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• Ex-NY Giant Petitgout gets probation for assaulting his wife

  29-07-2016 23:50
  
  A former New York Giants player who assaulted his estranged wife at their New Jersey home has been sentenced to one year of probation
  
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• Poof! 'Ghostbusters' tweet cheering Clinton deleted

  29-07-2016 23:43
  
  A tweet from Sony Pictures' "Ghostbusters" account that many interpreted as an endorsement of Hillary Clinton has disappeared as quickly as a phantom
  
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• ANOHNI, David Johansen, Lenny Kaye, Emily Haines & lots more appearing at Lincoln Center's all-day Lou Reed tribute

  29-07-2016 23:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This free all-day event, features films, live music, art, and meditation, and more. More names: Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, Doveman, JG Thirlwell, Jon Spencer, Mark Kozelek, Victoria Williams, John Zorn, Kim Cattrall (?!), Steve Buscemi and still more.
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• Trump and Clinton set for appearances on Sunday news shows

  29-07-2016 23:35
  
  The major party presidential nominees, Republican Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, are set to appear on Sunday's news shows
  
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• Ex-Giant Petitgout gets probation after assaulting wife

  29-07-2016 23:13
  
  A former New York Giants player has been sentenced to one year of probation after pleading guilty to an assault on his estranged wife
  
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• MVP Newton turns focus to 2016, away from Super Bowl loss

  29-07-2016 23:07
  
  Cam Newton's stellar 2015 season helped him become the first Carolina Panthers player to earn NFL MVP honors
  
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• Donald Trump speech beats Hillary Clinton in TV viewership

  29-07-2016 23:01
  
  Hillary Clinton's acceptance speech was watched by just under 30 million people on the commercial networks
  
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• Wesley Stace schedules fall 2016 Cabinet of Wonders shows

  29-07-2016 22:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Folk singer Wesley Stace (aka John Wesley Harding) has announced three upcoming editions of his popular Cabinet of Wonders variety shows at City Winery in NYC...
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• Investigation into ex-Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's failed company, 38 Studios, results in no criminal charges

  29-07-2016 22:07
  
  Investigation into ex-Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's failed company, 38 Studios, results in no criminal charges
  
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• Court order sharply narrows Prince's potential heirs

  29-07-2016 21:57
  
  A Minnesota judge overseeing Prince's estate narrowed down the wide pool of potential heirs for the late superstar's fortune, ruling out nearly 30 claimants while ordering genetic testing for six purported family members
  
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• Five Notable Releases of the Week (7/29/16)

  29-07-2016 21:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It's a great week for new music, especially if you're into punk/metal.
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• Jenny Lewis' band NAF playing the closing party for EV shop The Deep End Club tonight

  29-07-2016 21:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Deep End Club, which is shuttering tonight, is owned by fellow NAF member Tennessee Thomas.
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• an interview with Lucy Dacus ++ watch her NPR Tiny Desk Concert

  29-07-2016 21:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Richmond-based singer/songwriter Lucy Dacus released her great debut album No Burden earlier this year, and has kept extremely busy since. We talked to her about the album, her new label Matador, her plans for the next album, and her musical roots.
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• Moon Duo played MoMA Nights, playing Baby's tonight, touring with Dinosaur Jr.

  29-07-2016 21:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Bay Area motoroik droners Moon Duo played MoMA's Sculpture Garden on Thursday (7/28) as part of the museum's MoMA Nights series...
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• Clinton kicks off swing state tour vowing to create jobs

  29-07-2016 20:59
  
  Kicking off her fall campaign for the White House, Hillary Clinton is using her first post-convention campaign rally to stress the 'stark choice' voters will face in November between her and Republican rival Donald Trump
  
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• Court order narrows Prince's potential heirs to 6

  29-07-2016 20:39
  
  A Minnesota judge overseeing Prince's estate has ordered genetic testing for a handful of people claiming to be heirs and tossed out claims from nearly 30 others
  
