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• Hawaii awards 8 licenses for medical marijuana dispensaries but not to actor Woody Harrelson

  29-04-2016 23:43
  
  Hawaii awards 8 licenses for medical marijuana dispensaries but not to actor Woody Harrelson
  
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• Drug dealers use 'Steph Curry' likeness to market heroin

  29-04-2016 23:28
  
  Philadelphia drug dealers looking to market their heroin as top of the line are stamping packets with the likeness of Golden State Warriors superstar Steph Curry
  
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• Matchess releasing 'The Rafter' (listen to eerie "The Fog"), touring, playing Northside with Spray Paint, Beech Creeps & more

  29-04-2016 23:25
  
  Whitney Johnson of Verma has a new album coming out via her Matchess solo project. The Rafter will be out June 3 via Monofonus Press, which once again displays her skills at making eerie, often unnerving, music...
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• Are you ready to replace your moisturizer with a pill?

  29-04-2016 23:12
  
  Vitamins next to mascara, collagen tonics and drinkable beauty powders loaded with superfoods _ the makeup industry is tapping into the philosophy that looking good starts from within
  
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• The Latest: Toussaint remembered fondly at festival

  29-04-2016 22:51
  
  The legendary New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint is being remembered at the city's premier music festival
  
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• Pop classic 'Baby Baby' gets Tori Kelly reboot

  29-04-2016 22:48
  
  A pop classic from the early '90s, Amy Grant's hit "Baby Baby," is getting a reboot 25 years later thanks to Grammy-nomination singer Tori Kelly
  
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• Levitation makeup shows announced (full schedule)

  29-04-2016 22:41
  
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• Torche were in a van accident (everybody's ok)

  29-04-2016 22:35
  
  "You spin me right round on black ice ice baby. Shit was terrifying, but we're all ok."
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• Prince's death investigation now part of a criminal probe

  29-04-2016 22:32
  
  A twist in the investigation into Prince's death on April 21: it's now part of a criminal probe. The Minneapolis StarTribute reports:In a three-page incident report, the Carver County Sheriff’s Office cited an exception to Minnesota public-records laws that allows it to suppress information relating to a “criminal” probe in deciding to release only scant information about the 911 response to the Paisley Park complex in Chanhassen that morning...
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• Kylesa going on indefinite hiatus

  29-04-2016 22:28
  
  Kylesa have announced an indefinite hiatus. The Georgia-based psychedelic sludge band have been doing their thing for 15 years now, and they've been able to build the kind of fanbase and crossover success that a lot of underground metal bands dream of...
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• Converge releasing 'You Fail Me: Redux' in June

  29-04-2016 22:20
  
  Converge have announced a reissue of their seminal 2004 album You Fail Me. The follow-up to the slightly more famous Jane Doe is every bit the masterpiece that that record is, and as is always the case with Converge, is as searingly beautiful as it is furiously ugly...
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• Contemplating the housing crisis in eight NYC apartments

  29-04-2016 22:13
  
  Jen Dalton and Bill Powhida’s latest art project, MONTH2MONTH, brings New Yorkers together to discuss and debate the city’s housing crisis in eight NYC apartments. Photo: Jemma Koo
  Paycheck to paycheck, hand to mouth, month to month. All of these phrases evoke an uncertain living, but “month to month” elicits a special kind of anxiety for renters. Living month to month suggests you have no lease, no official document to protect you from the threat of eviction or a rent h
  
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• Contemplating the housing crisis in 8 NYC apartments

  29-04-2016 22:13
  
  Jen Dalton and Bill Powhida’s latest art project, MONTH2MONTH, brings New Yorkers together to discuss and debate the city’s housing crisis in 8 NYC apartments. Photo: Jemma Koo
  Paycheck to paycheck, hand to mouth, month to month. All of these phrases evoke an uncertain living, but “month to month” elicits a special kind of anxiety for renters. Living month to month suggests you have no lease, no official document to protect you from the threat of eviction or a rent hike
  
