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• MTV considers VMA changes because of audience shift

  30-08-2016 23:32
  
  MTV is considering airing future VMA awards live across the country, an illustration of changes in how its fans experience the program
  
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• Former Michigan State star Appling charged in new case

  30-08-2016 23:21
  Former Michigan State basketball player Keith Appling has been charged with another weapons violation and other crimes
  
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• Woman identified as rapper T-Pain's niece, killed in Florida

  30-08-2016 23:18
  
  Police say a 23-year-old woman later identified by rapper and record-producer T-Pain as his niece was fatally stabbed outside a drug store in Tallahassee
  
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• The Latest: Actors union endorses Clinton for president

  30-08-2016 23:02
  
  The union that represents stage actors and stage managers has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president
  
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• Chris Brown emerges from home after police serve warrant

  30-08-2016 22:45
  
  Singer Chris Brown has come out of his Los Angeles home peacefully after officers responding to a woman's call for help served a search warrant
  
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• As anthem controversy simmers, Kaepernick prepares to play

  30-08-2016 22:43
  
  Colin Kaepernick will get one more chance to impress coach Chip Kelly before the San Francisco 49ers announce their starting quarterback even as the debate surrounding Kaepernick's refusal to stand for the national anthem remains heated
  
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• Nielsen's top programs for Aug. 22-28

  30-08-2016 22:42
  
  A list of the top 20 prime-time programs in the Nielsen ratings for Aug. 22-28
  
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• Clinton wraps up Hamptons fundraising swing

  30-08-2016 22:42
  
  Hillary Clinton concludes three-day fundraising swing through the Hamptons
  
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• NBC sees winning streak snapped at 21 nights

  30-08-2016 22:35
  
  NBC stretches to 21 nights in a row winning in the television ratings before CBS snaps streak
  
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• The Latest: Singer comes out of home as police serve warrant

  30-08-2016 22:16
  
  Police say singer Chris Brown has come out of his Los Angeles home after officers responding to a woman's call for help served a search warrant
  
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• Beats wins in case alleging double dealing before Apple sale

  30-08-2016 21:36
  
  A judge has dismissed the key claims in a lawsuit alleging that headphone maker Beats Electronics duped one of its early partners before negotiating its $3 billion sale to Apple two years ago
  
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• Police waiting at Chris Brown's home after woman seeks help

  30-08-2016 21:07
  
  Authorities say they're waiting for a search warrant outside singer Chris Brown's Los Angeles home Tuesday after a getting a woman's call for help
  
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• On Top of an Old Pharmaceutical Building, The World’s Only Rooftop Hops Farm

  30-08-2016 20:53 via bkmag.com
  
  A couple of weeks ago—when all of Brookyn felt as soupy as a Russian bathhouse—I walked to climbed to the roof of the old Pfizer Building, on the border of Bed-Stuy and Williamsburg, with Keely Gerhold, co-founder of Tinyfield Roofhop Farm. The 1,000 square foot space at the once mammoth prescription drugs headquarters is home to the only urban rooftop farm, anywhere, that grows hops. Yes, hops, the flower that is a cousin to Marijuana and lends itself nicely to beer brewing, providi
  
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• Nonprofit group surprises Flint kids with free backpacks

  30-08-2016 20:43
  
  A nonprofit group is giving backpacks filled with school supplies to all 5,500 students in the Flint, Michigan, school district, the latest philanthropic effort aimed at helping a city dealing with the aftermath of the lead-tainted water crisis
  
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• 10 things to look forward to at the movies this fall

  30-08-2016 20:13
  
  After a bruising summer where moviegoers often had to strain to find something good to see, this year's fall movie season looms like an oasis
  
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• Latest: Brown posts videos as police wait outside his home

  30-08-2016 19:39
  
  Chris Brown is posting online videos declaring his innocence as police seek a warrant to search the singer's home after receiving a call from a woman there seeking assistance
  
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• The Latest: Governor downplays reports that he might resign

  30-08-2016 19:14
  
  Maine Gov. Paul LePage has tweeted that reports of his "political demise are greatly exaggerated."
  
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• Los Angeles police respond to singer Chris Brown's home

  30-08-2016 18:36
  
  Los Angeles police have been called to singer Chris Brown's home
  
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• Book Discussion: Lorine Niedecker, "Collected Works"

  30-08-2016 18:13
  Wednesday, September 21, 2016 2:00 pmCentral Library, Balcony Conference RoomWilliam Corbett leads a three session discussion series on modern poets whose collective careers spanned the 20th century: Lorine Niedecker, James Schuyler, and August Kleinzahler.  Through close reading of selected poems, you will learn to identify each poet’s characteristic techniques, concerns, and how they handle voice, narrative, structure and sound. Books are available in Languages & Literature.
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• Book Discussion: James Schuyler, "Selected Poems"

  30-08-2016 18:13
  Wednesday, October 5, 2016 2:00 pmCentral Library, Balcony Conference RoomWilliam Corbett leads a three session discussion series on modern poets whose collective careers spanned the 20th century: Lorine Niedecker, James Schuyler, and August Kleinzahler.  Through close reading of selected poems, you will learn to identify each poet’s characteristic techniques, concerns, and how they handle voice, narrative, structure and sound. Books are available in Languages & Literature.
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• Book Discussion: August Kleinzahler, "Sleeping It Off in Rapid City"

