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• Schwarzenegger ally's son to be freed from California prison

  08-04-2016 23:51
  
  The son of former state Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez will be freed from prison within days, the result of a 2011 decision by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
  
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• Woods share songs that inspired their new LP (listen)

  08-04-2016 23:27
  
  Woods' very good new album, City Sun Eater in the River of Light is out today and, as Andrew noted, the band bring in some new sounds and influences into their mossy folk-rock world this time. The band made a playlist for Flood Magazine featuring some of the artists and songs that influenced the new record, which includes a fair amount of reggae (The Congos, Toots & the Maytals, The Wailers), '70s funk and jazz (Herbie Hancock, Don Cherry, Allen Toussaint), The Beatles, The Stones and m
  
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• Bruce Springsteen Cancels North Carolina Concert Over Extreme Anti-LGBT Law

  08-04-2016 22:41
  
  “Bruce Springsteen is a hero and an icon because he gives voice, both through his music and his advocacy, to those who struggle against injustice and equality.”
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• Youth Code release new LP 'Commitment to Complications,' playing NYC, touring w/ Baroness (dates)

  08-04-2016 22:34
  
  LA harsh electronic duo Youth Code released their new album Commitment to Complications today. They've also been announced as openers for Baroness on that band's latest extensive run of North American dates...
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• These poor dudes got busted with acid & meth on their way to see Guns N' Roses

  08-04-2016 22:21
  
  I hope he didn't swallow too many of the drugs before this mug shot was taken
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• The Acid performing 'The Bomb' at Tribeca Film Fest; Ry X readies solo LP (listen), playing National Sawdust

  08-04-2016 22:17
  
  The Tribeca Film Fest is coming up next week, and while we've already highlighted some of the cool-seeming films and events going down as part of the festival, there's another event that might be of interest to BV-readers...
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• Axl Rose broke his foot, but Vegas shows happening

  08-04-2016 21:50
  
  I guess the LA warm up show wasn't so easy, easy...
  Guns N' Roses play Last Vegas tonight, and tomorrow, and Coachella a week later. Hopefully his foot fully heals by the time the rest of the tour happens, which by the way went on sale today...
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• Parquet Courts released 'Human Performance' (listen), talked Pavement comparisons & more in Reddit AMA

  08-04-2016 21:26
  
  "Yeah its weird. Honestly nobody in PC is a superfan of that band. I think maybe theres a lot of common influences... Roxy, Wire, Fall, etc... I think we are way more a punk band than them. Nothing against them, they are better musicians."
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• Die Choking touring, playing Philly's Useless Christ Fest tonight, NYC this weekend

  08-04-2016 21:17
  
  Philly grindcore outfit Die Choking is hitting the road, kicking off an east coast tour today in their hometown at the underground metal festival Useless Christ Fest. That has a pretty cool lineup that also features Artificial Brain, Ramming Speed, Birdflesh, Suffocation and others. Its at Voltage Lounge tonight (4/8), and tickets are on sale now.
  After that they'll have a couple of NYC-area shows...
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• POLITICS: LIVE BLOG: Bernie Sanders rallies in Brooklyn

  08-04-2016 20:52
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.The stump-grinding bureauBrooklyn DailyDemocratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is rallying in front of his childhood home in Midwood today with actor Mark Ruffalo — and then stumping in Greenpoint with actress Susan Sarandon — a week before his Fort Greene debate with Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton and 11 days ahead of the New York primary.Our reporters are grinding it out on the scene to bring the Bern from the streets to your scree
  
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• POLITICS: Bernie Sanders rallies in Brooklyn

  08-04-2016 20:50
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.The stump-grinding bureauBrooklyn PaperDemocratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is rallying in front of his childhood home in Midwood today with actor Mark Ruffalo — and then stumping in Greenpoint with actress Susan Sarandon — a week before his Fort Greene debate with Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton and 11 days ahead of the New York primary.Our reporters are grinding it out on the scene to bring the Bern from the streets to your scree
  
