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• Judge approves aggressive timeline in Prince estate case

  06-06-2016 23:42
  
  A Minnesota judge has approved an aggressive timeline for testing claims of heirship to Prince's estate
  
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• [TRANSIT] Transit honchos: F tunnel closure will only happen on weekends

  06-06-2016 23:36
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperMystery solved — well, one of them.
  The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says it will only close the F train tunnel to Manhattan on weekends when it performs repairs to the Sandy-ravaged stretch at some point in the coming years. The news follows a report by this paper relaying straphangers’ demands to know if it would disrupt their daily commutes.Agency rep Kevin Ortiz originally told this paper it was too soon to
  
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• 'Ninja Turtles' sequel kicks 'X-Men' from top of box office

  06-06-2016 23:24
  
  The "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" sequel "Out of the Shadows" topped the box office in its opening weekend and effectively dethroned "X-Men: Apocalypse," but its victory was dubious
  
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• Minnesota governor declares 'Prince Day' to mark birthday

  06-06-2016 23:20
  
  Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has declared Tuesday to be "Prince Day" in Minnesota to mark what would have been his 58th birthday
  
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• Miniseries based on journalist David Carr's memoir planned

  06-06-2016 23:02
  
  A TV miniseries based on the late journalist David Carr's best-selling memoir is in development
  
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• Sally Field to return to Broadway in 'The Glass Menagerie'

  06-06-2016 22:51
  
  Emmy- and Oscar-winner Sally Field will return to Broadway in a revival of 'The Glass Menagerie.'
  
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• Collection of Pat Conroy's nonfiction coming in the fall

  06-06-2016 21:49
  
  A collection of nonfiction works by "The Prince of Tides" novelist Pat Conroy is coming out this fall
  
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• Art and the Internet: How Zephyr Projects Is Making Fine Art Accessible Online

  06-06-2016 21:30 via bkmag.com
  
  On a recent muggy Wednesday evening in Brooklyn, I went to the launch of Zephyr Projects, a new type of “emerging art platform,” at Kinz + Tillou, a Clinton Hill brownstone that operates as both gallery and living space for private art dealer Michelle Tillou. Guests moved freely through the residential space in the style of a cocktail party, celebrating the launch of up-and-coming Zephyr artists André D. Wagner, Bryan Meador, and Hannah O’Brien, as well as Nico
  
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• Television's 'Dr. Oz' to bring programming to immigrants

  06-06-2016 21:01
  
  Talk-show host Mehmet Oz launches a venture aimed at delivering television programs from around the world to immigrants
  
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• Viewership down after rout in Game 2 of NBA Finals

  06-06-2016 20:53
  
  With Game 2 of the NBA Finals turning into a rout, viewership is down from last year's overtime contest
  
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• Ali scripted funeral plans in exacting detail in "The Book"

  06-06-2016 20:39
  
  Ali, innermost circle started planning funeral a decade ago, compiling thick document known as "The Book."
  
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• John Oliver buys and forgives $15 million in debt

  06-06-2016 20:33
  
  HBO's John Oliver illustrates a story about the debt-buying industry by acquiring $15 million of medical debt
  
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• Tiger Woods to write book on '97 Masters

  06-06-2016 20:32
  
  Tiger Woods getting back to work _ as an author _ with '97 Masters memoirs due out next spring
  
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• Who, Stones, Bowie made 1971 rock's best year, says author

  06-06-2016 20:14
  
  Review: If there's a Rock and Roll Hell, an inner circle is devoted for old fans who insist on telling you how the music was so much better back in the day
  
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• James Earl Jones, Neil Patrick Harris to appear at Tonys

  06-06-2016 19:48
  
  Tony Award host James Corden will be getting some starry help when he hands out the trophies next weekend _ fellow Tony winners Angela Lansbury, James Earl Jones and Neil Patrick Harris have signed up
  
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• Sunny’s Nights: How a Red Hook Bar Became Brooklyn’s Most Magical Spot

  06-06-2016 19:15 via bkmag.com
  
  When Sunny Balzano died in March of this year, Red Hook—and the entire city of New York—mourned the loss of a man who, to many, embodied a kind of quicksilver Brooklyn magic. He was the charming proprietor of a lost bar on a lonely, harborside street where intimacy and spectacle and serendipity intermingled. He was captain of the kind of place that New Yorkers tell themselves can only exist here, and perhaps even then only briefly. Writer Tim Sultan first stumbled into Sunny’s
  
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• Aretha Franklin reminisces on her friendship with Ali

  06-06-2016 18:56
  
  Aretha Franklin, who knew Muhammad Ali for decades, recalls her late friend as an original: "Unquestionably I don't think there will be another Ali."
  
