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• Documents show different medal count for 'American Sniper'

  25-05-2016 23:52
  
  Documents show the number of medals slain Navy Seal and "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle received is different from what he indicated in his best-selling memoir about his four tours of duty in Iraq
  
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• 'Dear Evan Hansen' making the jump to Broadway

  25-05-2016 23:15
  
  "Dear Evan Hansen," a musical about growing up in the age of social media, will make the jump to Broadway this November
  
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• Turn of the Page: Let’s Get on the Bus with Aram Kim

  25-05-2016 22:54
  Saturday, June 11, 2016 11:00 amCentral Library, Dweck CenterGet on the bus as your imagination takes a ride and you create the canvas. Joined by fellow passenger and cat companion, re-create one of the spreads from the book as you design a storefront that you would like to see while riding along looking out the window.
  Ages: 8 – 12. Seating is limited, first come, first served. Participants limited to 25 kids.
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• The golden voice of Cameroon, Anne Marie Nzie, dies at 84

  25-05-2016 22:54
  
  Singer Anne Marie Nzie, known as the golden voice of Cameroon, has died
  
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• Jon Stewart adopts paint-covered horse; ex-owner backs care

  25-05-2016 22:02
  
  The former owner of a horse being adopted by Jon Stewart and his wife says the animal was not shot with paintballs but was instead used as a canvas at children's finger-painting parties
  
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• The Blues Society needs your help

  25-05-2016 22:00
  
  From the Newport Jazz Festival and Woodstock, to Live Aid and Lollapalooza, music festivals once held historical and cultural importance—before the dizzying array of acts, foodtrucks, and selfie-happy audiences took over. The Memphis Country Blues Festival, which first started in 1966, is not as well known as some contemporaries, but was equally significant. Though it had a brief four-year run, as an integrated music festival during the Civil Rights movement in a city renown
  
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• A wrestler, a website and maybe a billionaire go to the mat

  25-05-2016 21:57
  
  Is Hulk Hogan's courtroom cage match with Gawker being bankrolled by a high-tech billionaire with a grudge against the news-and-gossip site?
  
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• Lawyer for Mexico drug lord demands payment from US networks

  25-05-2016 21:47
  
  Lawyer for Mexican drug lord wants to sue US networks over rights to "El Chapo" series
  
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• Feds say Turkish celebrity who faces prison is a flight risk

  25-05-2016 21:40
  
  Federal prosecutors say a Turkish celebrity who lived the high life as he evaded U.S. sanctions against Iran should not get bail
  
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• How to spend Memorial Day in Downtown Brooklyn

  25-05-2016 21:05
  Spend Sunday, June 29th at the 2nd annual Brooklyn War Memorial Honors at Cadman Plaza Park to honor over 30 Brooklyn World War II veterans and commemorate the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. You’re sure to get in the patriotic spirit with a flyover by two WWII aircraft, plus a wreath-laying ceremony at the base of the Memorial, a U.S. Navy Ceremonial Band that will play the National Anthem and Taps, the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard and Drill Team. The event starts
  
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• Was Prince a dad? The secret kids of some prominent people

  25-05-2016 20:47
  
  A 39-year-old man imprisoned in Colorado claims he is Prince's son
  
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• HBO producer among 2 charged in dermatologist's OD death

  25-05-2016 20:37
  
  The producer of an HBO series is among two men arrested in connection with the 2015 death of a New York dermatologist who died of cocaine and alcohol intoxication
  
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• Your Ideal Week: May 26- June 1

  25-05-2016 20:35
  
  There’s a free concert in Green-Wood Cemetery on Monday night, featuring works by “permanent residents.” Photo: Green-Wood Cemetery
  Yippee! It is AMAZING outside today, and I have to tell you that this weather couldn’t be better timed as far as I’m concerned. I’ve spent the last 36 hours and counting in that special place in hell known as the UPS customer experience, and have needlessly missed a day of work, endured an abysmal journey to the dispatch facility
  
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• Reports: Billionaire Peter Thiel funding Hulk Hogan suit

  25-05-2016 20:02
  
  Reports say billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel has been secretly funding Hulk Hogan's sex tape lawsuit against Gawker
  
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• 'Fast & Furious' revs up for 15th anniversary re-release

  25-05-2016 19:59
  
  "The Fast and the Furious" is speeding back into theaters this summer in celebration of the 15th anniversary of the film that launched the improbable $3.9 billion franchise
  
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• Rivals Hamilton and Rosberg at peace despite crash in Spain

  25-05-2016 19:53
  
  In a rare show of unity so absent during their previous bouts of feuding, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg brushed aside any talk of tension in the wake of their crash at the Spanish Grand Prix two weeks ago
  
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• Bio on billionaire Thiel, reportedly funding Hulk Hogan suit

