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• Elections board allows replacement candidate for Congress

  22-08-2016 23:21
  
  The Michigan elections board declined to review former "Little House on the Prairie" actress Melissa Gilbert's withdrawal as the Democratic nominee for a congressional seat, allowing her to be replaced over objections from Republicans
  
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• Speedo USA, 3 other sponsors drop Lochte after Rio incident

  22-08-2016 22:55
  
  Ryan Lochte loses four major sponsors over a drunken incident during the Rio Olympics that he initially tried to pass off as an armed robbery
  
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• All the Way Back to Coney … Island Brewing Company

  22-08-2016 22:46 via bkmag.com
  
  Did you know? It’s summer! On a recent afternoon, while clutching my copy of Dr. Seuss’ “Green Kegs and Ham,” I headed to enjoy the season by partaking in my favorite pastime: playing a game of volleyball against a towering team of Sneetches at one of New York City’s beautiful beaches.
  Coney Island Beach was our choice of sandy, seagull-inhabited venue, so the search for a refreshing, alcohol-fueled respite from the day’s oppressive heat and humidity
  
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• Box office top 20: 'Suicide,' 'Sausage' stay on top

  22-08-2016 22:22
  
  "Suicide Squad" and "Sausage Party" remained no. 1 and no. 2 at the weekend box office in North America, while a trio of newcomers failed to make much of a dent
  
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• Frank Ocean’s New Album, Blonde, Is Ambitious, Amazing, And Your Favorite People Think So Too

  22-08-2016 21:51 via bkmag.com
  
  Since we’ve last spoken, everyone’s favorite reclusiveR+B genius, Frank Ocean, has followed up his visual album, Endless, with a more traditional album, Blonde. And, man… it’s fucking good.The record–titled ‘Blond’ on its artwork, but ‘Blonde’ everywhere else–appeared late Saturday afternoon as an Apple Music exclusive, and clocks in at almost exactly an hour long. It’s much more what we were expecting from the Salinger-esque cro
  
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• Filmmaker who made illustrations into moving images dies

  22-08-2016 21:39
  
  An Oscar-nominated filmmaker who developed a technique to transform illustrations from children's books into moving images for films has died at his Connecticut home
  
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• 'GMA's' Amy Robach sorry for 'colored people' reference

  22-08-2016 20:51
  
  "Good Morning America" co-anchor Amy Robach has apologized for voicing the term "colored people" on Monday's broadcast
  
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• Behind the scenes at OddFellows Ice Cream

  22-08-2016 20:32
  
  We’ll take a triple. Photo: Spencer Starnes
  Ice cream for lunch. That’s the late summer mantra that has gotten us through these last few, painfully muggy weeks. Brooklyn is awash in ice cream, whether you’re talking a straightforward strawberry cone from the Uncle Louie G.’s on your corner, or the flavor explosion that is the salted crack caramel ice cream at Ample Hills. Dairy sensitivities aside (in which case, head to Van Leeuwen for a vegan s
  
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• Family home of Louisa May Alcott spared by tornado in town

  22-08-2016 20:31
  
  A tornado that briefly touched down in the Massachusetts town of Concord uprooted trees and damaged dozens of houses but spared the family home of author Louisa May Alcott
  
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• The Madcap, Mangy Love Of Cass McCombs

  22-08-2016 20:15 via bkmag.com
  
  Cass McCombs is a madcap guitarist with a poetic streak wider than the Grand Canyon. The reclusive songwriter has delivered eight solo albums over the last thirteen years, gaining increased critical acclaim for his prolific, bizarre style. McCombs has always given voice to outsider perspectives or underground narratives, and his latest album doubles down on those ambitions. Mangy Love, out 8/ via Anti Records, delves into sociopolitical statement by inhabiting voices and characters that might no
  
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• AP Explains: Super Mario's global appeal

  22-08-2016 20:13
  
  On Sunday, the Japanese prime minister turned up at the Olympics closing ceremonies to promote the 2020 Tokyo games dressed up as Mario, the eponymous hero of the popular video game series created in 1985
  
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• Neil Young is Dan Rather's guest on 'The Big Interview'

  22-08-2016 20:10
  
  Neil Young is Dan Rather's first guest for the new edition of Rather's series, "The Big Interview."
  
