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• Verboten reopened after filing Chapter 11

  06-04-2016 23:39
  
  Brooklyn club Verboten reopened last weekend (April 2) after being shut down by NY State for non-payment of taxes.
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• Review: Melissa McCarthy's 'The Boss' misses the mark

  06-04-2016 23:38
  
  Film Review: Melissa McCarthy's 'The Boss' falls shy of its talented star's best
  
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• Young Timberwolves have their coming-out party in W over GSW

  06-04-2016 23:31
  
  The Minnesota Timberwolves' playoff drought will reach 12 years this season, but a win at Golden State suggests good times are near
  
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• AEG planning new music festival at Rose Bowl

  06-04-2016 23:03
  
  It's looking like NYC's Panorama won't be AEG Live's only new festival. They're also planning to debut one in June 2017 at Pasadena, CA's Rose Bowl and the surrounding grounds, which is about a three hour drive away from Coachella (presented by the AEG-owned Goldenvoice). It will be called the Arroyo Seco Music and Arts Festival...
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• A peek inside the psychological thriller 'The Invitation'

  06-04-2016 22:50
  
  For the movies, and Los Angelenos, the Hollywood Hills are laced with mythology, which is why director Karyn Kusama knew it was the perfect setting for her unnerving psychological thriller "The Invitation."
  
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• Reaction to death of country star Merle Haggard

  06-04-2016 22:34
  
  Reaction to death of country star Merle Haggard has come from Willie Nelson to Dolly Parton
  
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• David Cross did a "Times Talk" (video), continues "Making America Great Again" tour ++ win tix to Beacon Theatre

  06-04-2016 22:32
  
  Mr. Cross doesn’t get the credit he deserves as a political stand-up. He’s better known as a comic actor (“Arrested Development”) and an inspired sketch performer (“Mr. Show”), and his brainy-oddball persona doesn’t have the gritty glamour of Bill Hicks or Lenny Bruce...
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• Country icon Merle Haggard, champion of the underdog, dies

  06-04-2016 22:31
  
  Country giant Merle Haggard, who celebrated outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sense of national pride in such hits as "Okie From Muskogee" and "Sing Me Back Home," died Wednesday at 79, on his birthday
  
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• Rolling Stone lists the 40 greatest punk albums of all time

  06-04-2016 22:13
  
  Last month, Rolling Stone ranked the 40 best emo albums of all time, and today they're back with the 40 best punk albums of all time. Now, this is the same magazine that told you John Cougar Mellencamp, Sting and Jackson Browne all had some of the 100 best albums of the 1980s and Black Flag and Minor Threat did not, so it'd be understandable if you don't care what they think the best punk albums of all time are, but this list is actually rock solid...
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• FORT GREENE: Pickpocket swipes woman’s money order

  06-04-2016 21:51
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn Paper88th PrecinctFort Greene–Clinton HillMissing orderA thief snatched a lady’s $640 money order from her coat pocket as she was taking a break at a Grand Avenue bus stop on April 1.
  The woman told cops she went at the grocery store with the money order and mail in her front pocket and stopped at the bus stop near Cambridge Street at 1:45 pm to rest.
  When she got home, she realized her money order and mail were missing, acco
  
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• RED HOOK: Signed, sealed, delivered! ‘Red Hook’ sign illuminated

  06-04-2016 21:42
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperIt is lit!
  Luxury electric car maker Tesla has now illuminated the new version of the “Red Hook” sign it promised to bring back to its Van Brunt Street showroom last week.The original sign, circa 2005, was a more folksy effort, made out of rope lights wrapped around wood and dating and spelling out the nabe’s name in prominent block letters that some residents dubbed “Red Hook’s welcome mat to the world
  
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• Your Ideal Week: April 7 – April 13

  06-04-2016 20:37
  
  See the Spirit Family Reunion at the Brooklyn Folk Festival this weekend: Photo: Spirit Family Reunion
  What a week! Between what was probably the most exciting NCAA championship game ever, the coldest April temps in recent memory, the news that Hillary and Bernie will be squaring off in a debate right in our own backyard, MTA fiascos, and everyone scrambling to get their taxes done, perhaps you haven’t found the time to scour the borough for fun stuff to do this week. No worries, that&rsq
  
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• The Unconventional Chamber Music of The Knights at BRIC, April 8

  06-04-2016 15:25
  
  Sponsored By The Knights.The Knights are an orchestral collective, flexible in size and repertory, dedicated to transforming the concert experience.Created By BlankSlateIf the idea of a chamber music performance makes you instantly sleepy, you definitely haven’t seen The Knights. This Brooklyn-based collective of virtuosic musicians call upon such diverse traditions as jazz, klezmer, and indie rock in their original arrangements and compositions. The New Yorker has
  
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• WAITING IN THE WINGS: Nas, Talib Kweli, Fabolous to headline Brooklyn Hip-Hop Fest in Dumbo

