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• School athlete's sex assault case compared to Stanford case

  23-08-2016 23:31
  
  Case of former high school star athlete sentenced to probation in classmates' assaults draws parallels to that of former Stanford University swimmer
  
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• Probe into Fetty Wap video shoot faults school principal

  23-08-2016 23:23
  
  An investigation into how rapper Fetty Wap was allowed to record a music video that included drug references and a pole dancer in his old New Jersey high school has concluded that the school's principal was solely responsible and should be disciplined
  
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• Nielsen's top programs for Aug.15-21

  23-08-2016 22:23
  
  A list of the top 20 prime-time programs in the Nielsen ratings for Aug. 15-21
  
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• Rio Olympics kept NBC on top with viewers again last week

  23-08-2016 22:21
  
  The Olympics in their final week were still golden for NBC
  
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• '19 Kids and Counting' co-star pregnant for second time

  23-08-2016 22:15
  
  Jessa (Duggar) and Ben Seewald will have another kid to count
  
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• Joseph Fiennes cast in Hulu's take on 'The Handmaid's Tale'

  23-08-2016 22:11
  
  Joseph Fiennes has been cast in Hulu's adaptation of Margaret Atwood's award-winning novel, "The Handmaid's Tale." Hulu announced Tuesday that Fiennes will play Commander Fred Waterford opposite Elizabeth Moss in the miniseries
  
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• Turbans & Tolerance: The Sikh Project

  23-08-2016 21:48 via bkmag.com
  
  Coming soon to the exhibition spaces of the Sikh Coalition in downtown Manhattan is The Sikh Project, a portrait show and sociocultural essay of sorts by British photographers Amit and Naroop. It’s a follow-up to their very successful, similarly conceived UK show, The Singh Project, which featured portraits of Sikh men from all walks of life to foster greater awareness of the broad and variegated presence of Sikhs in society, and to teach viewers a thing or two about the history and meani
  
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• The Latest: East Baton Rouge Parish curfew suspended

  23-08-2016 21:43
  
  East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff suspends parish's curfew set following devastating flooding in the area
  
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• Amy Schumer hospitalized in Hawaii while shooting movie

  23-08-2016 21:10
  
  A visit to Hawaii for most people is relaxing and fun _ but not for Amy Schumer
  
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• The Latest: Ex-Fox host: O'Reilly, Scott Brown made advances

  23-08-2016 21:08
  
  A former Fox News host's lawsuit claims an ex-U.S. senator and popular network host made unwanted sexual advances toward her
  
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• Ex-host sues Fox claiming sexual harassment, retaliation

  23-08-2016 21:05
  
  A former Fox News host has sued the network, its ousted chairman, and other top executives
  
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• Minnesota Wild change goal song to Prince's 'Let's Go Crazy'

  23-08-2016 20:57
  
  The Minnesota Wild will celebrate their goals with Prince's song "Let's Go Crazy" this season
  
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• Girls Rock: Willie Mae Rock Camp Closes The Gap

  23-08-2016 20:29 via bkmag.com
  
  When schools suck (unless you’re rich) and public arts funding dwindles, non-profits take over the massive job of teaching our kids how to think and be in the world. In outside-of-school programming devoted to things like film and coding, fundamental questions of identity (race, gender, everything in between) and conversations about income and gender disparity aren’t just hashtags: they’re actually happening.
  For over ten years, the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls has
  
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• The Latest: Obama _ nation 'heartbroken' by Louisiana flood

  23-08-2016 20:11
  
  President Barack Obama says the nation is "heartbroken" by the loss of life during recent flooding in southern Louisiana
  
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• Steven Hill, who played 'Law & Order' DA Schiff, dies at 94

  23-08-2016 20:11
  
  Former "Law & Order" star Steven Hill has died
  
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• Review: In 'Southside With You,' when Barack met Michelle

  23-08-2016 20:06
  
  Film Review: Writer-director Richard Tanne's feature film debut "Southside With You" views history through an unlikely, heart-shaped prism: the first date between Barack Obama and Michelle Robinson
  
