that focuses on dance music, says its owner.“We’ve seen that electronic music culture and DJ culture in New York City has really exploded in the last co
  
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• IT’S ONLY MY OPINION: Stan boosts the sixth borough

  15-02-2016 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Stanley P. GershbeinBrooklyn DailyAfter Winter Storm Jonas paid us an intense, fierce visit, several of my New York friends decided to pack it in, retire, and relocate. Okay — if you can afford to retire, do it and enjoy the rest of your life. Now comes the great big decision: Where do you want to move? Stop to think about all those things you have now that you enjoy so much. Will they have those same things in your new city?Here, in and around the Bi
  
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• DOWNTOWN: Turf war! Brooklyn Law students join street vendors fight against sidewalk hendge

  15-02-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThis grass-roots opposition is growing!Brooklyn Law School must pull its application to install large planters in front of its Downtown campus that will force out local sidewalk vendors, say students who joined the peddlers in their fight against the foliage on Friday with an online petition demanding school honchos stop using their fees on “frivolous” landscaping and let the merchants stay put.“We, as students, be
  
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• DEVELOPMENT: Report: Brooklyn in midst of high-end office building boom

  15-02-2016 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn DailyBrooklyn is no longer Manhattan’s back office!Developers are erecting high-end office buildings across the borough, and real estate experts say big companies are now rushing to relocate inside them so they can tap into the local talent pool — bucking Kings County’s image as a place to stash away support staff in cheap digs.“Brooklyn checks a lot of boxes now that the space is there,” says Michael Berg o
  
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• BOROBEAT: Fashion revolutionaries: Fans come to Washington portrayer’s talk in period dress

  15-02-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyIt was Comic Con for history buffs!A George Washington portrayer made an appearance at the New Utrecht Reformed Church Parish House for the first president’s birthday on Feb. 11, and some hard-core tricorne hat fans came dressed up in revolutionary attire“as if in Comic Con,” their mom said.“My sons decided to be part of it, because they love history and they love their country,”
  
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• Beat goes on: Halcyon record shop moves to Williamsburg nightclub

  15-02-2016 06:00
  
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• The Latest: Westbrook All-Star game MVP, West wins 196-173

  15-02-2016 05:14
  
  The Latest: Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook has been named MVP of the 2016 All-Star game, giving him the award for the second straight season
  
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• At All-Star weekend, it's all about specially designed shoes

  15-02-2016 04:41
  
  In a weekend that includes the 3-point shootout and the slam dunk contest, one of the biggest events for NBA players centers around the unveiling special All-Star sneakers
  
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• Peyton Manning mentioned in lawsuit filed against Tennessee

  15-02-2016 04:30
  
  Peyton Manning mentioned in Title IX lawsuit filed against University of Tennessee
  
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• Fabbri, Berglund score goals, Blues hold off Lightning 2-1

  15-02-2016 03:24
  
  Robby Fabbri and Patrik Berglund scored on breakaways and Brian Elliott stopped 37 shots as the St. Louis Blues held on for a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday night
  
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• A house party at DVF; Tracy Reese honors Detroit

  15-02-2016 03:24
  
  Diane von Furstenberg parties with her models in a fun-loving show
  
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• The Weeknd, Stapleton, Lovato perform a pre-Grammy brunch

  15-02-2016 02:41
  
  Grammy album of the year nominees The Weeknd and Chris Stapleton performed at a brunch honoring their record label on Sunday, where trailers for new documentaries on The Beatles and jazz great John Coltrane also aired
  
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• 'The Revenant' and DiCaprio are winners at BAFTA film awards

  15-02-2016 00:56
  
  The U.K. film industry showers Valentine's Day love on "The Revenant" Sunday, awarding the endurance epic five prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards
  
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