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• Jury awards $55M to Erin Andrews in lawsuit over nude video taken at hotel, posted online

  07-03-2016 23:34
  
  Jury awards $55M to Erin Andrews in lawsuit over nude video taken at hotel, posted online
  
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• Activists say Nancy Reagan should have pushed harder on AIDS

  07-03-2016 22:57
  
  Gay-rights and HIV/AIDS activists remain bitter at Ronald Reagan for a slow response to the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, but views are mixed about his wife, Nancy
  
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• Box Office Top 20: 'Zootopia' rises to record $75 million

  07-03-2016 22:49
  
  "Zootopia" made even more of a mark at the box office than expected
  
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• Book chronicles story of man featured in 'Serial' podcast

  07-03-2016 22:46
  
  A man convicted of murdering his high school girlfriend and whose case is the subject of a wildly popular podcast will now have his story memorialized in a book
  
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• Lawyer featured in 'Making a Murderer' is writing a book

  07-03-2016 22:12
  
  An attorney for Steven Avery who was featured in the hit Netflix series "Making a Murderer" has more to say about the trial
  
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• Jurors discuss who is to blame for Erin Andrews nude video

  07-03-2016 21:08
  
  The key questions jurors are deliberating in Erin Andrews' $75 million lawsuit are whether two hotel companies bear any responsibility for a stalker renting a room next to the sportscaster and if so, how much they should pay
  
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• Mark Leyner and Lev Grossman on Gone with the Mind

  07-03-2016 21:06
  Wednesday, March 30, 2016 7:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterIn this utterly unconventional, autobiographical novel, Mark Leyner gives a reading in the food court of a mall. Besides Mark's mother, who's driven him to the mall and introduces him before he begins, and a few employees of fast food chain Panda Express who ask a handful of questions, the reading is completely without audience. The action of the book takes place exclusively at the food court, but the territory covered on these pages
  
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• Children in Gold: The Refugee Crisis

  07-03-2016 21:06
  Wednesday, April 13, 2016 7:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterAccording to the United Nations refugee agency, more than one million refugees and migrants reached Europe by sea in 2015. More than 80% of the migrants arrived in Greece, with the majority landing on Lesbos Island.
  Filmmaker Irina Patkanian and photographer/cinematographer, Gus Ford, spent the fall of 2015 on Lesbos, filming and photographing the experience of migrants fleeing from war, poverty and depravation. The images,
  
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• Nielsen: 5.5 million watch Democratic debate

  07-03-2016 20:42
  
  The 5.5 million who watched the Democratic presidential debate Sunday is less than half of the audience for last week's GOP debate
  
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• C.J. Box writes another stellar entry in Joe Pickett series

  07-03-2016 20:36
  
  Book Review: C.J. Box writes another stellar entry in Joe Pickett series
  
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• College Football Playoff moves semis to earlier kickoffs

  07-03-2016 20:17
  
  The College Football Playoff has moved the times for the New Year's Eve semifinals back 1 hour each and announced that the Orange Bowl will now be played in primetime on Friday night, Dec. 30
  
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• LeBron says his cryptic tweets stem from a 'beautiful mind'

  07-03-2016 19:30
  
  LeBron James has online world atwitter with cryptic postings that he says stem from a 'beautiful mind'
  
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• How Matt Damon may kickstart China's global movie ambitions

  07-03-2016 19:16
  
  Hollywood is China's new ally in its long quest for global cultural relevance
  
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• Review: M. Ward is both inviting and distant on 'More Rain'

  07-03-2016 19:13
  
  There is a late '60s, early '70s vibe on M. Ward's "More Rain," a mellow brightness that's immediate yet distant
  
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• The new secret tiki bar speakeasy inside of a play

