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• The Latest: Gunman's mother believes he suffered from PTSD

  21-07-2016 23:58
  
  The mother of the Iraq war veteran who shot and killed three law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge says she believes her son suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and that he once said he thought the CIA was following him
  
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• 'Peter Falk's Law' on death notification signed in NY

  21-07-2016 23:47
  A new law in New York state named after the late actor Peter Falk aims to ensure that relatives of people in guardianship are notified when their loved one dies
  
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• The Latest: Best 1 day fundraising haul for Trump campaign

  21-07-2016 23:46
  
  Donald Trump's campaign says it raised $3.5 million via online fundraising just on Wednesday
  
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• Of Montreal share "My Fair Lady" off upcoming LP (listen)

  21-07-2016 23:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Of Montreal are back with a new album, Innocence Reaches, out August 12 via Polyvinyl. They’ve just shared the second single off it, “My Fair Lady.” It’s reminiscent of their funky Hissing Fauna sound, and you can stream it below...
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• The Long Ryders announce East Coast tour dates

  21-07-2016 23:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  These will be first East Coast shows for the '80s-era 'Paisley Underground' band in nearly 30 years.
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• New legal team granted for ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez

  21-07-2016 23:20
  
  Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez has appeared in court with a new legal team to defend him in the 2012 slayings of two men outside a Boston nightclub
  
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• Timeline of events leading to Roger Ailes resignation

  21-07-2016 23:17
  
  The events leading up to Roger Ailes' resignation on Thursday began on June 23 when anchor Gretchen Carlson was quietly let go
  
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• Oliver Stone says studios' boards led to 'Snowden' rejection

  21-07-2016 23:15
  
  Director Oliver Stone says every major movie studio turned down his narrative film about Edward Snowden because of censorship from their corporate leaders
  
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• Roger Ailes is out as head of Fox News, Fox Business

  21-07-2016 23:13
  
  Roger Ailes is out as chief executive at Fox News Channel after 20 years, following allegations that he forced a former network anchor after she spurned his sexual advances
  
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• Key dates in the life of ex-Fox News Channel CEO Roger Ailes

  21-07-2016 22:55
  Key dates in the life of Roger Ailes, from his career start with an entry-level position on a Cleveland TV station to founding the powerful Fox News Channel
  
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• Erykah Badu playing DJ set at Output after Coney Island show ++ 'The Land' OST tracklist released

  21-07-2016 22:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Erykah Badu will be performing a string of shows this August and September, beginning with two NYC performances on August 3: she'll be playing at the newly-opened Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk at 8 PM with openers Hiatus Kaiyote (tickets) followed by a DJ set at Output, under her alias DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown (tickets)...
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• Oregon man sentenced in celebrity hacking case

  21-07-2016 22:07
  
  A man who admitted hacking hundreds of email accounts and stealing explicit photos from several celebrities has been sentenced to six months in federal prison
  
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• Muhammad Ali's old training camp sold to John Madd

  21-07-2016 22:06
  
  The son of NFL Hall of Fame coach John Madden is buying Muhammad Ali's former training camp in
  
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• Chile toughens sentences in 'Missing' killings of Americans

  21-07-2016 22:05
  
  Chile's Supreme Court has increased the prison sentences of two former military officers convicted in the 1973 killing of two Americans in the early days of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship
  
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• Williamsburg's Whole Foods and Apple stores both opening next week

  21-07-2016 21:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  These two giant stores will open up basically across the street from each other on Bedford Ave.Continue reading…
  
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• Melania Trump returns to convention following speech gaffe

  21-07-2016 21:46
  
  Melania Trump is returning to the Republican National Convention for the first time since her prime-time speech went viral with charges that she stole parts of it from a speech given by Michelle Obama
  
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• Disney's first Latina princess, Elena, takes her bow on TV

  21-07-2016 21:36
  
  The rarefied sorority of Disney princesses has come a long way since 1937's Snow White set the tone, gradually expanding to add Asian, African-American, Native American and Middle Eastern tiara-wearers
  
