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• PARK SLOPE: Eighteen-wheeler hits and kills Park Slope cyclist on residential street

  20-04-2016 23:56
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThe driver of a massive tractor trailer fatally ran over a cyclist on a residential Park Slope street on Wednesday morning, police said.
  Thirty-three-year-old Park Slope resident James Gregg was riding Sunset Park-bound on Sixth Avenue alongside an 18-wheeler delivery truck around 8 am when the rear tire of the truck collided with him near Sterling Place, authorities said.
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• NHL suspends Blackhawks' Shaw 1 game for anti-gay slur

  20-04-2016 23:53
  
  Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw is apologizing for yelling an anti-gay slur after he was sent to the penalty box during Chicago's loss to St. Louis
  
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• Release of 'Blade Runner' sequel moved up

  20-04-2016 23:16
  
  The sequel to Ridley Scott's futuristic dystopia film "Blade Runner" is now set to hit theaters on Oct. 6, 2017 _ months ahead of its originally planned February 2018 release
  
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• Fox News' John Stossel on the mend after lung cancer surgery

  20-04-2016 23:11
  
  Fox News' John Stossel on the mend after lung cancer surgery
  
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• Judge finalizes Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale's divorce

  20-04-2016 22:53
  
  A judge has finalized Gwen Stefani's divorce from rocker Gavin Rossdale
  
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• BET comedy goes behind the scenes at comic tour

  20-04-2016 22:45
  
  Comics George Lopez, D.L. Hughley and Cedric the Entertainer are making a comedy about what goes on behind the scenes at a comedy tour
  
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• Journalist who helped reveal Panama Papers is writing a book

  20-04-2016 22:00
  
  A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who helped bring the Panama Papers to light is working on a book about his findings
  
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• ZZ Top postpones shows after bassist Dusty Hill injured

  20-04-2016 21:33
  
  ZZ Top is postponing several dates on its tour after bass player Dusty Hill fractured his shoulder before a show last week in Texas
  
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• Puff Daddy & The Family, Common, Andra Day added to Essence

  20-04-2016 21:32
  
  The Essence Festival has added three artists to its summer lineup: award-winning rapper Common, Puff Daddy & The Family and new artist Andra Day
  
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• There’s no heart beating in the cold, beautiful movie, “Equals”

  20-04-2016 21:29
  
  It almost seems that writers and filmmakers have grown weary of weaving stories around human emotion—they’re become more interested in crafting worlds devoid of it. In Drake Doremus’ third feature film, Equals (which stars Kristen Stewart and Nicolas Hoult), we’re invited into a place called The Collective. The Collective is an idyllic society—its people (who are called Equals) go about their various jobs, eat nutritious meals, take a lot of showers, go to sle
  
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• Three elite athletes talk Olympics and motherhood

  20-04-2016 21:26
  
  Three elite athletes talk training for the Olympics and motherhood ahead of the summer games in Rio
  
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• Signature moments of the career of the late Pearl Washington

  20-04-2016 21:10
  
  Some of Pearl Washington's signature moments at Syracuse highlight how the playground star made Big East basketball a huge draw live and on TV
  
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• Bryshere Y. Gray among stars of BET's New Edition project

  20-04-2016 21:08
  
  Bryshere Y. Gray of "Empire" is among the newly announced stars of BET's drama about influential boy band New Edition
  
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• PARK SLOPE: Eighteen-wheeler truck hits and kills Park Slope cyclist

  20-04-2016 20:52
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThe driver of a massive tractor trailer fatally ran over a cyclist in Park Slope on Wednesday morning, police said.
  Thirty-three-year-old Park Slope resident James Gregg was riding Sunset Park-bound on Sixth Avenue alongside an 18-wheeler delivery truck around 8 am when the rear tire of the truck collided with him near Sterling Place, authorities said.
  Paramedics pronounced Gregg dead at the scene, according to a report.
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• Correction: Netflix-Getting Original story

  20-04-2016 20:39
  
  Correction: Netflix-Getting Original story
  
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• Review: Issues of 'Nina' much more than skin-deep

  20-04-2016 19:49
  
  Film Review: The questionable casting of Zoe Saldana is only one of the many problems with Cynthia Mort's limp and misjudged Nina Simone biopic 'Nina.'
  
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• Created in Brooklyn - Whole Foods Market + Turnstile Tours

  20-04-2016 19:44
  Wednesday, May 4, 2016 7:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterPhotographer Randy Duchaine turns his lens on Brooklynites whose commitments to creativity and innovation embody Brooklyn’s expressive spirit. May's edition will feature beloved Brooklyn institutions Whole Foods Market & Turnstile Tours.
  This event will be catered by Whole Foods Market.
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• Celebrate Día! Calpulli Youth Dancers

  20-04-2016 19:44
  Thursday, April 28, 2016 4:00 pmWashington Irving LibraryJoin us for a performance by youth members of Calpulli Mexican
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• Utah theater cited for showing 'Deadpool' suing over law use

  20-04-2016 19:44
  
  A Utah movie theater is suing the state after officials used an obscenity law to threaten the theater's liquor license for serving drinks during a screening of "Deadpool."
  