  30-08-2016 18:13
  Wednesday, October 19, 2016 2:00 pmCentral Library, Balcony Conference RoomWilliam Corbett leads a three session discussion series on modern poets whose collective careers spanned the 20th century: Lorine Niedecker, James Schuyler, and August Kleinzahler.  Through close reading of selected poems, you will learn to identify each poet’s characteristic techniques, concerns, and how they handle voice, narrative, structure and sound. Books are available in Languages & Literature.
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• Reports: Uzbek concert cancelled amid president health doubt

  30-08-2016 18:05
  
  News agencies report a concert marking Uzbekistan's 25th anniversary of independence from the Soviet Union has been cancelled amid uncertainty about the health of the country's hospitalized president
  
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• Last Chance Foods: What to Eat and Drink Before Summer’s End

  30-08-2016 17:56 via bkmag.com
  
  In the days leading up to Labor Day, it’s easy to get gripped with regret by the exotic vacation you couldn’t afford, the potential beach visits you frittered away, and all the frozen daiquiris you failed to drink. And while we’re loathe to add to that understandable anxiety, we compiled a list of seasonal drinks and bites that you can still cross off your list, from a rosé party on a rooftop, to grilled fish tacos on a boat.Have Burgers and a Beer at Brooklyn BargeTime
  
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• Ryan Lochte on 'Dancing': Out of the pool, into the ballroom

  30-08-2016 17:44
  
  Troubled Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte is among celebs named for new season of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars." Rivals will include Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez, former Texas Governor Rick Perry and "Brady Bunch" star Maureen McCormick
  
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• Review: David Freed's 'Hot Start' has sense of authenticity

  30-08-2016 16:58
  
  Book Review: "Hot Start" by David Freed is a well-written yarn told with both a streak of quirky humor and a sense of authenticity
  
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• Judge won't review sex case in which athlete got probation

  30-08-2016 16:54
  
  The top district court judge in Massachusetts has denied a request to review a sexual assault case in which a former high school sports star received a sentence that some think is too lenient
  
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• Skyscraper-filled Dubai burnishes arts scene with new opera

  30-08-2016 16:51
  
  Already filled with towering skyscrapers, Dubai will soon offer soaring arias inside a new opera house
  
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• The Latest: Bodies found in small plane pulled from La. lake

  30-08-2016 16:49
  
  The New Orleans Fire Department says two bodies have been found in the wreckage of a small plane that crashed into Lake Pontchartrain just north of the New Orleans Lakefront Airport
  
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• Clarification: Fox News-Sexual Harassment story

  30-08-2016 16:14
  
  Clarification: Fox News-Sexual Harassment story
  
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• Spike Jonze debuts wild perfume ad starring Margaret Qualley

  30-08-2016 16:07
  
  Director Spike Jonze has unveiled a wild four-minute perfume advertisement that stars actress Margaret Qualley
  
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• The Brooklyn 100: Matty “Horrorchata” Mendoza, Co-Founder of Bushwig

  30-08-2016 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Photo by Blake Leigh
  Best know for by their drag name, Horrorchata is the co-founder of Brooklyn’s drag extravaganza, Bushwig, in 2012. Exploding in huge popularity, Bushwig has grown year by year, boasting thousands that make the trek to Bushwick to celebrate drag. Horrorchata has helped keep Bushwig special by ensuring a place for all types of queens, ranging from a classic dance routine to macabre performance art.
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• Myanmar group targets Kofi Annan; uses Morgan Freeman photo

  30-08-2016 15:42
  
  A prominent anti-Muslim group of Buddhist nationalists in Myanmar is criticizing former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on social media, and accidentally taking actor Morgan Freeman down with him
  
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• Lochte mum on Rio return, plugs 'Dancing with the Stars' gig

  30-08-2016 15:41
  
  Ryan Lochte isn't saying whether he'll return to Brazil to face a charge of filing a false police report over an incident at a gas station during the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
  
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• Alicia Keys to pay tribute to Clive Davis during Black Ball

  30-08-2016 14:51
  
  Alicia Keys is paying tribute to the record executive who offered her a recording contract more than 15 years ago at her charity's annual black-tie event
  
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• Fall Preview: Warren Beatty's Hughes film finally takes off

  30-08-2016 14:47
  
  At 79 and 15 years removed from his last film, the man affectionately known as The Pro is back. Warren Beatty has finally made the Howard Hughes film he's contemplated on and off for 40 years.
  