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• Outside Lands releases daily schedule, will livestream too

  21-07-2016 21:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  San Francisco's huge Outside Lands festival is going down August 5-7 in Golden Gate Park, and they've now announced the full daily schedules. As always, there are some notable conflicts, like Duran Duran-vs-Grimes and LCD-vs-Beach House  on Friday, Radiohead and Anderson ...
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• Trolls take over Comic-Con, but not the internet kind

  21-07-2016 21:14
  
  Trolls turned out in full force to kick off the first day of programming at Comic-Con _ the ones with the wacky hair, not the ones that hurl insults on the internet
  
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• Watch Charli XCX And Carly Rae Jepsen Debut New Songs At PC Music’s RBMA Event

  21-07-2016 21:01 via bkmag.com
  
  Last night as part of Red Bull Music Academy’s RBMA radio live event in Los Angeles, PC Music hosted a special show called POP CITY at Create nightclub. Along with performances from PC Music members A.G. Cook, Danny L. Harle, QT, and Hannah Diamond, two of pop’s most innovative indie stars Charli XCX and Carly Rae Jepsen, joined the electronic collective for exclusive performances.When Charli XCX took the stage she was singing with A.G. Cook in the background, DJ-ing. Hannah Diamond
  
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• BrooklynVegan at lollapalooza 2016 (Toyota Music Den schedule)

  21-07-2016 20:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Front Bottoms, Modern Baseball, Frank Turner, Pinegrove, Frightened Rabbit and more will be stopping by to play 2nd festival sets for us.Continue reading…
  
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• Kurt Vile played Montreux Jazz Festival (watch his full set), playing Panorama this weekend

  21-07-2016 20:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sunday afternoon (7/24) jammy indie rockers Kurt Vile & The Violators will hit NYC's Panorama stage for what's sure to be an awesome set. For those who can't make it out, or simply can't wait, there's good news: Vile has shared video of his hour-long July 7 set from the 50th Montreux Jazz Festival...
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• The Littlest Demagogue: The Childhood of a Leader

  21-07-2016 20:50 via bkmag.com
  
     The Childhood of a LeaderDirected by Brady CorbetOpens July 22
  And that little boy grew up to be…? The entire aesthetic package of The Childhood of a Leader arguably constitutes a spoiler, its heavily color-restricted palette and the great Scott Walker’s score, like a chamber quartet being chased by wolves, suggesting stuffy, lofty Old World traditions whipped into the neo-Gothic frenzy of the first half of the 20th century. The child in question, unnamed for much of th
  
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• Dave Eggers sets his latest literary adventure in Alaska

  21-07-2016 19:49
  
  The latest stop on Dave Eggers' long-running fictional tour: Alaska
  
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• Review: 'Absolutely Fabulous' delights in the outrageous

  21-07-2016 19:40
  
  Pour some Champagne, light a smoke and put on something gorgeous, dahling, because the women of "Absolutely Fabulous" are back
  
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• LAPD chief, rapper The Game team up for anti-violence PSA

  21-07-2016 19:34
  
  Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck and rapper The Game appear together in a new public service announcement aimed at curbing violence across the city
  
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• Muhammad Ali's old training camp sold to John Madden's son

  21-07-2016 19:17
  
  The son of NFL Hall of Fame coach John Madden is buying Muhammad Ali's former training camp in Pennsylvania
  
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• Author of 'The Cartel' is switching publishers

  21-07-2016 19:16
  
  "The Cartel" author Don Winslow will have a new publisher for the sequel to his acclaimed novel about the Mexico drug wars
  
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• [PARTY LINE] Challenge to Thai’s petitions not racism — just politics, insiders say

  21-07-2016 19:03
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThe challenger to Assemblyman Bill Colton (D–Bensonhurst) for committeeman in the 47th Assembly District claims the incumbent is trying to kick him off the ballot in order to keep Asian Americans out of politics, but Democratic party operatives say it ain’t racism — it’s just politics as usual.Upstart Billy Thai got 2,200 signatures on his nominating petition, but three people have challenged their legitima
  