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• E Train Could Save L Train Riders and Finally Be Useful, Says Transit Group

  29-07-2016 20:25 via bkmag.com
  
  If you’ve scanned your eyeballs over any electronic screens recently, and you live in New York City, you’ll be aware that the MTA has decided to shut down L Train service between Brooklyn and Manhattan for 18 months, starting in 2019, in order to repair damage done to the Canarsie Tunnel by Hurricane Sandy.
  If you didn’t know, now you’re all caught up. That was easy.
  But the rest of the story gets trickier. Namely, how in tarnation will the 225,000 daily riders of the L
  
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• Judge to review surveillance video in Appling gun case

  29-07-2016 20:10
  
  A Michigan judge will review surveillance footage from the night former Michigan State basketball player Keith Appling was arrested outside a strip club on weapons and drug charges
  
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• new Meshuggah album is called 'The Violent Sleep of Reason,' is out in October

  29-07-2016 19:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  For fans of Meshuggah a new album is still at event status. It's been four years since 2012's Koloss, but it seems like longer...
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• Montel Williams detained in Germany over medical marijuana

  29-07-2016 19:29
  
  A spokesman for Montel Williams says the television personality was detained by customs officials at an airport in Germany after inadvertently leaving prescription marijuana power in his luggage
  
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• listen to Wild Beasts' new LP 'Boy King'

  29-07-2016 19:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Wild Beasts' new album pulls off the highwire act of going somewhere new while still sounding like themselves.
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• Wine and Dine at BKW, Brooklyn Winery’s Full-Fledged Crown Heights Restaurant

  29-07-2016 18:58 via bkmag.com
  
  Most modern-day eateries are passionate about the provenance of their product, proudly relaying the origin stories of their proteins, produce and grains. But at Crown Heights’ BKW, that commitment to craftsmanship and locality even extends to their vino, as every bottle is sourced from Williamsburg’s own Brooklyn Winery.
  A shrewd offshoot of the borough’s first boutique urban wine producer, BKW aims to be more than a mere tasting room. Sure, patrons can approach it as a hyper-f
  
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• Ken Barrie, voice of Postman Pat, dies at 83

  29-07-2016 18:33
  
  Ken Barrie, who provided the voice of affable animated letter-carrier Postman Pat, has died
  
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• Potter play hype shows the world is still wild about Harry

  29-07-2016 17:30
  
  There are wands and wizard costumes, midnight book parties and throngs of excited muggles as Harry Pottler magic returns
  
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• The coolest free film series in August: Brooklyn on Screen

  29-07-2016 17:24
  
  “The Warriors” closes the three-part film series we’re presenting with the Brooklyn Historical Society. Come out and play-ee-ay with us in August!
  From the Coney Island boardwalk to the brownstones of Bed-Stuy, the County of Kings has served as the set for numerous iconic films throughout the years. Together with the Brooklyn Historical Society, we’ve chosen three of these classic films starring our favorite borough for a series called Brooklyn on Screen. This free, indo
  
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• Leona Lewis puts aside pop world to get her nails in 'Cats'

  29-07-2016 16:38
  
  Leona Lewis, who won the TV contest show "X Factor" and earned 3 Grammy nominations, now finds herself leading the Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's still-frisky musical "Cats."
  
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• Building his brand: rapper Nas ventures into filmmaking

  29-07-2016 16:30
  
  Nas, one of music's most revered lyricists and story tellers, is taking his talents into filmmaking
  
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• Baz Luhrmann examines early hip-hop in Netflix series

  29-07-2016 16:14
  
  Baz Luhrmann sees himself as a curator for his first television series, "The Get Down," which tackles the organic years of hip-hop
  
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• Your August 2016 Film Preview and Power Rankings