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• BRIGHTON BEACH: Beach Cruzer! Ted Cruz makes campaign stop in Brighton Beach

  08-04-2016 20:37
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyHe got some blow-back.Critics panned Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz when he visited a Brighton Beach matzoh factory on April 7, because he voted against a $60 billion disaster relief bill in 2013 that aided the storm-ravaged neighborhood’s recovery. Cruz schmoozed with supporters — some of whom donned red, velvet yarmulkes embroidered with “I’m with Teddy&rdqu
  
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• The Latest: Suspect arrested in UT Austin student's death

  08-04-2016 16:48
  
  Police say they have arrested a suspect in connection with the first on-campus killing at the University of Texas in five decades
  
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• Pick your own food aboard a floating forest at Brooklyn Bridge Park this summer

  08-04-2016 16:22
  
  A rendering of the floating food forest. Image: Swale
  Brooklyn being Brooklyn, the borough is no stranger to gardens in unusual places. There are the storied plots behind Roberta’s in Bushwick and the rooftop gardens at the Whole Foods Gowanus and the Brooklyn Navy Yard or you can always head high above Downtown Brooklyn to see the green roof atop the Barclays Center designed to keep the roar of local concerts and sports events to a low hum. In other words, Brooklyn is a pretty green plac
  
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• Austin police seek suspect with bicycle in student's death

  08-04-2016 16:07
  
  Austin police are hunting for a suspect captured on University of Texas surveillance video late Sunday, around the same time and place that a first-year dance student was killed on campus
  
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• 'American Idol' crowns 15th and final winner as TV show ends

  08-04-2016 15:22
  
  "American Idol" crowned its 15th and final winner as the influential TV show comes to an end
  
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• PBS' documentary on Jackie Robinson reveals complicated life

  08-04-2016 15:08
  
  PBS documentary on Jackie Robinson is most intriguing when it examines the post-baseball life of the man who broke the sport's color line
  
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• Hackett's attempt for 4th Olympics ends at Australian trials

  08-04-2016 14:32
  
  Three-time Olympic gold medalist Grant Hackett's attempt to make the team for Rio de Janeiro has ended after he finished seventh in his 200-meter semifinal and 11th overall at the Australian trials on Friday
  
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• British royal couple to be eagerly watched during India trip

  08-04-2016 14:29
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are likely to encounter a nation of starry-eyed fans upon their arrival in India
  
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• DOWNTOWN: Cruz slams $15 minimum wage in Brooklyn, says poor, black teens will suffer

  08-04-2016 14:06
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperHe came Cruz-ing for a schmoozing.Republican Presidential hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz (R–Texas) championed the plight of poor, minority teen workers in an effort to win over an audience of local black business leaders Downtown on Thursday night, slamming New York’s recent minimum-wage hike as a burden on small businesses that will force them to replace those kids’ jobs with computers.“Every time you raise the minim
  
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• DOWNTOWN: Cruz slams $15 minimum wage in Brooklyn: Poor, black teens will suffer

  08-04-2016 14:06
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperHe came Cruz-ing for a schmoozing.Republican Presidential hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz (R–Texas) championed the plight of poor, minority teen workers in an effort to win over an audience of local black business leaders Downtown on Thursday night, slamming New York’s recent minimum-wage hike as a burden on small businesses that will force them to replace those kids’ jobs with computers.“Every time you raise the minim
  
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• Clinton: GOP in 'fantasy' world dreaming of her arrest

  08-04-2016 13:50
  
  Hillary Clinton says Republicans are living in a world of 'fantasy and hope' if they think she'll be indicted over her use of a private email server
  
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• From Ronnie to a fan: more than 100 Reagan letters for sale

  08-04-2016 13:34
  
  Long before he was president of the United States, Ronald Reagan had an army of star-struck movie fans who wrote him letters _ and who to their surprise often got a personal reply
  
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• Albanian PM: Trump's election would be a threat

  08-04-2016 11:13
  
  Less than a week before visiting Washington, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has said U.S. Republican candidate Donald Trump would be a threat to his country and to U.S.-Albanian bilateral ties if elected president
  