  06-04-2016 08:45
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperHip-hop luminary Nas will headline the 12th incarnation of the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival at Brooklyn Bridge Park on July 16, organizers announced on Monday.
  Jay Z, Kendrick Lamar, and Busta Rhymes have all graced the hallowed stage in the past, but the fest’s founder says the “Illmatic” rapper is one big name he has been trying to hook for years.“Nas was one of the last legends of the game we wanted to get,&r
  
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• CROWN HEIGHTS: Head for the Hill: Brooklyn turns out for Clinton’s town hall

  06-04-2016 08:11
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn PaperDemocratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton addressed more than 300 boisterous Brooklynites at a “Women For Hillary Town Hall” at Medgar Evers College in Crown Heights on April 5.Clinton shared the stage at the historically black college with several prominent local women of color, positioning herself as an ally to women and minorities — groups her primary opponent Sen. B
  
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• RED HOOK: Going indie: New comic shows the borough seceding

  06-04-2016 06:47
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Giaco FurinoBrooklyn DailyBrooklyn draws the line!A new online comic launching today imagines a super-charged Brooklyn, reversing the Mistake of ’98 to create a world in which the borough secedes not just from New York City, but from the entire United States.In the opening panels of “The Red Hook,” which launches its first chapter today, a seismic shock shatters the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges and s
  
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• Going indie: New comic shows the borough seceding

  06-04-2016 06:46
  
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• BOOKS: Going indie: New comic shows the borough seceding

  06-04-2016 06:46
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Giaco Furinofor Brooklyn PaperBrooklyn draws the line!A new online comic launching today imagines a super-charged Brooklyn, reversing the Mistake of ’98 to create a world in which the borough secedes not just from New York City, but from the entire United States.In the opening panels of “The Red Hook,” which launches its first chapter today, a seismic shock shatters the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges a
  
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• WILLIAMSBURG: Getting a piece of the pie: Bensonhurst restaurant opens pizza shop in trendy Williamsburg

  06-04-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn DailyIt’s a slice of real Brooklyn in hipster Williamsburg.A red-sauce Bensonhurst restaurant expanded into the borough’s so-called epicenter of cool this weekend with a menu that eschews arcane antipasta, primi, and secundi in favor of the do-it-yourself ethos that so many work-from-home types profess to adore by letting customers build their own pizza from a smattering of traditional and not-so-traditional (hotdog anyone?)
  
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• NOT FOR NUTHIN’: Jo’s got some pointers on picking knitting needles

  06-04-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyMy Uncle Phil always told me to use the right tool for the job. True, sometimes his right tool was a rubber mallet, but for him it got the job done.
  I decided to try my hand at knitting a sweater. Now, I have started many a knit-one-and-purl-two, but never have I finished any sweaters, leaving my knitting skills to blankets, scarves, and dish towels. I prefer to crochet sweaters and clothing, because the work goes quicker, the i
  
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• MILL BASIN: Hall hell breaking loose! Mill Basinites want city to quell noisy catering hall

  06-04-2016 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyYou can’t fight catering hall.Mill Basinites are demanding the city crack down on a raucous, late-night catering hall on the corner of Avenue N and E. 51st Street. Neighbors, all of whom wished to remain anonymous, say they have been lodging complaints against Carib Catering Hall for nearly three years, but claim police are doing little to curb the noise, double-parking, and litter that revelers leave behind. It’s so b
  
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• HARBOR WATCH: West Point marches into Fort Hamilton

  06-04-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn DailyCadets, vets, and instructors from the United States Military Academy at West Point came down to Fort Hamilton Army Base on April 2 to give local middle and high school students the inside scoop about the Army academy up the Hudson River.
  The superintendent of the 214-year-old military academy, Lieutenant General Robert Caslen Jr., was the keynote speaker at the event, and spoke to his goal of making West Point “the city&rsqu
  
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• GREENPOINT: Police: Woman hits ex-hubby with car

  06-04-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Madeline AnthonyBrooklyn Paper94th PrecinctGreenpoint–NorthsideEx troublesA woman ran over her ex-husband with her car on Conselyea Street on March 31, police said.
  The victim told officers that he was talking to his new girlfriend outside their place of work between Graham and Manhattan avenues at 8 pm when his ex pulled up next to the pair and started an argument.
  The victim pulled out his phone to videotape his irate former lover — only for h
  
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• DINING: Getting a piece of the pie: Bensonhurst restaurant opens pizza shop in Williamsburg

  06-04-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn PaperIt’s a slice of real Brooklyn in hipster Williamsburg.A red-sauce Bensonhurst restaurant expanded into the borough’s so-called epicenter of cool this weekend with a menu that eschews arcane antipasta, primi, and secundi in favor of the do-it-yourself ethos that so many work-from-home types profess to adore by letting customers build their own pizza from a smattering of traditional and not-so-traditional (hotdog anyone?)
  