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• Twerking, lowriders shut down Route 66 in New Mexico

  23-08-2016 20:01
  
  Police say a hip-hop video shoot shut down parts of Route 66 in New Mexico last weekend because lowriders were driving around in circles as crowds twerked in the street
  
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• Britney Spears raffles clothes for Louisiana flood victims

  23-08-2016 19:52
  
  Pop star Britney Spears is giving the clothes off her back to raise money for the Red Cross to benefit victims of widespread flooding in her home state of Louisiana
  
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• Cindy McCain, Gossett among Ali Award recipients

  23-08-2016 19:46
  
  Cindy Hensley McCain, wife of Arizona Sen. John McCain, and Academy Award-winning actor Louis Gossett Jr. are among the winners of humanitarian awards named for Muhammad Ali
  
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• Watch Brooklyn Thespian Joey Bada$$ Recite Kanye West’s Brilliant McDonalds Poem

  23-08-2016 19:12 via bkmag.com
  
  “McDonald’s man, McDonald’s man, the french fries had a plan…”
  And so begins the greatest and perhaps most poignant poem of our time. Over the weekend, Kanye West, published an ode to the upscale dining confines of McDonald’s and its many selections in Frank Ocean’s zine, Boys Don’t Cry, which accompanied the release of his tremendous new album, Blond. The poem also came with photos of Mr. West driving through a McDonalds Drive
  
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• #SoGoneChallenge gives Monica and 13-year-old hit a boost

  23-08-2016 19:02
  
  R&B singer Monica says she's happy to see her 13-year-old hit "So Gone" trend heavily on social media, spike in sales and streams, and find a new audience with younger kids
  
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• Britney Spears is Teaming Up with the Red Cross for the Coolest Raffle Ever

  23-08-2016 18:47 via bkmag.com
  
  Britney Spears is proving to the world that she’s more than just the Princess of Pop and an actress in the cinematic masterpiece that is Crossroads. Yesterday, she took to Twitter to announce that she’ll be working with The Red Cross and CrowdRise to raise funds for the flood victims in Louisiana.
  I’ve teamed up with @RedCross and @crowdrise to raise funds for the victims of the horrible flooding in my home state of Louisiana.
  — Britney Spears (@britneyspears) August 22,
  
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• Parrot that can do wolf whistle, sounds like R2-D2 is on lam

  23-08-2016 18:18
  
  A parrot that can do a wolf whistle and sometimes sounds like R2-D2 from the "Star Wars" films is on the loose in Maine
  
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• The Brooklyn 100: Jason Diamond

  23-08-2016 17:54 via bkmag.com
  
  Founder of Vol. 1 Brooklyn and co-creator (with BOMB Magazine’s Ryan Chapman) of the epic book world party, The Mingle, sometimes it seems that Jason Diamond is everywhere in literary Brooklyn—and that’s a good thing. Keep an eye out for his new book, Searching for John Hughes.
   
  What is the work you do at Men’s Journal? [Note: Diamond has relocated to Rolling Stone since this interview was held] What about it is most exciting for you?
  I get to assign a lot of w
  
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• Bochco's book: He rewrote TV's rules and lived to tell it

  23-08-2016 17:51
  
  For viewers who delight in the artistic upsurge of television, one TV maestro can be credited more than anyone for elevating the medium from its former "boob tube" status
  
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• Henry Winkler bonds with icons in new show, dreams of Tony

  23-08-2016 17:46
  
  Henry Winkler is visibly animated when discussing his career but the overriding vibe from the former Fonz is one of gratitude
  
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• A new play on Governors Island is New York’s weirdest real estate story

  23-08-2016 17:07
  
  Photo: Al Rodriguez Photography
  Even your wildest adventures in New York City apartment hunting won’t prepare you for the tour of House 17 in Nolan Park on Governors Island that is The Enchanted Realm of René Magritte. Conceived, produced, and directed by Exquisite Corpse Company, this site-specific play is a skillfully envisioned interactive piece of theatre that invites you into the life, the loves, the art and the home of the iconic surrealist painter.
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• Edgar Wright’s List of 1,000 Favorite Films Is Canon Kryptonite

