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• Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer dies at 71

  11-03-2016 23:53
  
  Keith Emerson, the keyboardist and founding member of the 1970s progressive rock group Emerson, Lake and Palmer, died Thursday night at his home in Santa Monica
  
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• SXSW co-founder Louis Meyers dies on day 2016 festival opens

  11-03-2016 23:20
  
  A colleague of SXSW co-founder Louis Meyers says the musician has died on the day the entertainment festival opened for the 30th year
  
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• NFL player Russell Wilson, singer Ciara are engaged

  11-03-2016 22:48
  
  NFL player Russell Wilson and singer Ciara are engaged
  
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• Two Donald Trumps? Depends on which one you ask.

  11-03-2016 22:16
  
  Are there two Donald Trumps? The quiet thinker and the flashy showman? Depends on which Trump you ask.
  
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• 13th National Black Writers Conference: 7th Annual Poetry Cafe

  11-03-2016 22:15
  Thursday, March 31, 2016 7:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterThe evening will feature 2016 NYC Youth Poet Laureate Nkosi Nkululeko along with the special guests and the works of emerging poets. In collaboration with Medgar Evers College Center for Black Literature. Hosted by Wendy Robinson.
  
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• RED HOOK: Drydock! Water Taxi says it will stop service at year’s end

  11-03-2016 21:58
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperA yellow-and-black checkered ferry that provides a popular service between Ikea in Red Hook and Manhattan says it will float off into the sunset at the end of this year after learning it lost its bid to run the mayor’s city-wide ferry system.
  New York Water Taxi, which has been shuttling landlubbers across the East River and on harbor tours for the last 15 years, claims the city has raised the gangway on its offer to run ferri
  
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• WILLIAMSBURG–GREENPOINT WATERFRONT: Striking oil: City buys Bayside Depot, expands Bushwick Inlet Park

  11-03-2016 21:50
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsBrooklyn PaperIt’s Bushwick Inlet Park’s Louisiana Purchase!The city has finally purchased a chunk of Williamsburg waterfront property on N. 12th Street it has for years promised to convert into green space as part of the long-awaited Bushwick Inlet Park — adding about six football fields of space to the park and taking a significant step towards the sprawling oasis’ completion, say park advocates.“We’re real
  
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• The Latest: Millan says he wasn't cruel in hostile dog rehab

  11-03-2016 21:47
  
  "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan says an online petition that claims he cruelly used a pig to bait an aggressive dog is misguided because the pig was fine and the dog was rehabilitated
  
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• Upcoming 2016 Movie Releases

  11-03-2016 21:03
  
  With the best season for blockbuster movies upon us, take a look at what to expect in theaters this year. Note: Some dates are subject to change.
  
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• Del Castillo disputes part of Sean Penn's 'El Chapo' article

  11-03-2016 20:25
  
  Kate del Castillo breaks months of silence about her and Sean Penn's controversial meeting with then-fugitive drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, saying Penn's account of an encounter with a Mexican military checkpoint never happened
  
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• Louis C.K., Russell Brand to perform at NYC veterans benefit

  11-03-2016 20:13
  
  Louis C.K. and Russell Brand will perform at a benefit for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder
  
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• 50 Cent: Secret Service asking about 'prop' money

  11-03-2016 20:07
  
  50 Cent says the Secret Service is now asking him about wads of fake money in his Instagram photos that drew questions from a concerned bankruptcy court judge
  
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• Review: Sean Watkins, out on his own and in clear voice

  11-03-2016 20:01
  
  Catchy hooks and gorgeous playing sustain "What to Fear," Sean Watkins' second solo album
  
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• Nielsen: Thursday's GOP debate drew second fewest viewers

  11-03-2016 19:57
  
  Nearly 12 million viewers watched Thursday's Republican Party debate on CNN
  
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• Fielder returns to Rangers' camp after sleep disorder tests