  25-05-2016 19:53
  
  Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel co-founded PayPal and was Facebook's first outside investor and board member
  
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• Diamond Head announce tour dates

  25-05-2016 19:50
  
  NWOBHM legends Diamond Head released a new album back in April. They'll be on the road behind that album for much of the latter half of 2016, with a bunch of European dates and a recently-announced run of dates in the US and Canada...
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• Factory Floor announce new LP '25 25′ (listen to "Dial Me In"), playing 2 NYC shows in June (1 w/ Neon Indian)

  25-05-2016 19:41
  
  Manchester's Factory Floor have announced their new album, 25 25, which will be out August 19 via DFA...
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• Actor's young son says he heard shots in killing of mom

  25-05-2016 19:39
  
  The 10-year-old son of an actor on trial for murder in the killing of his wife says he heard his father tell his mother that she should run to heaven before shooting her
  
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• 'The Americans' renewed for 2 more seasons before bowing out

  25-05-2016 19:29
  
  "The Americans" will conclude its run on FX with 2 more seasons before bowing out
  
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• 'Magic Hour' brings rollerskating & DJ sets to Prospect Park all summer (Talib Kweli, Xeno & Oaklander, and more)

  25-05-2016 19:29
  
  It's not summer in NYC without music in Prospect Park, and the BRIC! Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival shows aren't the only ones. For something a little different, "Magic Hour" is back at The LeFrak Center at Lakeside Prospect Park with all-ages, bi-monthly parties with DJ sets and rollerskating...
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• Owen announces 'The King of Whys,' shares "Lost" (prod. S Carey)

  25-05-2016 19:02
  
  ...the new album's single "Lost" is something of a return to form. It's got him back in soft acoustic mode, back saying "fucking" with oomph over an otherwise delicate song. But he covers new ground here to. It was produced by S. Carey (who opened for Mike's band American Football recently) of Bon Iver, who also plays on the album, and it also features contributions by Bon Iver member Mike Noyce...
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• Meet David Korins, the man behind the look of 'Hamilton'

  25-05-2016 19:01
  
  "Hamilton" set designer David Korins' work for opera, film, concerts, theater and TV ranges from sleek, hyper-minimalist to homey and crafty
  
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• Taste the Future of Food at Food Loves Tech

  25-05-2016 18:58
  
  This June 10-12, in New York City, Food Loves Tech is your chance to see, smell, touch and taste the technologies that are transforming our food culture—from farm drones and app-controlled ovens to cultured meat and insect proteins.
  With tricked-out dinners, an interactive expo and curated bazaar, immerse yourself in the food chain of tomorrow, while tasting and sipping from Edible’s signature roster of local food and drink makers as well as food tech innovators including Jos&ea
  
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• 15 artists to check out at Sasquatch 2016

  25-05-2016 18:51
  
  The 2016 Sasquatch music festival returns to Quincy, WA this Memorial Day Weekend, and as usual, there's a lot of good stuff to see. Big names include Florence + the Machine, Alabama Shakes, Grimes, Sufjan Stevens, M83, Disclosure, A$AP Rocky, Leon Bridges, and more. Not that we aren't excited about those (we are), but we put together a list of 15 other artists we'd especially like to see at the festival this weekend...
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• [BENSONHURST] Pet project! Bath Beacher retired to make ‘all-natural’ dog treats

  25-05-2016 18:49
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn DailyIt’s a mom-and-pup operation!A Bath Beach woman makes all-natural dog treats inspired by her pet pooch. The baker for barkers traded in her nine-to-five in favor of a canine-to-five — after a moment of clarity during her erstwhile day job as a legal secretary, she said.“I said, ‘What am I doing here? I could be at home making dog treats in my pajamas,’ ” said Regina Buscemi of Bite This! dog trea
  
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• Thee Oh Sees announce 'A Weird Exits' (listen to "Plastic Plant") and North American tour

  25-05-2016 18:45
  
  The band's first studio album with their current two-drummer lineup will be out in August.
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• KING expand tour (2 NYC dates included)

  25-05-2016 18:22
  
  LA trio KING released their retro-futuristic soul debut album We Are KING back in February and now they've added many more tour dates in support of it...
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• No Joy releasing new EP on Topshelf (stream a song), touring Europe with White Lung

  25-05-2016 18:12
  
  The Montreal band's new EP is wonderfully ragged dreampop.
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• [DYKER HEIGHTS] Breaking the habit: Tenants to leave nuns’ Angel Guardian Home by 2017

  25-05-2016 18:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyThe end is nigh.The Sisters of Mercy are preparing to sell Dyker Heights’s Angel Guardian Home, and they’ve begun giving tenants a deadline to leave, according to organizations there. A senior center headquartered at the sprawling, block-sized former orphanage is expected to vacate by year’s end, leaving the center and its old folks worrying where they’ll go, a source there said.“They’re gonna sell
  
