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• Mayor at heart of New Jersey bridge scandal testifies

  20-09-2016 23:37
  
  The Democratic New Jersey mayor who prosecutors say was the target of a political vendetta by two former allies of Republican Gov. Chris Christie says he was showered with attention from Christie staffers before declining to endorse Christie in 2013
  
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• Nielsen's top programs for Sept. 12-18

  20-09-2016 23:05
  A list of the top 20 prime-time programs in the Nielsen ratings for Sept. 12-18
  
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• Charlie Sheen to star in comedy feature for Crackle network

  20-09-2016 23:01
  
  Famously rambunctious former sitcom star Charlie Sheen will star in and executive produce "Mad Families," a comedy feature for the Crackle streaming network
  
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• 'America's Got Talent' gives season-ending win to NBC

  20-09-2016 23:00
  
  NBC's 'America's Got Talent' caps a successful summer season, giving NBC a win in the ratings
  
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• Kurt Busch's ex charged with stealing from military charity

  20-09-2016 22:34
  
  The former girlfriend of NASCAR driver Kurt Busch has been charged with stealing from a military charity she led
  
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• Judge rules Rose accuser must reveal her name publicly

  20-09-2016 22:33
  
  A Los Angeles federal judge has ruled a woman accusing NBA star Derrick Rose of rape cannot remain anonymous at her upcoming civil trial
  
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• Scully's Giants-Dodgers call to be used for 1 inning on ESPN

  20-09-2016 22:28
  
  Vin Scully's call from the local Dodgers broadcast will be used for one inning during the national telecast on ESPN on Wednesday
  
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• Ray LaMontagne cancels Texas show over university guns law

  20-09-2016 21:59
  
  Singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne has canceled a Thursday show at the University of Texas in protest of a new state law that allows concealed handgun license holders to carry their weapons into college buildings
  
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• Events for Youth & Families: Meet Thomas at the Library

  20-09-2016 21:21
  Saturday, November 5, 2016 1:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterJoin WNET—New York Public Media, and the Brooklyn Public Library for a unique opportunity to engage with Thomas & Friends. Train staff and volunteers will welcome your family for Sensory Friendly episode screenings, activity stations and Meet-and-Greet with Thomas. Come meet everyone’s favorite #1 Blue Engine at the Library.
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• Equinox + Brooklyn Magazine Celebrate Williamsburg Opening at Rider

  20-09-2016 21:15 via bkmag.com
  
  To celebrate the opening of Equinox Williamsburg last week, we brought together Brooklyn-based personalities and tastemakers over food and drinks at local hotspot Rider.Janine Lee and Aretha Sack, Founders of Flossgloss
  What did we learn? Equinox is primed to be the high-performance fitness destination in the heart of the neighborhood. Complete with high ceilings and natural light in an airy, industrial-inspired space, the club boasts dynamic strength and stretch areas along
  
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• Isolation Is a form of Freedom: The Complimentary Solitudes of Brooklyn and Iceland

  20-09-2016 20:58 via bkmag.com
  
  I close my eyes on the G train. My standard morning commute, before the sun had revealed itself, required that I find a way to create a sense of quiet. Such an early hour and yet not a seat to spare. People blearily heading home after a late night at some can’t-miss party, given away by their makeup smudges or expressions of tired contentment. Construction workers wide awake toting their coolers. The overnight riders curled up in the corner hiding their faces as they try to sleep in their
  
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• Isolation Is a form of Freedom: The Complementary Solitudes of Brooklyn and Iceland

  20-09-2016 20:58 via bkmag.com
  
  I close my eyes on the G train. My standard morning commute, before the sun had revealed itself, required that I find a way to create a sense of quiet. Such an early hour and yet not a seat to spare. People blearily heading home after a late night at some can’t-miss party, given away by their makeup smudges or expressions of tired contentment. Construction workers wide awake toting their coolers. The overnight riders curled up in the corner hiding their faces as they try to sleep in their
  
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• Moments in Brad and Angelina's Hollywood romance

  20-09-2016 20:42
  
  Irreconcilable differences have brought an end to a Hollywood romance for the ages
  