  23-08-2016 17:05 via bkmag.com
  
   Earlier this month Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright posted a list of his 1,000 favorite films on the film website MUBI. It was immediately appealing to me for both the things that I recognized (Domino!) and the things that I didn’t (Walter Hill made a movie about Army Reserves fighting their way out of the Louisiana swamps!?). So it’s an interesting list, sure. But although it was intended “strictly for my amusement & your pleasure” (as he tweeted at the
  
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• Cast a wide net among channels when sampling new fall shows

  23-08-2016 17:02
  
  Cast a wide net among channels when you sample new fall shows
  
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• 12 TV series to watch this fall

  23-08-2016 16:48
  
  The big broadcast networks still make the most noise when it comes to promoting their new fall wares
  
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• Rhode Island reaches $25.6M deal over Schilling's 38 Studios

  23-08-2016 16:42
  
  Rhode Island has reached a $25.6 million settlement with two of the financial backers it sued over a disastrous deal with Curt Schilling's 38 Studios video game company
  
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• Review: 'The One Man' is heartfelt and compelling

  23-08-2016 16:38
  
  Book Review: Andrew Gross takes readers back to World War II and the Nazi concentration camps in his latest book, "The One Man."
  
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• Barbra Streisand enlists A-list pals for Broadway album

  23-08-2016 16:18
  
  Barbra Streisand's new Broadway album 'Encore' features duets with her favorite actors, including Alec Baldwin, Melissa McCarthy and Jamie Foxx
  
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• Love and Hope and Sex and Dreams: When an AC Install Is a Justifiable Means to Sex

  23-08-2016 16:14 via bkmag.com
  
  There comes a time in every New York City woman’s life when she needs an air conditioner installed. Most of us could do this ourselves, and some of us do. I’m not a physically small woman, and a unit big enough to cool a bedroom is unwieldy, but not impossible for me to lift and position in a window without pitching it onto an unsuspecting pedestrian’s head. When I moved into my current apartment, though, I didn’t do it myself—that would have been a waste of a perfe
  
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• "Hands of Stone", an intimate portrait of a boxer

  23-08-2016 16:01
  
  "Hands of Stone," a film about Panama's boxing legend Roberto Duran starring Venezuelan Edgar Ramirez, is the classic story of a rags-to-riches boxer, but it also delves into the psychological drama of the sport
  
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• 'Miss Saigon' to appear on movie screens before Broadway

  23-08-2016 15:40
  
  American audiences will get a chance to see a sneak peek of the new "Miss Saigon" before it opens on Broadway next spring
  
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• Review: Crystal Castles bring the noise on "Amnesty (I)"

  23-08-2016 14:11
  
  Electro-punk noisemakers Crystal Castles return with a lineup that's 50 percent new, and a sound that's still 100 percent uncompromising
  
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• Justin Timberlake added as partner to Pilgrimage Festival

  23-08-2016 14:04
  
  Justin Timberlake is a partner and producer of the Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival in the same Tennessee community where he lives
  
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• Kidnapping trial delayed for man who killed Peterson's son

  23-08-2016 13:54
  
  A kidnapping trial has been delayed from October to January for the man serving life in prison for killing the 2-year-old son of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson in South Dakota
  
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• R&B groups to headline Atlantic City's 5th beach concert

  23-08-2016 12:59
  
  Two rhythm and blues groups will headline Atlantic City's fifth beach concert
  
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• [CO-OP D’ETAT] Woman who was kicked out of Slope Food Co-op unamused by musical lampooning store’s politics

  23-08-2016 09:36
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperIt’s just not kosher — or halal!A Park Slope Food Co-op member-in-exile is incensed about new Fringe Festival musical “Murder at the Food Co-op,” a farce that pokes fun at Brooklyn’s favorite socialist supermarket and the ongoing tension amongst members over whether they should boycott Israeli products in response to the nation’s occupation of Palestine — and an issue that is no laughing ma
  