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• You Need To See Michelle Obama On Carpool Karaoke With Missy Elliott

  21-07-2016 18:56 via bkmag.com
  
  When it comes to indulging fantasies that stars are “just like us,” social media is second only to The Late Late Show With James Corden segment Carpool Karaoke. While social media is great for teens and people in a younger age bracket, it’s carpool karaoke that allows older stars and those who are more aloof a chance to act natural–whatever that means. The most recent Carpool Karaoke is with First Lady Michelle Obama, someone who–perhaps because of her many responsi
  
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• Brooklyn by the Book: Patti Smith

  21-07-2016 18:40
  Thursday, September 15, 2016 7:30 pmCongregation Beth ElohimPatti Smith's M Train describes the odyssey of a legendary artist through cafés and haunts around the world. In prose that flows between dreams and reality, past and present, we travel to Frida Kahlo's Casa Azul in Mexico; to the fertile moon terrain of Iceland; to a ramshackle seaside bungalow in New Yorks Far Rockaway just before Hurricane Sandy; to the West 4th Street subway station, filled with the sounds of the Velvet Underg
  
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• Brooklyn By the Book: Jonathan Lethem

  21-07-2016 18:40
  Wednesday, October 19, 2016 8:00 pmCongregation Beth ElohimBruno Alexander, the protagonist of Lethem's newest novel, The Gamblers Anatomy, is a backgammon hustler who travels the world winning large sums of money from amateur whales until he runs into a troubling run of bad luck in Singapore. Then, in Berlin, he develops a tumorous blot that distorts his vision so he has to look at the board sideways. He flies to Berkeley, despite a vow never to return there, for experimental surgery that might
  
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• Brooklyn by the Book: Javier Marías

  21-07-2016 18:40
  Wednesday, November 9, 2016 7:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterThus Bad Begins by the great Spanish novelist Javier Marías is the story of a couple living in the shadow of a mysterious, unhappy history, and the punishments we exact on those we love. Juan de Vere, a university student, takes a job as personal assistant to a man he idolizes: Eduardo Muriel, a once-successful film director.
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• Country singer Craig Morgan calls son's loss 'hardest thing'

  21-07-2016 18:36
  
  Country singer Craig Morgan says the death of his son is "the hardest thing we have ever had to endure as a family."
  
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• A “Heat Dome” Will Envelop Us This Weekend

  21-07-2016 18:34 via bkmag.com
  
  Aw, weather. What personality is has. Winter gives us Polar Vortexes. Fall gives us Superstorms. Spring, gross amounts of wind. So meet our hyperbolic weather condition of the summer, Heat Dome, because it is coming to New York City this weekend.
  As I type these words, one such dome has formed over a gigantic portion of the country, and it’s spreading East, according to New York Metro Weather and Daily Intelligencer. Underneath that dome, the heat index will
  
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• The Art of Bklyn Film Festival parties under the stars at BKLYN Commons

  21-07-2016 18:30
  
  ​The 2016 Art of Bklyn Film Festival kicked off our 6th annual edition with an amazing opening night party on the beautiful roof deck of Bklyn Commons, a co-working space in the old Bond Bakery building where Kings County’s artists, entrepreneurs and non-profits are thriving. Bklyn Commons is the brainchild of Jack Srour, a Brooklyn-born-and-raised real estate developer who wants the space to be a hub for the borough’s emerging creative class, while respecting the neighborhood&
  
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• Live-action Pokemon movie is coming

  21-07-2016 18:25
  
  Legendary Entertainment plans to launch the first live-action Pokemon movie franchise
  
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• The 20 Best Brooklyn Albums Of 2016 (So Far)

  21-07-2016 18:10 via bkmag.com
  
  Back in June we listed out some of the best albums of the year so far. But these lists always tend to include a handful of superstars, who, due to their higher profiles, extensive resources, or tabloid narratives sometimes just eclipse local performers. Those local musicians deserve some shine too, though, so here is a list of 20 of the best records to come out of our fair borough so far this year. Hopefully you’ll find a few you weren’t familiar with, and remember that there is
  