  11-03-2016 19:56
  
  Prince Fielder has returned to the Rangers' spring training and inserted into the lineup Friday as Texas' designated hitter against Milwaukee after being tested earlier this week for a sleep disorder
  
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• Marvel Studios invites female Avengers to a science contest

  11-03-2016 19:45
  
  Calling all would-be female Avengers: Marvel Studios wants you to compete in a science contest
  
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• Edwidge Danticat and Jacqueline Woodson in Conversation

  11-03-2016 18:53
  Sunday, April 3, 2016 12:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck Centerread more
  
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• BRIC TV’s new spring season premieres March 14

  11-03-2016 18:00
  
  Sponsored By BRIC.BRIC is a nonprofit arts and media cultural organization that presents free and low-cost programming to the community.Created By BlankSlateBRIC TV is community television with an edge, delivering a bold lineup of documentary series, hyperlocal news, politics, music, comedy, scripted series and more. They strive to be a megaphone for the underrepresented, and a patron of the independent arts. If you haven’t checked out their programming yet, now is a good time—their
  
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• Petition says National Geographic should pull 'Cesar 911'

  11-03-2016 17:52
  
  A spokesman for National Geographic television says a video clip without context caused a flurry of concern over dog trainer Cesar Millan's methods when he used pigs to help in dog training
  
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• Steve Martin is guest curator at Boston art exhibition

  11-03-2016 17:50
  
  Happy feet, happy eyes: Steve Martin is guest curator of an exhibition at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts devoted to Canadian modernist Lawren Harris
  
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• Secrecy a hallmark of Supreme Court vetting process

  11-03-2016 17:32
  
  Secrecy a hallmark of Supreme Court vetting process
  
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• Chris Cornell recalls 2005 Cuba show, gives advice to Stones

  11-03-2016 16:25
  
  Chris Cornell remembers the challenges Audioslave faced when the band was planning a free concert in Havana a decade ago. He's encouraging the Rolling Stones to tell their musician-friends to perform there after the band visits later this month
  
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• RED HOOK: Beep: Red Hook nursing home plan doesn’t float

  11-03-2016 16:16
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThis plan doesn’t swim.Borough President Adams took a hard line against a proposal to build a nursing home in Superstorm Sandy-ravaged Red Hook, recommending the city not approve it because it would put too many seniors in harms way and doesn’t provide an adequate emergency evacuation plan.The Beep’s report, dated March 8, says Oxford Nursing Home’s plan to build a $65-mi
  
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• Never tried virtual reality? Here's what it's like

  11-03-2016 16:15
  
  Associated Press television writer Frazier Moore tries out virtual reality for the first time and finds it's nothing like watching TV
  
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• Hollywood learns a new storytelling language for VR

  11-03-2016 16:14
  
  Experimental filmmakers are just now developing a language for telling stories in virtual reality
  
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• Aubrie Sellers debuts gritty, raw garage country sound

  11-03-2016 14:40
  
  Raised in country music but drawn to Led Zeppelin, singer Aubrie Sellers charts her own path on gritty debut album, "New City Blues."
  
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• Pop singer Mike Posner grabs onto 2nd hit with both hands

  11-03-2016 14:34
  
  Singer-songwriter Mike Posner is determined not to take anything for granted as he readies for a comeback with global dance hit 'I Took A Pill In Ibiza (SeeB Remix).'
  
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• Man heading to prison in slaying of father

  11-03-2016 12:18
  
  A New Jersey man convicted in the fatal shooting of his father is heading to prison
  
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• Russell Crowe a leading man at Martin Crowe's funeral

  11-03-2016 09:03
  
  Actor Russell Crowe was a pallbearer at the funeral of his cousin, former New Zealand cricket captain Martin Crowe, who died March 3 of lymphoma
  
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• DITMAS PARK: Coward slashes Ditmas Park woman from behind