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• Bringing tales of gentrification into the homes of New Yorkers

  29-04-2016 22:13
  
  Jen Dalton and Bill Powhida’s latest art project, MONTH2MONTH, brings New Yorkers together to discuss and debate the city’s housing crisis in 8 NYC apartments. Photo: Jemma Koo
  Paycheck to paycheck, hand to mouth, month to month. All of these phrases evoke an uncertain living, but “month to month” elicits a special kind of anxiety for renters. Living month to month suggests you have no lease, no official document to protect you from the threat of eviction or a rent hike
  
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• Original power lunch eatery to close and everything must go

  29-04-2016 22:03
  
  New York's original power lunch restaurant is closing and everything must go
  
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• Prince death investigation focuses on flight, drugs, doctor

  29-04-2016 21:50
  
  Authorities are investigating whether Prince died from an overdose and whether a doctor was prescribing drugs for the musician in the weeks before he was found dead at his suburban Minneapolis home
  
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• Boom! Queen & Harry answer Obamas' Invictus Games challenge

  29-04-2016 21:43
  
  It helps to have friends in high places when you're promoting an athletic event
  
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• The Latest: Neighborhood outside of Jazz Fest a party too

  29-04-2016 21:18
  
  The neighborhood outside the racetrack where the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is held every year can be a festival all by itself
  
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• American Airlines apologizes to musician for barring violin

  29-04-2016 20:21
  
  American Airlines changes its tune and apologizes for barring a musician's rare violin in the cabin
  
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• Will Ferrell 'not pursuing' Reagan film, says spokesman

  29-04-2016 20:15
  
  Will Ferrell is not pursuing a comedic film project about President Ronald Reagan, a spokesman for the actor said Friday
  
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• Andrew McCarthy is downright creepy in ABC's 'The Family'

  29-04-2016 20:14
  
  Andrew McCarthy plays against type in ABC drama "The Family"
  
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• MEAN STREETS: Cutting a path: Pulaski Bridge bike lane finally open

  29-04-2016 20:04
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Madeline AnthonyBrooklyn PaperIt is the path of less resistance.The city finally opened a long-awaited dedicated bike lane over the Pulaski Bridge on Friday, delighting local cyclists who are sick of zigzagging around pedestrians on the dangerous old shared pathway between Greenpoint and Queens.“I’m psyched for the new lane,” said Greenpointer and cyclist James Walsh. “I won’t have to worry about running into kids.”The ne
  
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• The latest in Downtown Brooklyn affordable housing

  29-04-2016 19:58
  2016 is a huge year for affordable housing opportunities here in Downtown Brooklyn with five properties set to launch available units into the affordable housing lottery before the end of the year.The two current opportunities are Pacific Park’s 461 Dean Street, and the BAM South Tower at 286 Ashland Place. The lottery for 461 Dean is now open, with 181 affordable housing units available in the building located right where Dean Street meets Flatbush Avenue. This 32-story bui
  
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• Former star of "The West Wing" greets White House reporters

  29-04-2016 19:55
  
  Actress Allison Janney played a White House press secretary on "The West Wing" but got to do the real thing Friday
  
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• Pullman's 'Independence Day' call-to-arms lives on

  29-04-2016 19:37
  
  In "Independence Day: Resurgence," Bill Pullman will reprise his speech-making president from the 1996 original
  
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• Sunnier skies for New Orleans' music festival

  29-04-2016 19:29
  
  Music fans going to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival should have sunnier skies
  
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• 'Shuffle Along' deemed a new musical, must face 'Hamilton'

  29-04-2016 19:19
  
  The Tony Awards administration committee has decided that the Broadway musical "Shuffle Along" is a new show, a decision that puts it in the same Tony category as the megahit "Hamilton."
  