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• Bill Cardille, former Pittsburgh local TV host, dead at 87

  21-07-2016 18:07
  
  Bill Cardille, a local Pittsburgh TV personality nicknamed "Chilly Billy" who hosted the late-night "Chiller Theater" and "Studio Wrestling" shows, has died
  
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• The Latest: French prosecutor: Nice attacker had accomplices

  21-07-2016 18:05
  The Paris prosecutor says the driver who killed 84 people on a Nice beachfront had accomplices and he had been plotting his attack for months
  
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• Oscar winner asks court to protect Bergdahl interview tapes

  21-07-2016 17:31
  
  An Oscar-winning filmmaker has asked a federal court to prevent military prosecutors from forcing him to turn over interviews with Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl
  
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• [BROOKLYN HEIGHTS] Sweet talkers: Panel will discuss history of ice cream

  21-07-2016 17:28
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn DailyThey are the cream of the crop!
  A group of four ice cream experts will discuss the history of the tasty treat at the Brooklyn Historical Society on July 28. The foodie-in-chief of the “Brooklyn Screams for Ice Cream!” panel says that audiences can expect to get the inside scoop on the borough’s best frozen dairy creators of the past and the present.
  “What I really like to
  
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• Hey New Yorkers, “Ghostbusters” is a(nother) love letter to our city

  21-07-2016 17:18
  
  We’ll need to get a few things out of the way before I tell you why Ghostbusters, both the original and the reboot, is a great movie, why it’s not *just* a fluffy comedy, and why you, as a card carrying New Yorker, should go see it immediately, as a point of pride and honor.
  Ghostbusters is about GHOSTS and what are ghosts but our own projected fears? What could be more revealing about us as a culture?
  Ghostbusters, the 1984 version, is probably the movie I have seen the mo
  
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• Our Favorite Frozen Drinks for Summer in Brooklyn

  21-07-2016 17:09 via bkmag.com
  
  Ahh, summertime in Brooklyn: block parties, rooftops, and, of course, frozen drinks. With Bon Appétit having already declared 2016 as “the summer of frozé” — that’s frozen rosé — there’s no better time to try some of our favorite boozy (and non-alcoholic!) cool beverages to help you beat the heat in our beloved borough.
  From frozen teas and coffees (need that caffeine!), to refreshing cocktails and dessert shakes, we’ve got a cool dr
  
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• Schamus, former studio head, turns director in 'Indignation'

  21-07-2016 16:46
  
  James Schamus is, somehow, equal parts film executive (he ran Focus Features for 12 years), academic (he's taught film theory at Columbia for more than 20 years) and filmmaker (he's Ang Lee's near-constant collaborator and screenwriter)
  
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• Star of 'The Bachelor' files to run for Colorado House

  21-07-2016 16:37
  
  The most recent star of ABC's "The Bachelor," Ben Higgins, is running for public office in Colorado
  
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• Prince Harry says world must revive urgency in AIDS fight

  21-07-2016 16:25
  
  Prince Harry warns against complacency in AIDS fight, saying inaction has set in
  
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• The Latest: DiCaprio foundation pledges donation to France

  21-07-2016 15:40
  
  The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation says some proceeds from nearly $45 million raised at a celebrity-filled auction gala will go to a French anti-terrorism charity in the light of last week's attacks
  
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• Actor Peter MacNicol loses 'Veep' Emmy nod over technicality

  21-07-2016 15:22
  
  Peter MacNicol's Emmy nomination for his work on "Veep" this past season has been revoked after officials determined the actor appeared in too many episodes of the HBO comedy
  
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• 'Star Trek Beyond' premieres at Comic-Con

  21-07-2016 15:04
  
  The world premiere of "Star Trek Beyond" blasts off at Comic-Con with fireworks, lasers and tributes to the series' late stars
  
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