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• Officials: Texas student's killing on campus 'horrifying'

  08-04-2016 10:24
  
  A first-year University of Texas dance student was killed and police are searching for a man seen near the heart of campus, where her body was found
  
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• GREENPOINT: Bernie Sanders will host public rallies outside childhood home and in Greenpoint today

  08-04-2016 09:56
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Ruth BrownBrooklyn PaperBrooklyn-born Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vermont) will finally make a public appearance in his hometown on Friday, hosting rallies outside his childhood home in Midwood and in a waterfront park in Greenpoint.
  The James Madison High School alum — who is in town ahead of the April 19 New York primary — will first host an event sometime after 1 pm outside the building where he spent his form
  
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• The Latest: Trent Harmon is the 15th and final "Idol" winner

  08-04-2016 09:09
  
  Trent Harmon is the 15th and final "American Idol" winner
  
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• BAY RIDGE: Daytime TV host: Guys who interrupted my John Kasich rally were actors — but I didn’t hire them!

  08-04-2016 08:54
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn PaperWhat a twist!The fight at Republican presidential campaign caboose John Kasich’s Bay Ridge town hall was as staged as an episode of the “Jerry Springer Show,” according to tabloid television host Montel Williams, who was there stumping for the candidate.“Ever seen a ‘protest’ that well-choreographed and protesters with obvious training in voice projection?” tweeted Williams, who has hosted
  
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• FLATBUSH: Back to his grassroots! Bernie Sanders to open campaign office in native Flatbush

  08-04-2016 08:51
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn PaperFlatbush will soon feel the Bern.Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign is opening its second Brooklyn office — this time a stone’s throw from the Midwood-native-turned-Vermont-senator’s childhood home, organizers announced just 12 days before the New York primary. The Madison High School-educated presidential hopeful is opening the operation at the corner of Flatbush and Bedford avenues to reach communitie
  
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• CHANGING BROOKLYN: Ann Taylor outlet latest in Fulton Mall’s big-brand takeover

  08-04-2016 08:51
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperIt is a chain reaction.Women’s clothier Ann Taylor is opening a factory outlet store on Fulton Mall, leaving some local shoppers nostalgic for the unique mom and pop shops that once lined the strip now dominated by discounted versions of big-name national brands.
  “It’s good and all but I remember all the small stores that used to be here for awhile and now the big stores are ta
  
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• In 2nd season, Joe Maddon has Cubs targeting title drought

  08-04-2016 08:27
  
  Joe Maddon's second season began with huge expectations after 97 wins in 2015 and a march to the NLCS that fueled hopes among long-suffering fans that a championship drought dating to 1908 is in its final stages
  
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• GREENPOINT: Police arrest alleged Greenpoint serial burglar

  08-04-2016 08:06
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Madeline AnthonyBrooklyn PaperPolice have arrested one of two men who they believe are behind a recent spree of home burglaries across Greenpoint, Williamsburg, and Bushwick in recent months.The pair allegedly targeted unlocked apartments in the nabes, entering at least 19 homes during February and March in the wee hours of the night and stealing cash and credit cards while their victims sleep — an unusual modus operandi, according to local police, as
  
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• Anne Hathaway gives birth to son

  08-04-2016 07:58
  
  Anne Hathaway is a first-time mother
  
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• Shine on: Concert pays tribute to bar owner Sunny Balzano

  08-04-2016 06:00
  
  The spirit of Sunny’s will live on. Read more.
  