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• 'Equus' and 'Amadeus' playwright Peter Shaffer dies at 90

  06-06-2016 18:34
  
  Playwright Peter Shaffer, whose durable, award-winning hits included "Equus" and "Amadeus," has died at the age of 90. Shaffer's agent, Rupert Lord, said Shaffer died Monday while on a visit to southwest Ireland with friends and family
  
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• Eric Holder planning to write memoir, sources tell AP

  06-06-2016 18:29
  
  Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is planning a memoir, The Associated Press has learned
  
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• Defending champion Mahut into 2nd round of Ricoh Open

  06-06-2016 18:26
  
  Defending champion Nicolas Mahut made short work of his first-round match at the Ricoh Open, beating Lukas Lacko of Slovakia 6-1, 6-4 to set up an all-French second-round match
  
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• Breakfast Tacos Are Finally Coming to Brooklyn

  06-06-2016 18:20 via bkmag.com
  
  In Texas, the breakfast taco is sacred. Served throughout the state and costing not much more than a dollar or two, its base of egg, beans, bacon, and grated cheese, all tucked inside of a soft taco shell, has cured untold Texan hangovers and reached food celebrity status. Presently, a heated debate centers around which Texan city can lay claim to its founding; in February, an Eater writer stated it was Austin, and got more than a little heat for doing so. The breakfast taco is no matter t
  
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• Clarification: Palestinians-Reality President story

  06-06-2016 18:04
  
  In a story June 3, The Associated Press reported that the winner, Waad Qannam, said Israel was responsible for the current wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence and said he wouldn't call on Palestinians to stop stabbing attacks
  
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• Umi Brings Mom’s Home Cooking to the Food Delivery Space

  06-06-2016 18:00 via bkmag.com
  
  From Arcade, where dan dan noodles are summoned with a press of a button, to Caviar, which works exclusively with premium clients, to reliable standbys like Seamless, there’s become increasingly less reason for busy New Yorkers to relieve their ovens from shoe storage. Now there’s newcomer Umi, which actually eliminates the shame factor from takeout, by guaranteeing delivery of nutritionally balanced, piping hot, and literally home-cooked meals.
  Arabic for “my mother&rdqu
  
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• The Wait: Cleveland rocks, aches for sports championship

  06-06-2016 17:57
  
  No city has suffered longer in sports than Cleveland, where fans have been waiting since 1964 for a championship
  
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• Despite The Rain, A Music Festival Thrives In Bushwick

  06-06-2016 17:49 via bkmag.com
  
  While the last day of Governors Ball was canceled due to severe weather–and Kanye West fans were hoodwinked into hoping against hope for makeup shows–a steady and resilient truly local festival soldiered on in Bushwick. The annual Color Me Bushwick festival is held at Pickthorn Salon, which is smack dab in the middle of the neighborhood on the corner of Wyckoff and Willoughby, and 2016 was the third year the festival has taken place. Organized by Pickthorn owner Chelsey Pickthorn and
  
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• Agent: Peter Shaffer, playwright of hits 'Equus' and 'Amadeus,' dies at 90

  06-06-2016 17:40
  
  Agent: Peter Shaffer, playwright of hits 'Equus' and 'Amadeus,' dies at 90
  
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• Stephen King drives 'Mercedes' trilogy to emotional end

  06-06-2016 17:18
  
  Book review: In "End of Watch," Stephen King drives "Mr. Mercedes" trilogy to a thrilling conclusion
  
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• Egypt police axe concert by Brazilian metal band Sepultura

  06-06-2016 17:05
  
  Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura says Egyptian police cancelled a concert they had planned last weekend over a "bureaucratic" dispute between the local promoter and authorities
  
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• 'Listening to Prozac' doctor: antidepressants work

  06-06-2016 16:53
  
  Book Review: Not just a placebo: "Listening to Prozac" doctor makes the case for antidepressants
  
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• Dungeon Family, Ice Cube to perform at ONE Musicfest

  06-06-2016 16:37
  
  Music collective the Dungeon Family will reunite on stage for the first time in 10 years at the seventh annual ONE Musicfest in Atlanta
  
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• Michael Grandage goes from theater to film with 'Genius'

  06-06-2016 16:30
  
  Michael Grandage, the theater director, has made his first movie and it's about another world of the arts entirely _ books
  
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• Ivanka Trump book 'Women Who Work' coming next spring

  06-06-2016 16:05
  
  Ivanka Trump, daughter of presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, has a book coming out next spring
  
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• Reel Brooklyn: Dog Day Afternoon: Flatbush/Windsor Terrace

  06-06-2016 15:59 via bkmag.com
  
  Reel Brooklyn is a new biweekly column chronicling the definitive history of Brooklyn on-screen, one film—and neighborhood—at a time.
  Movies as archaeology—more than most cities, Brooklyn is in a constant state of rapid cellular evolution, often leaving movies, going back a century, as our only record of how the neighborhoods used to breathe, bustle and roll. If you know Windsor Terrace and the northern outlands of Flatbush, for instance, you’ll feel the bite of authenti
  
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• The Latest: Ali to have traditional Muslim funeral Thursday

