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• Troubled Nevada sports book operator, pioneer fined again

  28-07-2016 23:43
  
  Nevada regulators say they'll let one of the state's largest sports book operators stay in business after years of underpaying winning gamblers because the Las Vegas company is ousting its CEO
  
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• Gordon rejoins Marlins following 80-game suspension

  28-07-2016 23:14
  
  Returning from an 80-game suspension for a positive drug test, Miami Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon has issued an apology on Twitter
  
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• APNewsBreak: Official Prince tribute concert set for October

  28-07-2016 23:09
  
  Prince's family says an official tribute concert honoring the late icon will take place in October in the singer's hometown of Minneapolis
  
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• Lady Gaga hits stage for invite-only show for DNC delegates

  28-07-2016 23:01
  
  Lady Gaga hit the stage at an invitation-only concert for Democratic National Convention delegates, covering classic songs from Woody Guthrie, Neil Young and others
  
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• The Latest: Police report using pepper spray once near DNC

  28-07-2016 22:57
  
  Philadelphia's police commissioner says his officers have not used pepper spray on protesters during the Democratic National Convention, but a transit police officer did use one short burst, authorities said
  
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• The Latest: Some Sanders backers want DNC apology on TV

  28-07-2016 22:54
  
  Die-hard Bernie Sanders supporters from Oregon's delegation say they're demanding a nationally televised apology at the Democratic National Convention before Hillary Clinton accepts the presidential nomination
  
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• Sharper rape case co-defendants enter state guilty pleas

  28-07-2016 22:54
  
  The criminal case that exposed former NFL star Darren Sharper as a sexual predator has moved closer to final resolution with guilty pleas in Louisiana state court by two co-defendants
  
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• You want your MTV? It's back -- on VH1

  28-07-2016 22:52
  
  MTV is rebranding VH1 Classic as MTV Classic and says the channel plans to serve up heaps of nostalgia for fans of "Beavis and Butt-head," "Daria," "Total Request Live," and other MTV staples
  
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• An August Art Agenda (& Exes)

  28-07-2016 22:41 via bkmag.com
  
  Perhaps you’ve heard that the typically hyperactive art scene in our fine town slows down a bit over the summer, especially during the month of August. It’s true, it does. Quite significantly, actually. One must spend a certain extended amount of time at one’s summer home in the Hamptons, after all. Right? Right.
  Anyway, while it’s very true that art matters do slow down a fair measure, a related truth is that there are still more than enough openings, performances, yet-
  
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• Fox's Van Susteren: I didn't defend Ailes

  28-07-2016 22:38
  
  Fox News Channel's Greta Van Susteren says she had heard of no sexual harassment allegations against Roger Ailes when she was asked to speak publicly about him in the wake of Gretchen Carlson's lawsuit
  
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• The Latest: Troubled Nevada sports book operator fined again

  28-07-2016 22:29
  
  Nevada regulators say they'll let one of the state's largest sports book operators stay in business after years of underpaying winning bets because the Las Vegas company has ousted its CEO
  
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• The Latest: Polish officials say 500,000 see pope at rally

  28-07-2016 22:27
  
  Polish church officials say more than 500,000 youths cheered Pope Francis at Krakow rally
  
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• CFP abandons plan to play most of its semifinals on Dec. 31

  28-07-2016 22:26
  
  The College Football Playoff is moving the dates of future semifinals to ensure the games will be played either on a weekend or a holiday
  
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• The Latest: Lady Gaga performs for convention delegates

  28-07-2016 22:07
  
  Lady Gaga and Lenny Kravitz have hit the stage at an invitation-only concert for Democratic convention delegates and guests
  
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• Mary J. Blige files for divorce from husband of 13 years

  28-07-2016 22:06
  
  Mary J. Blige is ending her marriage to her husband-manager after nearly 13 years
  
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• Brooklyn’s First Apple Store Will Finally Open On Saturday

  28-07-2016 21:55 via bkmag.com
  
  Apple products are truly ubiquitous. You see them in the office, the subway, in the streets, tangled in your sheets, referenced in pop music, placed effortlessly in films and TV, plastered on billboards—and, oh look, you’re very possibly reading this on one right now. We’re pretty sure everyone gave up on trying to escape Apple world domination years ago. But somehow, Brooklyn—the mecca of Mac-preferrers—has remained absent of a flagship Apple Store.
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• Longtime 'Sesame Street' characters will remain on show