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• Blackhawks player Andrew Shaw apologize for anti-gay slur

  20-04-2016 19:37
  
  Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw is apologizing for yelling an anti-gay slur during Chicago's loss to St. Louis
  
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• Tiny paw-thletes compete in Hallmark's Kitten Summer Games

  20-04-2016 19:19
  
  Hallmark Channel is back with another cat-adoption friendly TV special, the Kitten Summer Games
  
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• NOT FOR NUTHIN’: Jo has a message for all the haters

  20-04-2016 19:18
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyLong ago, when I first started this column, my intention was to make it a fun, tongue-in-cheek affair that hopefully made you think as you smiled. It wasn’t supposed to be anything too serious — just enough of a thought-shaker to get your grey matter churning. Like any good column, it elicited mixed reactions — some people didn’t like what I had to say, some could take it or leave it, but most enjoyed my
  
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• Your Ideal Week: April 21-April 27

  20-04-2016 19:16
  
  Grey Gardens is playing at Film Forum on Thursday.
  Another whirlwind of a week here, what with Earth Day, the beginning of Passover, and the New York State primaries (not to mention the disheartening discoveries that someone is really out to disenfranchise Brooklyn voters and an overwhelming majority of Republicans around here think the guy who once said “The beauty of me is that I’m very rich” would make a great leader of the free world). As always, w
  
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• Former Syracuse star Pearl Washington dies at 52

  20-04-2016 19:14
  
  Dwayne "Pearl" Washington, who went from New York City playground wonder to Big East star for Jim Boeheim at Syracuse, has died
  
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• Ripa a no-show day after co-host announces exit

  20-04-2016 19:10
  
  Talk show host Kelly Ripa wasn't at her daytime talk show the day after it was announced co-host Michael Strahan was leaving
  
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• Miss USA pageant asks public for help finding a contestant

  20-04-2016 19:01
  
  The Miss Universe Organization said Wednesday it will conduct an online search for a candidate to join the 51 contestants from all 50 states and the District of Columbia on the live telecast on Fox on June 5
  
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• Washington Nat'l Opera finishes 'Ring Cycle' after 10 years

  20-04-2016 18:44
  
  A decade after the effort began, the Washington National Opera is completing Wagner's 'Ring Cycle.' It's all due to the persistence of Francesco Zambello, who has directed all four operas in the cycle
  
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• Tiger Hoods at the BQE

  20-04-2016 18:40
  Alfred G. Evans is in his fifties, on disability, and lives with his mother in public housing. Evans spends his days picking up everyday objects from around his neighborhood to create mini golf courses, right next to the entrance to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
   
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• British comedian Victoria Wood dies of cancer at 62

  20-04-2016 18:31
  
  Victoria Wood, a British comedian who found humor in everyday life and blazed a trail for other female comics, has died
  
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• Museum gets only known film of Louis Armstrong in studio

  20-04-2016 18:30
  
  The Louis Armstrong House Museum announced Wednesday that it has acquired the only known film of the great jazz musician in a recording studio
  
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• Citizen, Turnover & Sorority Noise played Market Hotel (pics & review)

  20-04-2016 17:59
  
  I showed up a little late to Market Hotel on Monday (4/18), and walked in to a packed house of kids singing at the top of their lungs to Sorority Noise. This was just the second band on a four-band bill on a Monday in an out-of-the-way venue that doesn't even have a sign, but the enthusiasm in the room matched that of a headlining set on a Friday night...
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• AEG Live reportedly acquiring Bowery Presents

  20-04-2016 17:34
  
  AEG, which runs NYC's new Panorama festival, has reportedly acquired NYC-based concert promotion company Bowery Presents (who have been independent since 1993). This news comes a month after it broke that Panorama competitor Governors Ball was acquired by Bowery Presents competitor Live Nation.
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• Romania moves to end opera turmoil with new manager

  20-04-2016 16:45
  
  Romania's culture minister says he will appoint a manager of "international standing" at the Romanian Opera, which has been torn apart by a bitter dispute involving international ballerina Alina Cojocaru
  
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• Psychic Ills share "Another Change" off forthcoming 'Inner Journey Out'

  20-04-2016 16:42
  
  Psychic Ills' fifth album, Inner Journey Out, is out June 3 via Sacred Bones and the duo have just released a new song from it. "Another Change" is somewhere between Spacemen 3 and Primal Scream, but the pedal steel here adds a fresh element to familiar territory...
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• Sara Bareilles writes an original turn-off-your-phone song

  20-04-2016 16:35
  
  Sara Bareilles' songwriting skills are all over the new Broadway musical "Waitress" _ even down to the cellphone warning
  
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• Deerhoof announce summer tour, including two nights at Market Hotel

  20-04-2016 16:14
  
  Deerhoof's new album The Magic is out June 24 and if you haven't yet checked out the glammy "Plastic Thrills" and more typically Deerhoof-ian "Debut" below. The band have just announced a tour to go along with the new LP, which kicks off with two nights at Brooklyn's Market Hotel on June 22 & 23. Th...
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• A Dead Forest Index made a video for new song "Summit Down" (listen/watch)