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• 'Godfather' notebook featuring Coppola comments out in fall

  25-05-2016 17:46
  
  "Godfather" obsessives can look forward to a new publication this fall: A 700-page "Notebook" featuring Francis Ford Coppola's original annotations of the Mario Puzo best-seller
  
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• A pup named Potato? 15 were registered in NYC last year

  25-05-2016 17:44
  
  Bella and Max are top dogs in New York City
  
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• Matt Mondanile leaves Real Estate to focus on Ducktails, replaced by Julian Lynch

  25-05-2016 17:33
  
  Real Estate guitarist Matt Mondanile has announced that he'll be leaving the band to focus solely on his other project Ducktails. His replacement will be their old pal/collaborator Julian Lynch. Here's the band's statement...
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• C-USA agrees to TV deals with 4 networks, including ESPN

  25-05-2016 17:32
  
  Conference USA has reached a multiyear agreement to have its football and basketball games and other sports televised by four networks, including ESPN
  
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• Gone Is Gone (Mastodon/ATDI/QOTSA) release new song "Starlight"

  25-05-2016 17:30
  
  While "Violescent" has a good dose of Mastodon's sludge, "Starlight" is closer to atmospheric alternative rock.
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• Reflections on 'Roots' by stars of History's new version

  25-05-2016 16:38
  
  Four decades after it rocked the culture, "Roots" is being retold in a lush new production airing Monday through Thursday on History _ and already posing questions, like: "Why?"
  
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• Actress Beth Howland, who played Vera on 'Alice,' dies at 74

  25-05-2016 16:31
  
  An actress best known for her role as a waitress on the CBS sitcom "Alice" has died
  
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• Hulk Hogan, Gawker back in court in Florida

  25-05-2016 16:25
  
  A court hearing involving the Hulk Hogan sex tape is underway in Florida, with Gawker Media asking for a new trial
  
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• Tragically Hip to begin tour in July despite singer's cancer

  25-05-2016 16:04
  
  The Tragically Hip will play 11 Canadian shows this summer as part of a tour that's going ahead despite lead singer Gord Downie's incurable brain cancer
  
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• EU wants quota of European films on providers like Netflix

  25-05-2016 16:04
  
  The EU has unveiled proposals to make it easier to buy online across borders, oblige providers like Netflix to offer European films and protect children from harmful content
  
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• New Captain America book suggests he's a member of Hydra

  25-05-2016 15:36
  
  A new Captain America comic book suggests the restored Steve Rogers is a secret member of the terrorist group Hydra
  
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• London's Donmar staging all-female Shakespeare trilogy

  25-05-2016 13:53
  
  London's small but powerful Donmar Warehouse is branching out _ across town and across the Atlantic
  
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• EU moves to ease online shopping, protect European films

  25-05-2016 13:40
  
  The EU has unveiled proposals to make it easier to buy online across borders, oblige providers like Netflix to offer European films and protect children from harmful content
  
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• Case reopened for 'Real Housewives' star Teresa Giudice

  25-05-2016 13:31
  
  A federal judge has reopened a bankruptcy case for "Real Housewives of New Jersey" cast member Teresa Giudice (JOO'-dys), who pleaded guilty in 2014 to bankruptcy fraud
  
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• Ariana Grande replaces Whitney Houston hologram on 'Voice'

  25-05-2016 13:31
  
  Ariana Grande has filled in for a hologram version of Whitney Houston in a duet with Christina Aguilera on the season finale of NBC's "The Voice."
  
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• FIXING THE BQE: Brooklyn-Queens Express-PAY! Levin to Cuomo: Cough up cash for repairs

  25-05-2016 10:53
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperIt is a triple threat!Gov. Cuomo must kick in cash to pay for long-overdue repairs to a geriatric stretch of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or motorists could end up paying with their lives, says Councilman Steve Levin (D–Brooklyn Heights).It will cost around $1.7-billion to mend the triple-cantilever portion of the highway below the Brooklyn Heights Promenade — which is already more
  
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• Obama uses light moment with rapper to espouse free speech

  25-05-2016 10:47
  
  President Barack Obama's parting shot before leaving communist Vietnam: let people express themselves
  
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• Eric Trump, helping his father, balances company, campaign

  25-05-2016 09:50
  
  Donald Trump's youngest adult child is leaping at the chance to be a "character witness" for his father in the 2016 presidential campaign
  
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• Renowned Chinese writer Yang Jiang dies at age 104

  25-05-2016 09:39
  
  Renowned Chinese writer Yang Jiang, known for her prolific output and marriage to an equally famous author, has died at age 104
  
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