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• RED HOOK: Shine on: Concert pays tribute to bar owner Sunny Balzano

  08-04-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn DailyThe spirit of Sunny’s will live on.A devoted crew of musicians, all regular performers at Sunny’s Bar in Red Hook, will play a tribute show on April 14 in honor of the watering hole’s legendary namesake, Antonio “Sunny” Balzano, who passed away in March. The concert is a fitting tribute to a man whose hospitality brought artists, musicians, and other creative types
  
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• MUSIC: Shine on: Concert pays tribute to bar owner Sunny Balzano

  08-04-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn PaperThe spirit of Sunny’s will live on.A devoted crew of musicians, all regular performers at Sunny’s Bar in Red Hook, will play a tribute show on April 14 in honor of the watering hole’s legendary namesake, Antonio “Sunny” Balzano, who passed away in March. The concert is a fitting tribute to a man whose hospitality brought artists, musicians, and other creative types
  
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• DYKER HEIGHTS: Journalist: I was adopted from Angel Guardian Home

  08-04-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn DailyMeet a Brooklyn angel!An orphan adopted from the Angel Guardian Home in Dyker Heights, which is rumored to be going up for sale, has a message for potential buyers: Don’t knock down a piece of history.“To me the obvious thing would be a school, you have to wonder how structurally sound it is, but from an architectural standpoint, I’d like to see the preservation of the existing structure — it reminds me of a
  
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• Brooklyn native serves on maiden voyage of new ship

  08-04-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyOn the land, sea or air, Brooklyn native Petty Officer 3rd Class Stephen Ungro is protecting our safety.
  The native son is an aviation ordnanceman officer stationed aboard the Ford-class aircraft carrier operating out of Norfolk, Va.A Navy aviation ordnanceman is responsible for maintaining and handling flight deck ordnance.“I enjoy working on the flight deck,” said Ungro.Named after the 38th president, Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr., the Fo
  
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• BAY RIDGE NIGHTS: Bay Ridge has the blues

  08-04-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn DailyThe days are getting longer, but the nights are not getting any shorter — at least not in Bay Ridge!
  This weekend, the nights are packed with activities. You can be home by sundown this Friday, and then be out again by 9 pm at Schnitzel Haus (7319 Fifth Ave. between 73rd and 74th streets) to catch Friends in Sound, the blues outfit that Nancy, the band’s self-described “bass chick” says has to be heard to be
  
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• A BRITISHER’S VIEW: Migraine-t! USA should bone up on Europe’s refugee crisis

  08-04-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Shavana AbruzzoBrooklyn DailyBrave Americans have died on the battlefield for our ideals — their bodies buried in nearly every graveyard in the nation — but their supreme sacrifices are in vain, if we meet new threats to our way of life with pappy policies or moony silence to protect cultural sensitivities.President Obama’s pledge to take in 100,000 mostly Muslim refugees annually by 2017 raises troubling questions about security, resettle
  
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• Trent Harmon wins 'American Idol' in the show's 15th and final season

  08-04-2016 04:03
  
  Trent Harmon wins 'American Idol' in the show's 15th and final season
  
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• Toni Morrison wins MacDowell medal for lifetime achievement

  08-04-2016 04:00
  
  Nobel laureate Toni Morrison wins lifetime achievement honor presented by MacDowell artist colony
  
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• Guatemala sentences 5 for killing of Argentine folk singer

  08-04-2016 03:10
  
  A judge in Guatemala has sentenced a Costa Rican man and four Guatemalans to 30 years in prison for the 2011 killing of Argentine folk singer Facundo Cabral
  
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• Longtime CBS News executive Scheffler dies

  08-04-2016 01:59
  
  Philip Scheffler, a key executive at CBS' '60 Minutes' newsmagazine, dies at age 85
  
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• Theron, Rogen inspire schoolkids at first California WE Day

  08-04-2016 01:38
  
  Charlize Theron, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato and Seth Rogen are among the stars inspiring school kids at California's inaugural WE Day, a daylong educational event at the Forum in Inglewood, California
  
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• Biden calls Lady Gaga brave at rally against sexual assault

  08-04-2016 01:25
  
  Vice President Joe Biden counted superstar singer Lady Gaga among the bravest survivors he knows for her role in raising awareness about sexual assault on college campuses
  
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• Warriors-Spurs on NBA TV to be available to more viewers

  08-04-2016 01:24
  
  The Warriors' game in San Antonio on Sunday on NBA TV will be available for free to fans who don't normally get the channel
  
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