  28-07-2016 21:46
  
  A spokeswoman for "Sesame Street" said Thursday that the popular characters Bob, Gordon and Luis would continue to appear on the show
  
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• Cosby drops litigation against accuser in sex assault case

  28-07-2016 21:40
  
  Bill Cosby has dropped a lawsuit that argued a confidential settlement agreement was violated by a woman accusing him of sexual assault in Pennsylvania
  
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• "The House on Mango Street" novel turned into art exhibit

  28-07-2016 21:16
  
  The National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque has turned the novel "The House on Mango Street" by acclaimed Mexican-American writer Sandra Cisneros in an art exhibit
  
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• The Latest: WH: Obama's list of threats wasn't about Trump

  28-07-2016 20:45
  
  President Barack Obama's mention of "fascists" and "homegrown demagogues" in his convention speech wasn't aimed at Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump
  
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• Memorial to slain Navy Seal Chris Kyle unveiled in Texas

  28-07-2016 20:36
  
  A memorial for slain Navy Seal and "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle has been unveiled in the West Texas city where he was born in 1974
  
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• Reunions make Marvel's 'Black Panther' especially personal

  28-07-2016 20:32
  
  Two reunions make 'Black Panther' an especially personal chapter in the Marvel cinematic universe: Michael B. Jordan rejoining director Ryan Coogler, and Lupita Nyong'o rejoining actress and 'Eclipsed' playwright Danai Gurira
  
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• The Latest: This time it's Bill in adoring spouse role

  28-07-2016 19:55
  
  This time, Bill Clinton will be the adoring spouse, rapt and smiling when the cameras cut away from the candidate in the spotlight
  
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• Review: Exciting performances from singer Tomi Lunsford

  28-07-2016 19:44
  
  "Come On Blue" includes wah-wah guitar, pedal steel and a saw, and singer Tomi Lunsford mimics them all
  
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• This time, an adoring He looks on as She accepts nomination

  28-07-2016 19:42
  
  This time, Bill Clinton will be the adoring spouse, rapt and smiling when the cameras cut away from the candidate in the spotlight
  
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• 'Nerve' is a dark thriller for the Pokemon Go generation

  28-07-2016 19:42
  
  The invigorating thriller "Nerve," now playing in theaters, goes deep into the psychology of the internet with an addictive game that's so fresh, you wonder whether the filmmakers had a tip that the Pokemon Go craze was on the horizon
  
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• Music Review: Joe Lovano 2005 live set spotlights Hank Jones

  28-07-2016 19:37
  
  With this summer's Newport Jazz Festival about to begin, Joe Lovano has pulled from the vaults his 2005 performance there with a quartet that included the late pianist Hank Jones, then 87
  
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• CFP abandons plan to play most of its semifinal on Dec. 31

  28-07-2016 19:32
  
  The College Football Playoff is moving the dates of future semifinals to ensure the games will be played either on a weekend or a holiday
  
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• Talk show host, actor Jerry Doyle found dead at Vegas home

  28-07-2016 19:29
  
  Actor and nationally syndicated conservative talk show host Gerard "Jerry" Doyle has died in Las Vegas
  
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• The Latest: Woman at Mass went into labor, taken to hospital

  28-07-2016 19:26
  
  A woman attending the Mass celebrated by Pope Francis had to leave early _ when she went into labor
  
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• Judge says he may allow cameras in Prince estate proceedings

  28-07-2016 19:25
  
  A Minnesota judge overseeing Prince's estate says he'll consider letting video cameras into the courtroom on a case-by-case basis
  
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• Connecticut man charged with making anti-Semitic threats

  28-07-2016 19:12
  
  A 50-year-old Stamford man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges he made online threats against Jews and synagogues in the city
  
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• Zane Grey's Oregon cabin added to historic places registry

  28-07-2016 19:11
  
  The Zane Grey Cabin in Oregon has been listed for preservation under the National Register of Historic Places
  
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• An agent of change (and real estate): Victoria Hagman of Realty Collective