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• Jennifer Aniston memes explode in response to Pitt divorce

  20-09-2016 19:47
  
  #Brangelina may be the top trending hashtag Tuesday, but Jennifer Aniston's face is the one saturating social media
  
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• Spotlit: The TSA Network

  20-09-2016 19:42 via bkmag.com
  
  “Night Flight” at TSA NY. Image courtesy TSA NY.
  Artist-run galleries can take many forms and be administered in many ways, especially when they’re partnered or collaborative affairs of some sort, or when they’re organized and directed by groups calling themselves collectives. They can be inspired, energized, even career-advancing labors of love for a while, then maybe wane as career trajectories or lives in general go in different directions. Or they can start in a kind
  
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• How the TV show "Mr. Robot" won the prize for hacker realism

  20-09-2016 19:36
  
  Finally, the computer hackers of the world have a TV show they can call their own
  
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• Jared Leto set to star as Andy Warhol in biopic

  20-09-2016 19:35
  
  Jared Leto is set to star as eccentric pop art icon Andy Warhol in an upcoming biopic
  
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• Review: 'The Magnificent Seven' rides again, with more guns

  20-09-2016 18:57
  
  Deciding to remake "The Magnificent Seven" with a fresh batch of movie stars is no sin, but director Antoine Fuqua doesn't exactly elevate that now well-trod premise in this dutiful and solid rehashing of the 7 gunmen who try to save a terrorized town
  
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• After The Night Of, John Turturro Caught Rocking Cornrows

  20-09-2016 18:39 via bkmag.com
  
  A shining star on the 2016 television slate has been John Turturro, one of the most gifted American character actors for over 30 years, and a frequent collaborator with brilliant directors like The Coen Brothers, Spike Lee, and many more. He perhaps hit a career peak this year, taking on the lead role in HBO’s hit miniseries The Night Of. 
  We’ve written at length before about both The Night Of as a series and Turturro’s masterful performance throughout
  
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• Stop Trying to Make Crocs Happen, London Fashion Week!

  20-09-2016 18:25 via bkmag.com
  
  I remember the first time I read that Birkenstocks were officially cool. Why was it suddenly okay to wear these horrendous hippie shoes? Even more mind-boggling, why was it okay to wear them with SOCKS?! Nothing could be worse than this, right? Wrong.
  For some reason, English designer Christopher Kane decided to send his models down the runway at London Fashion Week wearing—shudder—CROCS. The clunky pieces of rubber distracted the audience from the rest of the collection, which
  
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• Angelina Jolie Files For Divorce From Brad Pitt (or); Love Is Dead

  20-09-2016 18:25 via bkmag.com
  
  First of all, any hope I ever had that true love really existed was dashed back in 2012, when Amy Poehler and Will Arnett split after nine years of marriage. The SNL comedian and Arrested Development star seemed like the perfect fit, both on-screen and off, and when news of their break emerged, my faith in celebrity coupledom ended as well. Other celebrity couples (see: Ted Danson and Whoopi Goldberg (yes, this happened), Bennifer 1, Bennifer 2, and even the mo
  
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• Sean Hannity, David Simon in Twitter tiff

  20-09-2016 18:19
  
  Fox host Sean Hannity, television producer David Simon toss vulgarities at each other on social media about Fox town hall meeting on race issues to take place on Wednesday
  
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• Neil Young protests Dakota Access pipeline with new song

  20-09-2016 17:33
  
  Neil Young is joining the protest against the four-state Dakota Access pipeline with his new song, "Indian Givers"
  
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• William Shatner's 'Zero-G' is inconsistent sci-fi novel

  20-09-2016 16:51
  
  Book Review: "Zero-G" by William Shatner and co-author Jeff Rovin is extremely disjointed
  
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• Nazi-era coins, photos, Hitler's book found in Poland

  20-09-2016 15:45
  
  A city official in northwestern Poland says that Nazi-era newspapers, coins, documents and Hitler's "Mein Kampf" have been found in a "time capsule" that was buried in 1934 in the foundations of a Nazi training center
  
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• The Latest: US to Pakistan: No safe haven for terrorists