  07-03-2016 18:49
  
  There is an actual shipwreck in the Shipwreck Lounge. Photo: Shipwreck Lounge/Bryan Sargent
  The Shipwreck Lounge is not the only tiki bar in Brooklyn. Nor is it the only late night speakeasy. But it just might be the only watering hole that plunges you so deeply into its carefully constructed world that your reality shifts before you even take a sip of drink.
  Tucked behind an unremarkable set of tagged-up gray steel doors on an industrial section of Troutman Street in Bushwick, the Shipwre
  
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• Gordon-Levitt leaves 'Sandman' over creative differences

  07-03-2016 18:41
  
  Joseph Gordon-Levitt has dropped out of a movie adaptation of Neil Gaiman's "Sandman," saying he and the studio don't see "eye to eye" on the project
  
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• A brave slave odyssey depicted in drama series 'Underground'

  07-03-2016 18:35
  
  'Underground' portrays the odyssey of slaves escaping plantation life in a search for freedom
  
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• Police: Wife of ex-Eagles member dies in accidental shooting

  07-03-2016 18:30
  
  Los Angeles authorities say the wife of former Eagles band member Randy Meisner was killed when a rifle she was handling accidentally discharged and shot her in the head
  
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• FIXING THE BQE: The fix is in! Gridlock Sam says BQE repairs must happen before it’s too late!

  07-03-2016 18:16
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThey cantilever it alone any longer!
  The city must act now to repair the past-its-prime highway that hangs below the Brooklyn Heights Promenade before it is to late, a revered transportation expert told The Brooklyn Paper this week.“Gridlock” Sam Schwartz said concrete on the so-called triple-cantilever portion of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway — an engineering marvel that is m
  
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• Where every engaged couple in NYC should go on Sunday

  07-03-2016 18:10
  
  Belly up to the Bulleit bourbon bar on Sunday at Wedding Crashers, and take the edge off of wedding planning. Photo: Bulleit Frontier Whiskey
  If you’re planning a wedding this year, join us on Sunday for an event that will inspire you more than any Pinterest board: Wedding Crashers. Our annual wedding show returns to The Green Building and 501 Union on March 13 with so many excellent vendors it will be hard to decide where to begin. Should you stop first at the&nb
  
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• Poet-activist Sonia Sanchez subject of new documentary

  07-03-2016 17:51
  
  When a team of documentary makers first suggested a movie about her life, Sonia Sanchez resisted
  
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• Harry Potter author's chair heading to auction

  07-03-2016 17:42
  
  It could be said that it's where the magic and witchcraft began, the chair J.K. Rowling sat on while writing the first two books of the Harry Potter series is going on the auction block in New York City next month
  
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• Onstage but no script in advance? No problem, say celebs

  07-03-2016 16:57
  
  Celebrities including Whoopi Goldberg and Brian Dennehy have agreed to get on an off-Broadway stage and perform a thoughtful monologue for 70 minutes
  
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• Downton withdrawal? Check out these destinations

  07-03-2016 16:51
  
  If you're feeling sad about the end of "Downton Abbey," consider a trip to soothe your sorrows
  
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• The Latest: Jury begins deliberations in Erin Andrews' suit

  07-03-2016 16:50
  
  Jurors have started deliberations about whether two hotel companies should be held partially responsible for a stalker taking nude videos of sportscaster Erin Andrews and posting them online
  
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• Bob Dylan added to Tanglewood's summer lineup

  07-03-2016 16:38
  
  Bob Dylan is returning to Tanglewood for the first time in nearly two decades
  
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• BAY RIDGE: Asleep at the wheel: Driver zonked out in 86th Street traffic

  07-03-2016 16:29
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyCall it a passing-out lane.Police arrested a 33-year-old North Carolina man for driving under the influence after they found him slumped over the wheel of his car in the middle of 86th Street on March 5.An ambulance driver discovered the guy passed out in traffic between Fourth and Fifth avenues in Bay Ridge at about 5 pm, police said. The driver was so whacked out that he couldn’t stand on his own, law enforcement sources said
  
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• Supreme Court rejects Apple appeal over electronic books

  07-03-2016 16:03
  
  The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Apple Inc. and left in place a ruling that the company conspired with publishers to raise electronic book prices when it sought to challenge Amazon.com's dominance of the market
  
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• Will 'Downton Abbey: The Movie' be next?