  11-03-2016 08:39
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn PaperA savage wearing an American flag bandanna over his face slashed a woman in Ditmas Park on March 10.The nationalistic good-for-nothing came up from behind the woman on Beverly Road between Rugby and Argyle roads around 9:45 am and knifed her in the neck, police said. The two are apparently strangers and did not interact before the attack, law enforcement sources said. It did not appear to be racially motivated, cops said.The woman
  
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• MARINE PARK: What the fund!? Marine Park legislator inexplicably has Council’s highest budget

  11-03-2016 08:27
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThey can’t account for this one.Marine Park’s councilman has the highest budget for staff salaries and rent in the entire Council, but neither he nor the council speaker, who sets the budgets, can explain why. Councilman Alan Maisel’s office gets $489,000 for staff and rent — $80,000 more than the standard Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito created in February, according to materials obtained by Gotham Gazette a
  
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• In LeBron's final duel with Kobe, Cavs top Lakers 120-108

  11-03-2016 08:25
  
  LeBron James scored 24 points while sharing a court with Kobe Bryant for the final time, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 120-108 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers
  
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• Board OK'd 38 Studios settlement without knowing who'd pay

  11-03-2016 07:06
  
  Rhode Island's economic development agency says officials who approved a partial $12.5 million settlement in the agency's lawsuit over its deal with ex-Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's 38 Studios did so without knowing who would pay
  
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• Drawn that way: Gallery shows Italian erotic comics

  11-03-2016 06:00
  
  See the art of a Latin lover! Read more.
  
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• BAY RIDGE NIGHTS: Bay Ridge is going green!

  11-03-2016 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn DailySaint Patrick’s Day is right around the corner!
  Does that mean you should you take the weekend off to rest up? No way! There are plenty of options at all levels of Bay Ridge revelry!
  Friday night is a bit quiet in the neighborhood, but Saturday is rockin’. Take advantage of the beautiful weather this weekend — 62 degrees predicted for Saturday! — by heading to the outdoor patio of Red, White, and Brew (8910
  
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• ART: Drawn that way: Gallery shows Italian erotic comics

  11-03-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Carlo Bosticcofor Brooklyn PaperSee the art of a Latin lover!A Dumbo art gallery will unveil an exhibit of comics by an Italian master of erotic comics on March 12. Cartoonist Guido Crepax is little-known in the United States, but this exhibit at the Scott Eder Gallery hopes to introduce audiences to an artist whose talent is more than sexy, says the show’s curator.“Guido Crepax is a master storyteller whose
  
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• A BRITISHER’S VIEW: Ink fascists rip Trump over KKK non-remarks, but bypass Obama’s black supremacist ties

  11-03-2016 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Shavana AbruzzoBrooklyn DailyWhat’s good for the goose should be good for the gander.
  Media bigots skewered Donald Trump for not swiftly denouncing former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke in a weekend interview — a miscommunication due to a faulty ear piece, he claimed — and continue to hound the Republican presidential frontrunner, who has disavowed the white supremacist since then and on numerous other occasions.Yet ink fascists wet-nursed
  
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• Lawyer: 'Pawn Stars' star to fight felony drug, gun charges

  11-03-2016 02:23
  
  The lawyer representing "Pawn Stars" reality TV star "Chumlee" says he'll fight felony weapon and drug charges _ and sex assault allegations if they're filed, too
  
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• Review: 'Blackbird' with Daniels and Williams is brilliant

  11-03-2016 02:03
  
  The drama writer for The Associated Press says in his review that the new Broadway revival of "Blackbird" ducks and weaves enough to take your breath away under Joe Mantello's direction
  
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• Ex-HBO employee pleads guilty to stealing nearly $1 million

  11-03-2016 01:22
  
  A former HBO employee has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $1 million from the cable company by submitting phony invoices
  
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• Warner Bros. answers diversity call with directors program

  11-03-2016 00:11
  
  Warner Bros. is answering calls to make Hollywood more diverse, launching a program where it will provide five up-and-coming directors from underrepresented groups with mentoring and around $100,000 to produce a short film.
  
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