  29-07-2016 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  If we had done a “summer film preview,” we would have been exhausted by the time we got to August, and skimped on this surprisingly robust month on the film calendar. Instead, our monthly Film Preview and Power Rankings will allow you to schedule your dog-days air conditioning down to the MINUTE. Rankings are objectively accurate and should be taken as gospel, especially by any filmmakers, distributors or programmers reading this. Read previous months’ previews here, and imagin
  
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• Battling Outside and In the Ring: A Preview of Saturday’s Title Fight at Barclays Center

  29-07-2016 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  For years now, I’ve associated the word “interface” with wrong-headed bros who abuse the English language in the name of fiber-optic-fast progress. It was a term that denoted a meeting of some kind, but one drained of the intimacy “chats,” “huddles” and even “power breakfasts” once provided.
  Then I met world champion boxer Carl Frampton last week.
  A 122-pound technician from Belfast, Northern Ireland, he had taken the time to chew the fat wit
  
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• Battles Outside and In the Ring: A Preview of Saturday’s Title Fight at Barclays Center

  29-07-2016 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  For years now, I’ve associated the word “interface” with wrong-headed bros who abuse the English language in the name of fiber-optic-fast progress. It was a term that denoted a meeting of some kind, but one drained of the intimacy “chats,” “huddles” and even “power breakfasts” once provided.
  Then I met world champion boxer Carl Frampton last week.
  A 122-pound technician from Belfast, Northern Ireland, he had taken the time to chew the fat wit
  
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• A Whuppin’ Tree Grows in Brooklyn: A Preview of Saturday’s Title Fight at Barclays Center

  29-07-2016 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  For years now, I’ve associated the word “interface” with wrong-headed bros who abuse the English language in the name of fiber-optic-fast progress. It was a term that denoted a meeting of some kind, but one drained of the intimacy “chats,” “huddles” and even “power breakfasts” once provided.
  Then I met world champion boxer Carl Frampton last week.
  A 122-pound technician from Belfast, Northern Ireland, he had taken the time to chew the fat wit
  
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• Hillary Scott's conversation with God resonates with fans

  29-07-2016 15:41
  
  Lady Antebellum singer Hillary Scott turned a conversation with God about her miscarriage into a message that has resonated with fans
  
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• Ayelet Waldman Eat Your Heart Out: Bad Moms

  29-07-2016 15:40 via bkmag.com
  
  Bad MomsDirected by Jon Lucas and Scott MooreOpens July 29
  From (two of) “the dudes who brought you The Hangover” comes another entry in the proliferating Bad/Dirty-verse still ruled by 2003’s Bad Santa (Dirty Grandpa was a late overachiever). It arrives fortuitously on the heels of Ghostbusters as another male-helmed but woman-centric repurposing of old product, though Jon Lucas and Scott Moore are attempting something more than a Hangover, Hall Pass or their own 21 & Ove
  
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• Director's debut explores 'The Land' with Nas, Badu help

  29-07-2016 15:10
  
  In his feature debut, writer-director Steven Caple Jr. explores the lives of skateboarders in Cleveland, who get caught up in dealing drugs to fund their ambitions
  
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• Clinton to nation: It's a 'moment of reckoning'

  29-07-2016 14:48
  
  Hillary Clinton has capped a four-day Democratic Party convention celebration with a plea for national unity and tolerance
  
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• [WILLIAMSBURG] The house that Mac built: Williamsburg Apple store finally opens tomorrow

  29-07-2016 14:45
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn PaperHow do you like them Apples?Gadget giant Apple is finally opening its first Brooklyn retail store in Williamsburg on Saturday — thrilling locals who are relieved to have the Bedford Avenue sidewalk back after years of construction, if less excited about the electronics emporium itself.“I’m glad it’s done, the construction work and scaffolding was taking up so much room on the sidewalk and it was becoming rea
  
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• [WILLIAMSBURG] Intra-mural! Williamsburgers paint neighborhood history on MS 50 wall