  07-03-2016 16:02
  
  The producer of TV's just-ended 'Downton Abbey' says a big-screen movie is under consideration
  
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• Michelle Williams, once 'out to pasture,' returns to stage

  07-03-2016 16:02
  Michelle Williams stars opposite Jeff Daniels in "Blackbird," a disturbing tale of an older man, a much younger woman and what happens when they meet 15 years after their brief and illegal relationship has ended
  
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• With 'Downton Abbey' ending, 10 favorite bygone finales

  07-03-2016 11:13
  
  We learn our 'Downton Abbey' friends are (mostly) happy and healthy as this series concludes in fine fashion
  
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• Jury to begin deliberating in Erin Andrews' lawsuit

  07-03-2016 11:08
  
  Jurors could soon decide whether two hotel companies should be held partially responsible for a stalker taking nude videos of sportscaster Erin Andrews and posting them online
  
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• Peyton Manning calling it a career after 18 NFL seasons

  07-03-2016 10:30
  
  Peyton Manning enters the next phase of his life after retiring from the NFL following 18 seasons
  
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• PODCAST: MEDIA: Got a phone? Call Brooklyn Paper Radio today at 4:30 pm.

  07-03-2016 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Armand DiphthongBrooklyn PaperIt is open call day today on Brooklyn Paper Radio!Do you have something to talk about? Our phone lines will be open today at 4:30, as Gersh and Vince take your calls to discuss all things Brooklyn — including the mayor’s proposed trolley, the ever-decreasing price of a slice of pizza, the Common Core, Donald Trump, the Nets, Crummy the Pigeon, Bababooey, and anything your heart desires.So don’t just sit there!
  
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• IT’S ONLY MY OPINION: Stan wants to be the first Jewish president

  07-03-2016 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Stanley P. GershbeinBrooklyn DailyShe lies and lies and lies and then has the chutzpah, the gall, the audacity, the nerve (and if she was a man I would add a plural word for a portion of the male anatomy) to tell a CBS interviewer that she believes she never lied to the American public.That, my dear reader, was the biggest lie of all. Let’s back up a bit and look up her response when she was asked about the private server set up at her home in Chappaq
  
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• GRAVESEND: Bank error in their favor! Chase mortgage crisis settlement funds $3-million Marlboro Houses upgrade

  07-03-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn DailyThey’re investing cash from Wall Street in W. 11th Street!Residents of Gravesend’s Marlboro Houses will get new appliances and a brand-new basketball court courtesy the unscrupulous mortgage loaners at JP Morgan, local pols announced on March 3. The banking giant forked over $13 billion to the state in 2013 for its role in the 2008–2009 financial crisis, and $3 million of that
  
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• FIXING THE BQE: The fix is in! Gridlock Sam says BQE repairs must happen before its too late!

  07-03-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThey cantilever it alone any longer!
  The city must act now to repair the past-its-prime highway that hangs below the Brooklyn Heights Promenade before it is to late, a revered transportation expert told The Brooklyn Paper this week.“Gridlock” Sam Schwartz said concrete on the so-called triple-cantilever portion of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway — an engineering marvel that is m
  
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• CONEY ISLAND: Head surgery: City removes two leaders from Coney Island Hospital

  07-03-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyIt’s an emergency doctor-ectomy!The city is removing top leaders from Coney Island Hospital a month after a controversial emergency-room death on Feb. 1. Officials reassigned executive director Robert Hughes and medical director Dr. John Maese from the city-run hospital “to improve the patient experience,” and a chief nurse is retiring, a spokesman said.Patient Grisel Soto di
  
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• CHANGING BROOKLYN: False profit! Office buildings aren’t the promised savior of industrial Williamsburg, sez expert