  28-07-2016 19:11
  
  The Trump Hut outside of Realty Collective’s Red Hook office earlier this month. Photo: Sam Levinson
  There are certain things you expect to see in the windows of real estate offices. Donald Trump’s hair is not one of them.
  For the opening and closing of the group art exhibition, Gut Rehab, an installation of the Donald’s hair called the Trump Hut (which made an appearance at the Republican National Convention last week, along with Trump’s actual bouffant) was stationed o
  
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• Dee Gordon apologizes on Twitter before rejoining Marlins

  28-07-2016 18:59
  
  Returning from an 80-game suspension for a positive drug test, Miami Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon has issued an apology on Twitter
  
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• Singer Jake Owen focuses on positivity after a tough year

  28-07-2016 18:58
  
  After his divorce last year, country singer Jake Owen threw himself into his music and hit the road hard
  
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• Nevada board eyes settlement with sports book operator

  28-07-2016 18:52
  
  Nevada regulators are expected to approve a settlement with one of the state's largest sports book operators after it acknowledged underpaying winning bets despite a previous warning involving a separate scandal
  
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• Ex-basketball coach indicted on forged-transcript charges

  28-07-2016 18:45
  
  A former head basketball coach of a New York community college has been indicted on charges he used forged transcripts to help star players transfer to NCAA Division I colleges
  
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• Unreleased songs part of companion album to Springsteen book

  28-07-2016 18:34
  
  Songs Bruce Springsteen recorded in the 1960s and 70s will be released in September
  
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• The Latest: Pope greeted by dancing, singing young Catholics

  28-07-2016 18:32
  
  Tens of thousands of young Catholics are singing and dancing in joy in the rain for Pope Francis at a park in Poland
  
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• The Latest: Reid: Pence says much in common with Trump

  28-07-2016 18:28
  
  Mike Pence says he has a lot in common with Donald Trump_ just not in matters of rhetorical style or personal finance
  
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• Review: 'Bad Moms' flirts with anarchy, comes up short

  28-07-2016 18:16
  
  The comedy "Bad Moms" fancies itself a "Hangover" for the PTA set, yet while a send-up of modern parental perfection _ an idea that exists only in commercials _ is a worthy subject for a summer comedy, "Bad Moms" is ultimately rather conventional
  
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• The Top Five Movies of July 2016

  28-07-2016 18:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Welcome to another installment of our monthly feature in which a rotating cast of film critics hold forth on the highs and lows of month of moviegoing.
  5. Train To BusanYeon Sang-ho’s zombie action film has more stage presence that most American thrillers. Gong Yoo plays a deadbeat dad with enough money to pretend he’s the responsible parent. His mettle, responsibility and love are all put to the test when he takes his daughter (Kim Soo-ahn) to Busan to be with her mother and a zombi
  
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• Ex NY basketball coach indicted on forged-transcript charges

  28-07-2016 17:33
  
  A former basketball coach of a New York community college has been indicted on charges that he used forged transcripts to help star players transfer to NCAA Division I colleges
  
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• MTV launches MTV Classic channel focusing on 1990s nostalgia

  28-07-2016 17:24
  
  MTV is rebranding VH1 Classic as MTV Classic and says the channel plans to serve up heaps of nostalgia for fans of "Beavis and Butt-head," "Daria," "Total Request Live," and other MTV staples
  
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• James Alan McPherson, prize-winning author, dead at 72

  28-07-2016 17:22
  
  James Alan McPherson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning story collection "Elbow Room" and a longtime faculty member at the University of Iowa's prestigious Writers' Workshop, died Wednesday at age 72
  
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• Corporate lawyers argue over whether Colbert can be Colbert

  28-07-2016 17:19
  
  CBS' Stephen Colbert says lawyers from his old company complained when he revived the character he played on 'The Colbert Report.'
  
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• Musical of 'The Flamingo Kid' eyeing Broadway pool in 2018

  28-07-2016 17:09
  
  A new stage musical based on Garry Marshall's 1984 movie, "The Flamingo Kid," is hoping to cha-cha to Broadway in a few years
  
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• Peyton's new place: Manning tossing one-liners in TV ads

  28-07-2016 16:56
  
  A retired Peyton Manning is in his bathrobe and tossing one-liners in TV ads
  
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• "The House of Mango Street" novel turned into art exhibit

  28-07-2016 16:44
  
  The National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque has turned the novel "The House of Mango Street" by acclaimed Mexican-American writer Sandra Cisneros in an art exhibit
  
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