  29-07-2016 14:42
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Ruth BrownBrooklyn PaperWilliamsburg kids are brushing up on their local history!Teens pitched in to help paint a mural at MS 50 on July 21, adding color to a sprawling illustration that tells the story of the neighborhood’s south side — known as Los Sures — as told by its residents.
  The youths were especially thrilled to see the “people’s history” splashed out on the Roebling Street
  
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• Potter play hype shows the world is still mad about Harry

  29-07-2016 14:21
  
  There are wands and wizard costumes, midnight book parties and throngs of excited muggles
  
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• After shooting, German TV drops Counter Strike broadcast

  29-07-2016 14:21
  
  A German TV channel has canceled plans to broadcast the finals of a global tournament of the shooting game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in response to last week's mass killing in Munich
  
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• George Strait to honor Jim Lauderdale at Americana Awards

  29-07-2016 14:08
  
  Country music star George Strait will honor singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale with a lifetime achievement award at the Americana Honors and Awards Show
  
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• The World Without Us: Homo Sapiens

  29-07-2016 14:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Homo SapiensDirected by Nikolaus GeyrhalterJuly 29-August 4 at Anthology Film Archives
  An eerily serene whistle-stop tour of abandoned built environments, Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s estimable Homo Sapiens imagines a purely (if not outlandishly) speculative scenario: a near-future world from which humans have vanished. The Austrian filmmaker, who here keeps his camera motionless, shuttles among depopulated contemporary ruins as far-flung as Fukushima and a stateside mall, where the movie theate
  
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• Promoting national unity, Clinton also seeks to build trust

  29-07-2016 09:40
  
  Hillary Clinton has capped a four-day Democratic Party convention celebration with a plea for national unity and tolerance
  
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• Pelosi tracks the mega-donors to political campaigns

  29-07-2016 09:33
  
  Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi reveals the people who contribute millions of dollars to political campaigns in a HBO documentary
  
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• Cubs considering new translator for star closer Chapman

  29-07-2016 07:17
  
  The Chicago Cubs are considering bringing in a new Spanish translator for Aroldis Chapman after the star closer from Cuba struggled to answer questions about a past domestic violence case in his introductory news conference
  
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• Clinton speech draws mixed reaction on cable news

  29-07-2016 06:36
  
  Mixed response to Clinton's convention speech, Bill O'Reilly's boredom and a discussion about presidential news conferences
  
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• [THE RIDE] Cyclones break .500, win fifth straight

  29-07-2016 06:15
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By David Russellfor Brooklyn PaperCyclones 5Vermont 3July 28 at VermontThe Cyclones are finally over .500 – posting a winning record for the first time this season – after a 5–3 win at Vermont on Thursday night.
  Brooklyn jumped out to a lead in the first inning against Lake Monsters starter A.J. Puk. Colby Woodmansee got it started with a two-out double and scored on Pete Alonso’s single. Alonso moved to second on Jacob Zanon’s wa
  
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• [WILLIAMSBURG] Intra-mural! Williamsburger paint neighborhood history on MS 50 wall

  29-07-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Ruth BrownBrooklyn PaperWilliamsburg kids are brushing up on their local history!Teens pitched in to help paint a mural at MS 50 on July 21, adding color to a sprawling illustration that tells the story of the neighborhood’s south side — known as Los Sures — as told by its residents.
  The youths were especially thrilled to see the “people’s history” splashed out on the Roebling Street
  
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• [WILLIAMSBURG] Culture rock: Skins band joins ‘girl cult’ concert

  29-07-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn DailyThey’ll be playing cult hits!Youthful Brooklyn five-piece the Skins will join three other female-fronted bands and a secret society of feminists for a “F---- Rape Culture” concert at Baby’s All Right in Williamsburg on Aug. 1. The organization Grlcvlt — pronounced “girl cult” — planned the fund-raising concert to help oust a California judge it sa
  
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• [MUSIC] Culture rock: The Skins play ‘anti-rape culture’ concert

  29-07-2016 06:00
  
  They’ll be playing cult hits! Read more.
  
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