  07-03-2016 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsBrooklyn PaperCall it a messiah office complex.
  The city is trying to swindle Williamsburgers into surrendering the neighborhood’s industrial land to office developments by claiming it is the only way to save factories from becoming hotels and nightclubs, says an expert in blue-collar building. But it is a false choice, says the guru, when the far simpler solution is just to ban new hotels and nightclubs.
  “City Planning should fix t
  
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• BROOKLYN IS ANGRY: Get movie-ing! Activists hope new film will force city to act on Bushwick Inlet Park

  07-03-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsBrooklyn PaperLights, camera, activism!A group of Greenpoint protesters who have been badgering the city to build a waterfront park it promised a decade ago will screen the greatest hits of their open-space activism at a local film festival — and the activists believe the creative display is the best way to reel in the mayor’s attention.“I think video is the best way to get the mayor to ac
  
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• BRIDGE ‘PARK’: The fix is in! Gridlock Sam says BQE repairs must happen before its too late!

  07-03-2016 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn DailyThey cantilever it alone any longer!
  The city must act now to repair the past-its-prime highway that hangs below the Brooklyn Heights Promenade before it is to late, a revered transportation expert told The Brooklyn Paper this week.“Gridlock” Sam Schwartz said concrete on the so-called triple-cantilever portion of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway — an engineering marvel that is more than 10 years past its intended li
  
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• BAY RIDGE: Asleep at the wheel: Driver passed out in 86th Street traffic

  07-03-2016 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyCall it a passing-out lane.Police arrested a 33-year-old North Carolina man for driving under the influence after they found him slumped over the wheel of his car in the middle of 86th Street on March 5.An ambulance driver discovered the guy passed out in traffic between Fourth and Fifth avenues in Bay Ridge at about 5 pm, police said. The driver was so whacked out that he couldn’t stand on his own, law enforcement sources said
  
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• AWESOME: Brooklyn’s ‘champs’ honored at Borough Hall

  07-03-2016 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThey are the champions!Borough President Adams honored some of Kings County’s best high-school and amateur athletes, aspiring scholars, and all-around achievers at his second annual “Night Honoring Brooklyn Champions” ceremony on March. 3.Adams recognized some of Brooklyn’s winning sports teams including the boys badminton team from Franklin D. Roosevelt High School, the Wolves football team from the Grand St
  
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• ART: Art appreciation: Exhibit keeps it real estate

  07-03-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsBrooklyn PaperGentrification isn’t all bad!A Sunset Park art exhibit will use the visual techniques and language of real estate to tackle the effects of rapid development on urban communities. The goal is to explore the ups and downs of development— without getting too preachy, said the show’s curator.“It’s not really meant to take a very overt political tone,” said Katherine Gressel, who will unveil the &ldq
  
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• Art appreciation: Exhibit keeps it real estate

  07-03-2016 06:00
  
  Gentrification isn’t all bad! Read more.
  
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• Lehtera helps Blues defeat Wild 4-2

  07-03-2016 04:57
  
  Jori Lehtera scored in his return to the lineup and the St. Louis Blues held on to beat the Minnesota Wild 4-2 on Sunday night
  
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• Rams' Tre Mason subdued by stun gun during arrest

  07-03-2016 04:48
  
  Police say Los Angeles Rams player Tre Mason was subdued with a stun gun when he refused to cooperate with officers who were arresting him in South Florida for reckless driving and marijuana possession
  
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• Kane, Blackhawks beat Red Wings 4-1

  07-03-2016 02:33
  
  Patrick Kane scored his 38th goal on the first shot of the game, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Sunday
  
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• Review: Lupita Nyong'o soars in searing play 'Eclipsed'

  07-03-2016 02:18
  
  Theater review: Lupita Nyong'o loses herself utterly in the searing and stunning play "Eclipsed," which opened Sunday at the Golden Theatre
  
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• Roussel scores late in 3rd period as Stars edge Senators 2-1

  07-03-2016 02:14
  
  Antoine Roussel scored the go-ahead goal late in the third period, leading the Dallas Stars past the Ottawa Senators 2-1 on Sunday night
  
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