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• [BORO OF NERDS] Reading rainbow! Thousands of geeks gather at queer comics fest Downtown

  23-08-2016 09:29
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperFinally — a place to let your geek and rainbow flags fly!Thousands of comic-book fans and artists from across the country converged on Downtown’s Marriott hotel last weekend for the second Flame Con — a now-annual celebration of queer pop culture and the people who love it — and cartoonists said it was awesome to take part in a convention where being gay, bisexual, or tra
  
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• [CROWN HEIGHTS] Hundreds attend controversial Crown Heights riot festival

  23-08-2016 08:57
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn PaperHundreds of people turned out for a controversial festival commemorating the Crown Heights riot on Aug. 21, despite some slamming it as a distasteful way to mark such a dark period in the neighborhood’s history.
  Organizers say they understand why the family of Yankel Rosenbaum — the Australian Jewish man killed during of the 1991 turmoil — described a fete promising “
  
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• Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 28-Sept. 3

  23-08-2016 07:01
  
  Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 28-Sept. 3
  
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• [THE RIDE] Spin cycle: Cyclones can’t do anything right in lopsided Lowell finale

  23-08-2016 06:16
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By David Russellfor Brooklyn PaperLowell 7Cyclones 1August 22 at LowellThe Cyclones committed a team-record six errors in an ugly 7–1 loss at Lowell which dropped Brooklyn back to .500. The Cyclones used six pitchers in Monday’s game.Brooklyn took a first inning lead as Gene Cone singled, stole second, moved to third on Desmond Lindsay’s single and scored on a force out.Lowell came right back. With two on and one out, Ryan Scott singled to ce
  
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• [TRANSIT] Get rolling! Sunset Parkers demand city take bike lane request seriously

  23-08-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyCall it a re-cycled idea.Sunset Parkers are renewing demands to put a protected bike lane on Fourth Avenue. Activists have pressed the city for years for such a path along Fourth Avenue without any movement, and now they’re furious that the Department of Transportation created a bike lane in Marine Park without that community even asking for one, an area leader said.“We’ve wanted and needed this [bike path], a
  
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• Tagging in: Nets guard, wrestling stars visit children’s hospital

  23-08-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyThey made a dominant tag team.Nets guard Joe Harris joined forces with some of the biggest names in the World Wrestling Entertainment universe on Aug. 17, visiting patients at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx. It was an eye-opening experience for Harris — who signed with the Nets in July — and one he’s anxious to repeat, he said.“I didn’t even really know what the event was at fi
  
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• [SUNSET PARK] Get rolling! Sunset Parkers demand city take bike lane request seriously

  23-08-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperCall it a re-cycled idea.Sunset Parkers are renewing demands to put a protected bike lane on Fourth Avenue. Activists have pressed the city for years for such a path along Fourth Avenue without any movement, and now they’re furious that the Department of Transportation created a bike lane in Marine Park without that community even asking for one, an area leader said.“We’ve wanted and needed this [bike path], a
  
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• [PARK SLOPE] Total dough-mination! Sloper crushes Jerseyite in pizza-eating contest

  23-08-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperVictory has never tasted so savory.
  A Park Slope man is filled with more than home-town pride after edging out a New Jersey interloper for the grand prize in Artichoke Pizza’s pie-eating contest on Saturday, wolfing down the final slice in overtime to preserve Brooklyn’s honor.“I think it’s pretty cool,” said winner Steffen Gonzalez.
  The six contestants were given a whole cheese pie from the Fifth Aven
  
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• [EVENT] Battle boats: It’s the 240th anniversary of Washington fleeing by ship

  23-08-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperWatch Washington run away!Kings County will echo with musket fire next weekend for the 240th anniversary of the Revolutionary War’s Battle of Brooklyn — a devastating fight on Aug. 27, 1776, when the British forces gained control of the city, and General George Washington took his army and slipped away to fight another day.
  This year’s festivities will include a recreation of t
  
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