  20-09-2016 15:44
  
  The top U.S. diplomat has urged Pakistan's prime minister to prevent "all terrorists" from using the nation's territory as safe havens
  
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• Poetry center Cave Canem wins honorary National Book Award

  20-09-2016 15:31
  
  Cave Canem, a poetry center that has nurtured and championed African-American poets, has won an honorary National Book Award for contributions to the American literary community
  
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• Wear your beliefs: political gear for every cause except one

  20-09-2016 15:28
  
  As Artist Hansky’s LES mural proves, a picture is worth a thousand words. This election year, showcase your favorite causes in creative ways–use consumerism as a canvas.  Photo: Meredith Craig de Pietro
  This may be a supremely weird and exhausting election, but it does have one thing going for it–amazing political gear.
  We don’t get to vote until November (if you haven’t yet registered you can do so here–Oct. 14 is the deadline), but the first
  
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• PGA Tour Champions to play alongside celebrities in Orlando

  20-09-2016 15:14
  
  PGA Tour Champions professionals will play alongside celebrities in the Diamond Resorts Invitational
  
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• House that played Harry Potter's Privet Drive home for sale

  20-09-2016 15:04
  
  A suburban London house that starred onscreen as Harry Potter's childhood home is on the market
  
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• Rick Ross, Bun B, Too $Short to headline A3C fest in Atlanta

  20-09-2016 14:50
  
  Rappers Rick Ross, Bun B and Bone Thugs N' Harmony will headline the 12th annual A3C Hip-Hop Festival in Atlanta
  
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• Once little known, Colombia's peacemaker hailed as hero

  20-09-2016 14:32
  
  Humberto De la Calle is being roundly hailed as a hero in the wake of last month's historic peace deal the FARC rebel movement, a big change from 2012 when he was named the government's chief negotiator
  
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• Colson Whitehead is finalist for Kirkus fiction prize

  20-09-2016 14:32
  
  Colson Whitehead is nominated for Kirkus Prize for fiction
  
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• 'Downton's' Maggie Smith asks Jimmy Kimmel where her Emmy is

  20-09-2016 14:28
  
  "Downton Abbey" star Dame Maggie Smith wants Emmy host Jimmy Kimmel to show her where her Emmy is
  
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• Critics pick favorites at upcoming Met Opera season

  20-09-2016 14:26
  
  Tristan, Tell and L'Amour top critics' hopes for upcoming Metropolitan Opera season
  
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• PGA Tour Champions to play alongside celebrities

  20-09-2016 14:06
  
  PGA Tour Champions professionals will play alongside celebrities in the Diamond Resorts International
  
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• Nazi-era coins, photos, papers, Hitler's book found Poland

  20-09-2016 13:44
  
  A city official in northwestern Poland says that Nazi-era newspapers, coins, documents and Hitler's "Mein Kampf" have been found in a "time capsule" that was buried in 1934 in the foundations of a Nazi training center
  
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• The Brooklyn 100: Dan Schoenbrun, Liz Cook, George Schmalz, Kickstarter

  20-09-2016 13:00 via bkmag.com
  
  In a relatively short span of time, Kickstarter has completed changed the way movies are funded—and thus made, exhibited, talked about. But it’s still an evolving model. Respectively specializing in narrative, nonfiction and genre films, Schoenbrun, Cook and Schmalz work with Kickstarter filmmakers on their campaigns, which means crafting an identity for a project, and building and sustaining an audience—and are branching out into a more public role, facilitating programs and
  
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• [►VIDEO, GREENPOINT] Canoe believe it? Kayak polo champs face off in McCarren Park Pool

  20-09-2016 10:07
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Ruth BrownBrooklyn PaperThis tournament was oar-some!Kayak polo players — yes, kayak polo players — from around the country and beyond paddled into McCarren Park Pool over the weekend to compete in the U.S. Kayak Polo Nationals, giving local contenders a chance to show their friends and family what in the heck they actually do.
  “My parents don’t really know what I’m talking about so it was
  
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• [►VIDEO, MUSIC] Nothing compares 2 them: Maya Rudolph’s Prince cover band playing Williamsburg

  20-09-2016 09:55
  
  Their name is Princess! And they are funky! Read more.
  