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• Pure Imagination: Gene Wilder, 1933-2016

  30-08-2016 14:46 via bkmag.com
  
  A creature of the 1970s, like some neurotic human Muppet, Gene Wilder was a beautiful freak who cannot easily be compared to any other performer. He himself said that he was inspired by Danny Kaye and Sid Caesar, and as a boy he wanted to make his mother laugh because she was often ill and he wanted her to be happy. Wilder was born Jerome Silberman, and when he was sent to a military school as a teenager the other kids would beat him up and yell anti-Semitic taunts at him.
  He saw Lee J. Cobb in
  
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• Judge denies request to review contentious sex assault case

  30-08-2016 13:51
  
  The top district court judge in Massachusetts has denied a request to review a sexual assault case in which a former high school sports star received a sentence that some think is too lenient
  
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• The Top Five Movies of August 2016

  30-08-2016 13:14 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. Little MenFor all the films that are basically about men who are friends—the vast majority of them—few of them seem to have a resemblance to actual male friendship. From the first time preteens Jake and Tony meet, Ira Sachs’s Little Men captures that reality with an impressive authenticity. The two ask about each other’
  
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• Nightclub where man was killed gives up liquor license

  30-08-2016 13:05
  
  State officials say the Virginia Beach nightclub where a man was fatally shot Saturday morning during an event hosted by rapper Young Jeezy has given up its liquor license
  
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• [BEDFORD-STUYVESANT] King of Pop’s county: Michael Jackson fans celebrate at annual block party

  30-08-2016 13:05
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Ruth BrownBrooklyn PaperWith these friends to call their own, they’ll never be alone.Michael Jackson fans gathered in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Saturday for filmmaker Spike Lee’s annual block party celebrating the King of Pop’s birthday. And as always, the event brought people from all moonwalks of life together the way Jackson’s music did, attendees said.“It doesn’t matter what your cult
  
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• [BROOKLYN HEIGHTS] Crock the vote! B’Heights seniors: We can’t reach new polling booth across busy roads

  30-08-2016 13:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThis election is really going South for elderly voters in Brooklyn Heights.
  The Board of Elections’s decision to move a polling station from the now-shuttered Brooklyn Heights Library to a site across two treacherous major roads will disenfranchise the many senior residents of a neighboring co-op building who are too frail to reach the new ballot-casting base, say locals — a move tha
  
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• [WILLIAMSBURG] Mob rule: Return of commercial trash monopolies boon for residents, bummer for local biz

  30-08-2016 12:58
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Ruth BrownBrooklyn PaperCall it organized grime.Mayor DeBlasio wants to take the city’s commercial waste hauling system back to the days when the mob ruled, by once again creating small territories and only allowing a single company to operate in each one — a move it hopes will curb the trucks and fumes choking the streets of industrial neighborhoods like Greenpoint and Williamsburg, but which critics say is
  
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• Myanmar Buddhist group criticizes former UN chief Kofi Annan

  30-08-2016 12:05
  
  A prominent anti-Muslim group of Buddhist nationalists in Myanmar is criticizing former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on social media, and accidentally taking actor Morgan Freeman down with him
  
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• [PARK SLOPE] Junk in their trunks: Kids race derby cars made from garbage

  30-08-2016 11:48
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperOne man’s trash is another kid’s race car.Kings County youngsters sped down 17th Street for the ninth annual South Slope Derby on Aug. 27, piloting homemade soap-box racers that organizers say they fashioned almost entirely from curbside junk.“We collect all kinds of material from the neighborhood, from construction sites, stores, recycled bicycles, old strollers, and out of t
  
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• Comic performer Gene Wilder kept his serious side off camera

  30-08-2016 08:21
  
  Revered as a comedic and storytelling genius by Hollywood's top entertainers, Gene Wilder was a humble man who downplayed his comic gifts, was a serious director and remained deferential to his longtime collaborator, Mel Brooks
  
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• Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 4-10

  30-08-2016 07:01
  
  Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 4-10
  
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• Husband of Heart singer Ann Wilson arrested for assault

  30-08-2016 06:47
  
  The husband of Heart lead singer Ann Wilson has been arrested on assault charges in connection with an incident involving the 16-year-old twin sons of her sister, Nancy Wilson
  
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• There they are: 52 Miss America contestants in Atlantic City

  30-08-2016 06:08
  
  There they are: the 52 Miss America contestants, on the Atlantic City Boardwalk
  
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• [THE RIDE] Cyclones can’t overcome early deficit, fall to Auburn

  30-08-2016 06:02
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By David Russellfor Brooklyn PaperAuburn 4Cyclones 3August 29 at MCU ParkThe Cardiac Clones couldn’t stage a late-game comeback, falling 4–3 in a loss to Auburn at MCU Park on Monday night. Brooklyn’s bats have been quiet recently, scoring just nine runs in the last five games.
  “Gosh, we have a tough time scoring runs,” Cyclones skipper Tom Gamboa said.Auburn got on the board in the second, taking an early lead against Brooklyn st
  
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• [PROSPECT HEIGHTS] Blast from the pasta: Brooklyn was once the nation’s noodle capital

  30-08-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn DailyIt won’t cost you a penne for his thoughts!The heir of a pasta-making empire will discuss Brooklyn’s history as the nation’s noodle capital, at a free talk at the Brooklyn Central Library on Sept. 28. In his lecture “The History of Pasta Making in Brooklyn,” Leonard De Francisci will discuss how the borough’s Italian population and concentration of steel m
  
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