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• 'Game of Thrones' actor Crook finds gold with 'Detectorists'

  29-04-2016 19:07
  
  For those in search of buried treasure, Mackenzie Crook is your man
  
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• In 'Popstar,' Lonely Island aim for a 'Spinal Tap' for today

  29-04-2016 18:41
  
  The trio of Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone has technically already made the leap to the big screen in 2007's "Hot Rod." But it won't be until "Popstar" hits theaters that the full experience of Lonely Island lands at the movies
  
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• Durant-Leonard matchup highlights Thunder vs. Spurs

  29-04-2016 18:07
  
  Two years ago, Thunder star Kevin Durant tweeted that Kawhi Leonard was a good player who got a lot of help from the San Antonio Spurs' system
  
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• Live in Style in Gowanus at 365 Bond

  29-04-2016 17:30
  
  Sponsored By 365 Bond.Located on the new waterfront esplanade park along the Gowanus Canal, 365 Bond redefines luxury apartment living.Created By BlankSlateIn the past few years, Gowanus has become the neighborhood that everyone is talking about. Once little more than an industrial area between Park Slope and Carroll Gardens, Gowanus has become a destination in its own right — Brooklyn’s go-to spot to eat, drink, and play. Curbed readers recently voted Gowanus New York City
  
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• 'Les Miserables' creators turn their attention backward

  29-04-2016 16:05
  Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, creators of the stirring musicals "Les Miserables" and "Miss Saigon," are once again reworking their show "Martin Guerre" and hope to put it in an opera house with its original ending
  
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• Racist statements lead lawmakers to reject John Wayne Day

  29-04-2016 14:09
  
  What a California lawmaker intended as a benign resolution honoring a late, world-renown movie icon exploded into an emotional debate over decades-old racist comments Thursday
  
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• Jordan lifts ban on performance by popular Lebanese band

  29-04-2016 11:07
  
  Jordan is permitting a popular Lebanese rock band to perform in the kingdom, lifting an earlier ban
  
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• AP Exclusive: Prince's 'Purple Rain' coat is up for auction

  29-04-2016 09:05
  
  A rare piece of movie memorabilia from Prince's 1984 cult classic film "Purple Rain" is hitting the auction block
  
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• MILL BASIN: Rig-marole! City won’t tow abandoned truck vexing Mill Basinites

  29-04-2016 08:19
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThey want this truck to make tracks.The city must move a tractor-trailer illegally parked in front of a playground on Mill Avenue before someone crashes a car into it and gets hurt, locals are demanding. The 18-wheeler has been sitting on the residential street at the entrance of Mill Basin’s Lindower Park for about a month now, according to one neighbor who said it is a real hazard.&ldq
  
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• MARINE PARK: Creep plagues Marine Park with swastikas during Passover

  29-04-2016 07:30
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyIn every generation, there are dirtbags.A creep drew swastikas all over Marine Park on April 25. The public display of ignorance was particularly grievous because it came during the festival of Passover, when Jews commemorate deliverance from oppression, according to a civil rights group.“It’s deeply concerning, particularly as Jews are in the midst of celebrating their freedom on the Passover holiday, to see swastikas sc
  
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• Mattingly's Marlins complete 4-game sweep of Dodgers

  29-04-2016 07:11
  
  Dee Gordon and Martin Prado drove in the tying and go-ahead runs with consecutive two-out singles in the seventh inning, and Miami got home runs from Giancarlo Stanton and J.T. Realmuto to beat the Dodgers 5-3 on Thursday night for a four-game sweep
  
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• MARINE PARK: Tomorrow: Find a fur-ever friend in Marine Park

  29-04-2016 07:07
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyCall it Marine bark!A pack of Brooklyn animal shelters are bringing dogs and cats who need homes to Marine Park tomorrow for Borough Purr-sident Adams’s Adopt-a-Shelter Animal Day.A Bath Beach natural dog treat bakery, Fort Greene fido walkers, and a Bedford-Stuyvessant doggy day care will offer advice on owning pets, and the Department of Health is issuing pooch licenses, which the city requires by law. But dog owners won&rsqu
  