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• [WILLIAMSBURG] Northern de-lights! Taste of Billyburg and G’point serves up local food and drink

  20-09-2016 09:50
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Shavana ABruzzoBrooklyn PaperGluttons and gourmands legged it to East River State Park on Sunday for the annual Taste of Williamsburg and Greenpoint food fair, noshing and glugging on tasty grub and libations from more than 50 of the area’s best restaurants, bars, breweries, and wineries.Visitors sampled cheeses, beer, peanuts, spices, sugars and teas, gourmet macaroni and cheese, tapas, frozen yogurt, fudge, and
  
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• [PROSPECT HEIGHTS] Making the moist of it! Botanic Garden opens wetlands

  20-09-2016 09:50
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperThey primed the pump!Brooklyn Botanic Garden bigwigs unveiled a sprawling new wetlands area on Sept. 15 — part of the park’s innovative new water circulation system that its honchos claim will save more than 21 million gallons of H20 per year.
  Forgoing the standard ribbon-cutting ceremony, officials unveiled the Shelby White and Leon Levy Water Garden by pouring buckets of water int
  
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• Big daddy: Freeman takes newborn home, homers, gets 4 hits

  20-09-2016 08:32
  
  Freddie Freeman took his newborn son and wife home from a hospital, stayed up through most of the night and headed from Atlanta to New York
  
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• In Zimbabwe, comedy thrives as country slowly falls apart

  20-09-2016 06:13
  
  In Zimbabwe, comedy thrives as country slowly falls apart; even president a target, with risk
  
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• Once little know, Colombia's peacemaker gets hero's welcome

  20-09-2016 06:04
  
  Humberto De la Calle is being roundly hailed as a hero in the wake of last month's historic peace deal the FARC rebel movement, a big change from 2012 when he was named the government's chief negotiator
  
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• [►VIDEO, WILLIAMSBURG] Nothing compares 2 them: Prince cover band Princess plays Brooklyn Bowl

  20-09-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura MeltzerBrooklyn DailyTheir name is Princess! And they are funky!A two-woman Prince cover band will pay tribute to the Purple One at two shows at Brooklyn Bowl on Sept. 23–24. Princess, which stars “Saturday Night Live” alum Maya Rudolph and singer-songwriter Gretchen Lieberum, is not an imitation of the late singer, but is an ode 2 his spirit and his persona, said Lieberum.“We don’t embody Prince as much as embody our 12-
  
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• [►VIDEO, MUSIC] Nothing compares 2 them: Prince cover band Princess plays Brooklyn Bowl

  20-09-2016 06:00
  
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• [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS] Stuffed: Poly Prep kept out of end zone in heartbreaking loss

  20-09-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyOne yard never seemed so long.The Poly Prep football team lost a heartbreaker on Sept. 16, falling 17–13 to Christ the King at home after the Blue Devils were unable to get the ball into the end zone on the final play of the game.
  Poly had the ball on the one-yard line and the squad was certain quarterback Rob Deleon-Kollmer had barreled in for the game-winning touchdown as time expired, but officials ruled he didn’t mak
  
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• [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS] Offensive outburst: Grand Street boys soccer opens season with big-time win

  20-09-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyThis one was worth the wait.The Grand Street Campus boys’ soccer team has been ready to get out on the field for weeks and — after the squad’s first two games were postponed — the Wolves finally opened up the season, taking down Brooklyn Tech 6–1 in an offensive outburst on Sept. 17.“We were anxious to play,” said senior forward Tajea Brown. “It was just teamwork. We played hard, and w
  
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• [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS] Lion’s roar: Loughlin guard commits to Manhattan College

  20-09-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyThis offer was too good to pass up.Bishop Loughlin basketballer Lynette Taite stepped onto the campus at Manhattan College earlier this month and knew she was exactly where she was meant to be. Taite didn’t waste any time — the senior guard committed to the school on her official visit earlier this month, joining the Jaspers’ women’s hoops squad and cementing a future she’s certain will be nothing short
  
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