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• CRIME: Two break-ins at same diner two days apart

  06-04-2016 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn Daily61st PrecinctSheepshead Bay—Homecrest—
  Manhattan Beach—GravesendPancakes, eggs, and moneyThere were two break-ins at a Kings Highway diner two days apart, police said.Cops cuffed a guy on March 31 who they say broke into the diner near E. Eighth Street at 5:10 pm on March 28 and removed $1,500 from the cash box, according to a police report. A cook was in the diner at the time of the burglary but did not see anyt
  
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• CRIME: Piped down: Cops say suspect attacked driver with rod over parking spot

  06-04-2016 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn Daily60th PrecinctConey Island—Brighton Beach—SeagateThat’s my spot!Cops cuffed a man who they say sent a guy to the hospital after a heated argument over a Mermaid Avenue parking spot on March 30 turned violent, according to police.The two got into an argument about a parking spot near W. 23rd Street around 2:20 pm. It took a turn for the worst when one driver grabbed a metal pipe and hit the other over the back, prom
  
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• BROOKLYN HEIGHTS: Crook robs guy with walking stick

  06-04-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn Paper84th PrecinctBrooklyn Heights–Dumbo–Boerum Hill–DowntownStick up
  Some scoundrel tried to use his walking stick to rob a guy on Pacific Street on April 1.The victim was near Bond Street at 7:50 am when the punk waved his cane in the guy’s face and said, “Give me your phone, give me your wallet,” according to a report.
  He tried to grab the cellphone from the victim’s hand, but was unsuccessful
  
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• BENSONHURST: Police: Gun-toting teens rough up other teen for sneakers

  06-04-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn Paper62nd PrecinctBensonhurst—Bath BeachTeen troublesPolice arrested three of four teenagers who they say held another adolescent at gunpoint and roughed him up on 20th Avenue on April 4 for two pairs of sneakers, police said.The victim told cops he thought he was meeting up with them to sell the pricey kicks, but when he showed up at 86th Street just after 9 pm, one of the teens came up behind him brandishing a handgun. The other
  
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• BAY RIDGE: Police: Queens duo swipes jewelry from Ridge home

  06-04-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn Paper68th PrecinctBay Ridge—Dyker HeightsCrossing boroughsDetectives arrested a pair of suspects from Queens who they say came broke into an 87th Street home on March 29.They took pricey jewelry from the home between Narrows Avenue and Colonial Road in a quick hit just after noon, police said. But detectives nabbed them on the way back to Queens and found them with the jewelry, a police scanner, and tools in their vehicle.Diamond
  
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• BAY RIDGE NIGHTS: Bay Ridge is for mama’s boys

  06-04-2016 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn DailyThis week Bay Ridge Nights pays tributes to all the moms out there!
  And we think the best way to do that is to behave the way we do every weekend —staying out late and worrying them half to death.Start things off on Friday night by grooving over to the Greenhouse Cafe (7717 Third Ave. between 77th and 78th streets) to catch the 1960s cover outfit Uncle Rip — a local supergroup made up of musicians from various area band
  
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• At a glance: Global fallout from offshore accounts reports

  06-04-2016 05:49
  
  Reports drawn from 11.5 million leaked documents detailing how and where politicians, businesses and celebrities hide their wealth are triggering reactions from around the globe
  
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• The Latest: Panama law firm files hacking complaint

  06-04-2016 05:46
  
  One of the co-founders of the Panama-based law firm at the heart of the "Panama Papers" uproar says the company has filed a complaint with Panamanian prosecutors alleging that the data was stolen by a hacking attack from abroad
  
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• Panama Papers could add to outrage in presidential race

  06-04-2016 05:17
  
  The revelations in the Panama Papers could add fuel to the outrage in the presidential race
  
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• Black Keys drummer throws out first pitch at Indians opener

  06-04-2016 03:59
  
  Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney admitted being nervous when he threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Tuesday's delayed season opener between the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox
  
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• Huerta: No ill feelings with Rosario Dawson over Sanders

  06-04-2016 03:12
  
  Civil rights icon Dolores Huerta tells The AP she holds no ill feelings toward actress Rosario Dawson over her "open letter" criticizing Huerta for supporting Hillary Clinton
  
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• Turtle Power: Costumed fans win Yankees tickets from Oliver

  06-04-2016 01:42
  
  Two fans wore yellow and green Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles outfits to Yankee Stadium to answer comedian John Oliver's call to dress like "riff-raff."
  
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• Stolen Make-A-Wish scooter recovered

  06-04-2016 01:38
  
  A scooter stolen from San Francisco's Make-A-Wish office that was autographed by San Francisco Giants outfielder Hunter Pence has been found and two suspects have been arrested
  
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• FIFA head Infantino defends reputation after media reports

  06-04-2016 00:47
  
  FIFA President Gianni Infantino has defended his reputation after reports that he signed a Champions League broadcasting contract in 2006 with an offshore registered marketing agency implicated last year in the FIFA bribery scandal
  
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• Man pleads guilty to posing as agent for Comic Con VIP pass

  06-04-2016 00:30
  
  A Utah man facing criminal charges for posing as a federal agent to get into a $10,000-a-head VIP room at Comic Con in Salt Lake City agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors Tuesday
  
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