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• QBs Goff and Wentz soar, OT Tunsil takes bizarre tumble

  29-04-2016 06:29
  
  California love for Jared Goff, and Philadelphia pride for Carson Wentz. It was all about the quarterbacks before Laremy Tunsil's bizarre tumble down the board at the NFL draft
  
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• Singers sought for iconic New York folk music venue's video

  29-04-2016 06:19
  
  The nation's longest continuously operating coffeehouse is putting together a video featuring Arlo Guthrie and Garrison Keillor to celebrate the folk music venue's impending renovations
  
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• THEATER: Like it’s 1599!: A year of Shakespeare in one night

  29-04-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Loren Noveckfor Brooklyn PaperOne man in his time plays many parts — and these six actors play nearly 70!A single epic night of theater will present four of Shakespeare’s best-known plays: “Henry V,” “Julius Caesar,” “As You Like It,” and “Hamlet.” The “1599 Project,” named for the year in which all four works made their debut, opens April 30 at the
  
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• Like it’s 1599!: A year of Shakespeare in one night

  29-04-2016 06:00
  
  One man in his time plays many parts — and these six actors play nearly 70! Read more.
  
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• FORT GREENE: Like it’s 1599!: A year of Shakespeare in one night

  29-04-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Loren NoveckBrooklyn DailyOne man in his time plays many parts — and these six actors play nearly 70!A single epic night of theater will present four of Shakespeare’s best-known plays: “Henry V,” “Julius Caesar,” “As You Like It,” and “Hamlet.” The “1599 Project,” named for the year in which all four works made their debut, opens April 30 at the Iro
  
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• FITNESS: Big screen debut: Imax opening spin studio in Dumbo next week

  29-04-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperCall it move-ie theater!Colossal cinema chain Imax intends to revolutionize the fitness industry with a new Dumbo gym where patrons pedal on exercise bikes in front of its signature super-screens, making it seem like they’re riding through city streets or even outer space, according to a company honcho.“We’re trying to redefine indoor cycling and do what Imax movies have been doing for the last several decades,&rdq
  
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• BAY RIDGE NIGHTS: Bay Ridge is bringing the space-rock

  29-04-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn DailyHappy Mother’s Day Bay Ridge, hope you didn’t forget!
  Just kidding, Mother’s Day will not be here until May 8, soyou have another week to get a card and plan your outing. In the meantime, there is plenty to do in the Ridge!Those finishing off a long week, and who may not be ready for a full on rock ’n’ roll extravaganza on Friday night, can start off slow at Greenhouse Cafe (7717 Third Ave. between 77t
  
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• A BRITISHER’S VIEW: Dachau’s D-day! A Brooklyn veteran remembers the horrors, Part 2

  29-04-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Shavana AbruzzoBrooklyn DailyHomecrest World War II veteran Seymour Kaplan was a baby-faced, 19-year-old machine gunner with the 42nd Infantry Division in Munich when his captain brought him to Dachau concentration camp as a Yiddish interpreter on April 29, 1945 — 71 years ago today.But don’t call him a Holocaust liberator.“The moment belonged to the people who survived the camp,” says Kaplan, 90. “I only walked in.”The h
  
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• Nicky Jam, Enrique Iglesias top Billboard Latin Music Awards

  29-04-2016 05:04
  
  Nicky Jam and Enrique Iglesias took home seven awards apiece, including six shared awards for their hit duet "El Perdon," at the Billboard Latin Music Awards in Miami
  
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• Death raises questions: Did Prince die of an overdose?

  29-04-2016 03:17
  
  Prince's final days and unexpected death at age 57 raise questions among experts familiar with opioid overdose
  
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• The Latest: Jazzfest ends on a high note, without rain

  29-04-2016 02:35
  
  Under threatening skies, the opening day of the second weekend of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival ended without any more of the rain that had drenched the thousands of music fans earlier in the day
  
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