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• Tika Sumpter gives birth to 'Southside With You'

  22-08-2016 20:05
  
  Tika Sumpter is about to give birth _ not just to her first baby, who appears to be due any minute, but to a new chapter in her career
  
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• Party for Housing Justice and the Bushwick Community Map

  22-08-2016 20:04 via bkmag.com
  
  If you have trouble wrapping your head around the impact of gentrification and the ever-changing housing landscape of Brooklyn, let the new Bushwick Community Map be your guide. This is now your bible for understanding housing justice. You may be surprised to know how many Bushwick residents aren’t aware of code violations on their buildings, or even know who their landlord is. The team behind the community map wanted to provide a free and community-owned resource to help residents be more
  
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• Spike Lee Is Honoring Michael Jackson On Saturday With A Massive Bed-Stuy Block Party

  22-08-2016 19:48 via bkmag.com
  
  We all know Spike Lee. So consistently vocal and in the public eye over his near-40 year career, there are several different umbrellas to think of Lee under: Director, Actor, Knicks die-hard, Activist. Right alongside those come his passion as a fan and scholar of the work of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. The iconic filmmaker has directed multiple documentaries on Jackson’s music, process, and being, and now, on August 27th, he’ll be hosting an enormous block party celebrating th
  
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• Ang Lee's 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk' to debut at NYFF

  22-08-2016 19:18
  
  Ang Lee's 3-D, high-frame rate drama "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" will premiere at the New York Film Festival
  
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• Another off-kilter role for Aaron Paul in 'Louis Drax'

  22-08-2016 19:05
  
  Fantasy thriller 'Louis Drax' has Aaron Paul thinking about fatherhood, Jamie Dornan thinking about dress-up
  
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• Aretha Franklin canceling performances to rest up

  22-08-2016 18:55
  
  Aretha Franklin is canceling some upcoming concerts to rest up
  
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• Ex-high school basketball star sentenced for shooting rival

  22-08-2016 18:42
  
  A former New York City high school basketball star has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for shooting a rival opponent who was also his onetime roommate
  
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• 'GMA's' Amy Robach says on-air racial slur 'a mistake'

  22-08-2016 18:37
  
  "Good Morning America" co-anchor Amy Robach has apologized for voicing the term "colored people" on Monday's broadcast
  
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• Speedo USA becomes the first major sponsor to drop Lochte

  22-08-2016 18:21
  
  Ryan Lochte lost his first major sponsor when Speedo USA announced it is dropping the swimmer over a drunken incident during the Rio Olympics that he initially described as an armed robbery
  
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• Correction: Prince Death story

  22-08-2016 18:20
  
  Correction: Prince Death story
  
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• 11 Major Brooklyn Restaurant Openings to Watch for this Fall

  22-08-2016 18:04 via bkmag.com
  
  It may be cold comfort when faced with the loss of lazy beach days and summer Fridays, but fall is always prime season for restaurant launches–when rookie eateries aim to take advantage of their newly captive audiences. So seek solace in the bevy of notable establishments that are currently under construction in Brooklyn, from a duo of monumental food halls, to a handful of celebrity chef spots, and a hotel-based destination from Andrew Carmellini and his award-winning NoHo Hospitality Gro
  
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• Gabby Douglas, Laura Marano join Miss America pageant panel

  22-08-2016 17:55
  
  Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas and musician and actress Laura Marano have been added as celebrity judges for the 2017 Miss America competition
  
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• 'Sorrow Road' delves deep into the vagaries of memory

  22-08-2016 17:54
  
  Book Review: Memories _ or in some cases, the lack of them _ provide sturdy foundation for Julia Keller's fifth novel featuring West Virginia prosecutor Bell Elkins
  
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• Catch the 1st annual Ingersoll basketball tourney

  22-08-2016 16:40
  NBA pre-season might not start until October, but this week there is a basketball tournament over at the Ingersoll houses that you won’t want to miss. 296 kids are playing for the championship at the first annual Ingersoll all-ages basketball tournament this week.At Ingersoll, there are more teens within a one-mile radius than any other age group. Some take part in activities at the community center, but the rest needed something to entertain them during this scorching hot summer, “s
  