  20-04-2016 16:00
  
  The dark dream duo will release their debut album, which features Gemma from Savages playing guitar on several songs, later this month via Sargent House. They're also touring with Chelsea Wolfe.
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• Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor announces solo album, shares "I'm Ready"

  20-04-2016 15:52
  
  Hot Chip frontman Alexis Taylor has announced that he'll release a solo album, Piano, on June 10 via Moshi Moshi. It's a piano-and-vocal album that includes some reinterpretations of his own songs (and some by other people), and the first single is "I'm Ready"...
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• Snoop Dogg releases a new song on 4/20, obviously

  20-04-2016 15:43
  
  The laid back "Late Nights" has a beat from the great Mike Will Made-It.
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• tix on sale: Willie Nelson, Vulture Festival, Beth Orton, Car Seat Headrest, Carcass & more

  20-04-2016 15:36
  
  Tickets for all Vulture Festival events (Fred Armisen/Sharon Van Etten, "How Did This Get Made?" podcast & lots more) go on sale at 10 AM.
  Tickets for the Willie Nelson and Aaron Lewis (of Straind) show at the Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk go on Live Nation presale at 10 AM.
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• What Maisie Williams aka Arya Stark has to say about 'GOT'

  20-04-2016 15:35
  With HBO's "Game of Thrones" returning for its new season on Sunday, Maisie Williams, who plays Arya, isn't about to give up any spoilers beforehand
  
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• Learning to breathe through the panic of NYC school admissions

  20-04-2016 15:00
  
  My ten-year-old tore open the envelope, a slightly unhinged smile of anticipation on his face, and pulled out the sheet of paper inside. I held my breath. The paper rattled slightly in his hands.
  Silence.
  He stared.
  I would have snatched it from him, but my own hands were shaking too much. “What’s it say?”
  “I don’t…. know?” He handed me the letter, and I understood his confusion instantly, with dismay: the middle school he had been matched with was not
  
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• OJ Simpson's kids, now 30 and 27, live quietly in Florida

  20-04-2016 14:05
  
  O.J. Simpson's children, now 30 and 27, are living quietly in St. Petersburg, Florida
  
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• POLITICS: Berned out! Brooklynites choose Clinton over Sanders in blunder-plagued primary

  20-04-2016 13:21
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Ruth BrownBrooklyn PaperFeel the spurn!Brooklynites rejected hometown boy Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vermont) in favor of establishment choice Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s Democratic primary election, with around 60 percent of borough Democrats opting for the former New York senator — despite the Midwood-born pol heavily canvassing Kings County over the past two weeks, successfully demanding a high-profile
  
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• COBBLE HILL: Two tired? Get one of these legal electric bikes!

  20-04-2016 13:19
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThis isn’t your grandma’s electric bike!A Cobble Hill cycle store is peddling a new battery-powered bike that is a far ride from the illicit motorized delivery bikes that plague the borough’s streets, according to an employee. For one thing, they’re totally legal, and for another, they actually look cool, he said.“A lot of people don’t want to buy an electric bicycle because they’re ugly or
  
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• MEAN STREETS: Greenpointers demand city address ‘taxi graveyard’

  20-04-2016 13:12
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Madeline AnthonyBrooklyn PaperThis isn’t a taxi stand — it is a taxi standstill!
  The city must find somewhere to house the out-of-use taxis that have been sitting idle on a Greenpoint street for at least a year as riders flock to Uber, say local business owners who claim the “taxi graveyard” is hogging all the parking in the area and starving them of customers.“It’s very unfair for shops whose customers are trying to find
  
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• DOWNTOWN: Protests after officer who shot unarmed black man spared from the slammer

  20-04-2016 13:12
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperAngry protestors flooded the streets outside the Brooklyn Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon after learning ex-police officer Peter Liang won’t spend a single day behind bars for shooting and killing unarmed black man Akai Gurley in 2014.The judge sentenced Liang to five years probation and 800 hours community service, and reduced his charges from manslaughter to negligent homicide —
  
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• WAITING IN THE WINGS: Ice Cube, Janelle Monae, Tyler the Creator to headline this year’s Afropunk Fest

  20-04-2016 11:58
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperIt is a good day!Rapper Ice Cube is among the performers headlining this year’s Afropunk Festival, which will take over Commodore Barry Park in Fort Greene on Aug. 27 and 28, organizers announced on Tuesday.
  The 12th incarnation of the fest, which celebrates black bands and artists, will also feature rapper Tyler the Creator, rock band TV on the Radio, soul outfit the Internet, rhythm and blues songstress Janelle Monae, funk l
  
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• Leader of burglary ring to be sentenced in collector's death

  20-04-2016 11:56
  
  The leader of a burglary ring blamed for the death of an elderly New York comic book collector is expected to spend 20 years in prison
  
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• Emirati officer wins appeal over filming Messi's passport

  20-04-2016 10:49
  
  An Emirati police officer has won an appeal of his prison sentence over posting a video online of him holding Barcelona star Lionel Messi's passport
  
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