  06-06-2016 15:54
  
  The day before his star-studded funeral, members of Muhammad Ali's Islamic faith will get their chance to say a traditional goodbye to the Champ
  
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• Justices reject defamation suit by rock group Boston founder

  06-06-2016 15:50
  
  The Supreme Court has declined to revive defamation lawsuits filed by the founder of the rock group Boston against the Boston Herald and the ex-wife of the band's late lead singer
  
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• 2 Yutes, a slice of Bensonhurst arrives in Gowanus, in hot sandwich form

  06-06-2016 15:29
  
  Photos: Two Yutes
  When Michael Bruno opened Michael & Ping’s Modern Chinese Take-Out in Gowanus six years ago, the restaurant may have seemed a bit random. Bruno, who grew up in an Italian-American family in Bensonhurst, didn’t actually know that much about cooking Chinese food (and there’s no actual Ping, the second name’s just for effect), but he’d eaten loads of takeout growing up in New York, and saw an opening for an eatery focused on American-style Chines
  
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• President of Turkey, king of Jordan to speak at Ali funeral

  06-06-2016 15:05
  
  Turkey president, Jordan king to join world leaders, religious figures, superstars to speak at Ali funeral
  
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• Would-be surprise Kanye West show turns to chaos in NYC

  06-06-2016 14:29
  
  What was supposed to be a surprise Kanye West show in New York City quickly turned to chaos as thousands of fans descended on the venue
  
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• NBCSN to air 330 hours of events during Rio Olympics

  06-06-2016 14:05
  
  NBC Sports Network will air 330 hours of events during the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the most of any of NBCUniversal's TV networks
  
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• Photos: 2016 Miss USA

  06-06-2016 13:09
  
  The 2016 Miss USA pageant was held at T-Mobile Arena on June 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  
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• 28 injured at Dolan Twins show in New Jersey

  06-06-2016 12:06
  
  Police say 28 people were injured when a crowd of mostly teenage girls rushed toward the stage at a Dolan Twins show in New Jersey
  
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• Fight breaks out at Hot 97 Summer Jam hip-hop concert

  06-06-2016 12:03
  
  A fight has broken out at a hip-hop concert in New Jersey, delaying a show that already was starting late due to bad weather
  
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• [PARK SLOPE] Police: Park Slope attemped rapists still on the loose

  06-06-2016 11:44
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Ruth BrownBrooklyn PaperPolice are still looking for two predators who tried to rape women in Park Slope in recent months.
  Most recently, a sicko attacked a 21-year-old woman on Second Street on May 22.The victim was between Seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue at around 4:30 am, when the creep attacked her from behind and groped her genitals, police said.The dirtbag then pushed her to the ground, pulled off her underwear,
  
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• [AWESOME] Nailed it! Leopoldi’s Hardware celebrates 50 years in Park Slope

  06-06-2016 11:13
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThey say good fences make good neighbors — and this family knows how to build a great fence!Leopoldi’s Hardware is celebrating 50 years of slinging hinges and handles to Park Slopers — a milestone its owners credit to the work of their late father, who founded the store in the 1960s and turned it into a beloved neighborhood establishment.“It’s a great, great accomplishment,” said Joe Leopoldi. &ld
  
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• Surprise Kanye West show turns to chaos in New York City

  06-06-2016 09:01
  
  What was supposed to be a surprise Kanye West show in New York City quickly turned to chaos as thousands of fans descended on the venue
  
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• [DOWNTOWN] Shafted: L-spooked straphangers demand details on F tunnel repairs

  06-06-2016 08:48
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperYou’ve heard of the L-pocalypse, but what about this cluster-F?The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is quietly planning repairs to the Hurricane Sandy-ravaged 2 and 3 and F train tunnels between Brooklyn and Manhattan, in a similar vein to the much-fretted-about fix ups that will likely see the L tube close for more than a year.
  But unlike the L work — for which it has held public meetings and created flashy informa
  
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• Ali transformed Parkinson's awareness, inspired patients

  06-06-2016 08:14
  
  Muhammad Ali didn't try to hide the telltale sign of his Parkinson's disease when he lit the Olympic torch with a shaking arm in 1996, something advocates say helped transform the public's understand of the disease
  
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• Fight breaks out at New Jersey hip-hop concert

  06-06-2016 08:00
  
  A fight has broken out at a hip-hop concert in New Jersey, delaying a show that already was starting late due to bad weather
  
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• Would teens be slimmer if Katy Perry hawked kale & quinoa?

  06-06-2016 07:28
  
  Researchers suggest that music stars popular with teens may be contributing to the obesity epidemic by endorsing fatty fast-food, snacks and soda
  
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• New Miss USA from DC to take a break from Army reserves

  06-06-2016 07:08
  
  The newly crowned Miss USA is a 26-year-old Army officer from the District of Columbia who gave perhaps the strongest answer of the night when asked about women in combat
  
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