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• Cancel Everything and Make Happy Hour Plans

  22-08-2016 16:26 via bkmag.com
  
  Happy HourDirected by Ryusuke HamaguchiAugust 24-30 at MoMA
  It would be a disservice to readers not to mention it at all, so let’s get it out of the way: Happy Hour is five hours and 17 minutes long. Moreover, it is not an episodic experience like the silent serials or so many lengthy European projects that, through planning or incident, premiered on television. Happy Hour is simply a long film that feels no need to rush its story, letting scenes of mental exercise, friendly discussion, d
  
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• Rich season of fiction expected this fall

  22-08-2016 16:20
  
  Fall is the time for "big books," and some of the top fiction authors from around the world have new works coming, including Ian McEwan, Zadie Smith, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Rabih Alameddine, Emma Donoghue, Jonathan Safran Foer and Michael Chabon
  
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• Remembering 'Heroes': Berlin unveils plaque to David Bowie

  22-08-2016 16:18
  
  Berlin's mayor has inaugurated a memorial to a hero: a plaque commemorating David Bowie's time in the then-divided city in the late 1970s
  
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• The memory of all that: Can you still find Sinatra in Vegas?

  22-08-2016 15:03
  
  Fans of Frank Sinatra can still find the crooner's presence in Las Vegas, although it's fading, with many sites connected to Ol' Blue Eyes gone
  
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• Mysterious sale at horse auction sparks scandal in Poland

  22-08-2016 14:12
  
  In a sign of the strange times in Poland, a mysterious sale at a horse auction has turned into a major political scandal
  
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• Jazz harmonica great Toots Thielemans dies at 94 in Belgium

  22-08-2016 14:01
  
  Jazz harmonica great Toots Thielemans has died in Belgium at the age of 94. Thielemans, who played with jazz greats like Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, and mainstream stars like Frank Sinatra and Billy Joel, died in his sleep in a hospital
  
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• DiCaprio, girlfriend unhurt after fender-bender in Hamptons

  22-08-2016 12:47
  
  Authorities say actor Leonardo DiCaprio and his Danish supermodel girlfriend weren't injured when their vehicle was involved in a minor accident in the Hamptons over the weekend
  
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• Car slams into crowd at outdoor concert in Ohio injuring 9

  22-08-2016 12:19
  
  A car has slammed into a crowd at an outdoor concert in Ohio injuring nine people, two of them seriously
  
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• Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band back in New Jersey

  22-08-2016 12:00
  
  Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are back in New Jersey for three concerts at MetLife Stadium
  
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• Malaysian rapper held for allegedly insulting Islam in video

  22-08-2016 11:50
  
  A Malaysian rapper has been detained for allegedly insulting Islam in his latest music video
  
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• Jazz harmonica legend Toots Thielemans dies aged 94

  22-08-2016 11:27
  
  Legendary jazz harmonica player Toots Thielemans has died in Belgium at the age of 94. Belgian media reported that Thielemans died in his sleep Monday morning
  
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• Japanese Prime Minister Abe wows Rio finale as Super Mario

  22-08-2016 10:42
  
  Doffing a big red hat, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe "emerged" from a big green pipe as the game character Super Mario in an appearance at the Rio games' closing ceremony that is winning accolades for his theatrics
  
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• Trump family bonded over bricks, mortar, politics

  22-08-2016 09:30
  Bulldozers and hard hats can bring a family together
  
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• Trump family unity aided by bulldozers, hard hats

  22-08-2016 09:28
  Bulldozers and hard hats can bring a family together
  
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• [BRIDGE ‘PARK’] Warehoused! First shop opens in Empire Stores — don’t expect the rest until 2017

  22-08-2016 08:53
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThis warehouse is still a bare house!Brooklyn Bridge Park’s long-awaited Empire Stores warehouse redevelopment finally opened its doors on Thursday with the arrival of high-end Dumbo furniture hawker West Elm, but don’t start planning a big shopping expedition there just yet — no other stores will open there until next year, according to a spokeswoman for the developer.Builder
  
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• [MARINE PARK] Vigil for man killed by hit-and-run ‘dollar van’ driver on Flatbush Ave.

  22-08-2016 07:48
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyA neighborhood came together on Aug. 18 to offer hope and prayers during a candlelight vigil for Angel Sagardia, who was killed on Aug. 12, when a livery driver struck him as he tried to cross a busy street in Marine Park.Sagardia was traversing Flatbush Avenue towards Kings Plaza with his wife Samantha — who remains in critical condition — when the driver of a commuter van hit the
  
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• [MARINE PARK] Public street, private meeting: Pol waives off locals, press during meeting on city sidewalk

  22-08-2016 07:41
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyA local pol held a “private” meeting on a public street on Aug. 19 — turning away constituents, the press, and neglecting to invite other area representatives.State Sen. Martin Golden (R–Marine Park) assembled about 10 city reps on the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Avenue U after a hit-and-run driver killed a man there last week, but when a neighbor came to observe, Golden told her to take a hike — a
  
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• [BOROBEAT] ‘Family fun day’ a last hurrah before school

  22-08-2016 07:32
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThey bade summer farewell as school bells get ready to ring.Hundreds of families came out to Canarsie Park on Thursday to enjoy time together before the kids return to the classroom, during state Sen. Roxanne Persaud’s Family Fun Day. Youngsters got to scale a rock climbing wall with the help of local police officers, muster up all their strength during a game of tug-of-war, and get thei
  
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• [BENSONHURST] Meadow ow the mend: Injurious park getting a safety makeover

  22-08-2016 06:06
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyA dangerous park is getting an overdue makeover.The city is pumping $6.5 million into Bensonhurst Park to redesign a worn-out playground and repave uneven pathways that have caused injuries costing the city more than $65,000 in personal injury claims over the last five years. And the improvements can not come soon enough, locals said.“This park is a mess,” said Bensonhurster Yuliya Vasily, who regularly brings her k
  
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• [BENSONHURST] Meadow on the mend: Injurious park getting a safety makeover

  22-08-2016 06:06
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyA dangerous park is getting an overdue makeover.The city is pumping $6.5 million into Bensonhurst Park to redesign a worn-out playground and repave uneven pathways that have caused injuries costing the city more than $65,000 in personal injury claims over the last five years. And the improvements can not come soon enough, locals said.“This park is a mess,” said Bensonhurster Yuliya Vasily, who regularly brings her k
  
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• [THE RIDE] Mistakes cost Cyclones in third straight loss

  22-08-2016 06:03
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By David Russellfor Brooklyn PaperLowell 9Cyclones 6August 21 at LowellMental miscues cost the Cyclones a win as Brooklyn made four errors in a 9–6 loss at Lowell on Sunday.
  Starting pitcher Gabriel Llanes didn’t help his own cause, giving up nine runs in four innings of work.
  Brooklyn took a first inning lead as two walks and an error loaded the bases for Blake Tiberi. Tiberi came through with a two-run single. The lead, however, was short lived.M
  
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• [THE GREATEST STORY EVER] O brave nude world! Naked women to perform ‘Tempest’ in Prospect Park

  22-08-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperIt’s Shakespeare in the buff!An all-female troupe of actors will give a naked performance of Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest” in Prospect Park next month. The live nude girl group will bring the provocative performance to the park’s Music Pagoda for four free performances on Sept. 7–10. The show’s male director says that the stripped-down show is designe
  
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• [PARK SLOPE] O brave nude world! Naked women perform ‘Tempest’ in Prospect Park

  22-08-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn DailyIt’s Shakespeare in the buff!An all-female troupe of actors will give a naked performance of Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest” in Prospect Park next month. The live nude girl group will bring the provocative performance to the park’s Music Pagoda for four free performances on Sept. 7–10. The show’s male director says that the stripped-down show is designe
  
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• [CINEMA] Knock-out night out: Get a boxing lesson at this ‘Rocky’ screening

  22-08-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn PaperThis film night will serve up a one-two combo!A rooftop film series will punch up its screening of “Rocky” by taking the action into the audience! When the Rooftop Cinema Club shows the 1976 boxing classic in Bushwick on Aug. 24, it will offer film-goers a free shadowboxing session with some professors of pugilism imported from Manhattan boxing gym Overthrow New York. The half-hour
  
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