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• YouTube star pleads guilty to vandalism in false report case

  08-11-2016 22:20
  
  A gay YouTube personality has pleaded guilty to felony vandalism in an incident in which he claimed he was the victim of a hate crime
  
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• Big Ten's 2017 Friday night football schedule is announced

  08-11-2016 21:53
  
  The Big Ten has announced its schedule of Friday night football games for 2017
  
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• That Voting Feeling: Here’s to Madame President

  08-11-2016 21:41 via bkmag.com
  
  I voted—without cringe or caveat—for Hillary Clinton today, and it was more heart-wrenching, more personal, and even higher-stakes than my two votes for Barack Obama (my vote for John Kerry was forgettable and lackluster, of course).I understand the position of young, first-time voters who are so woke they can’t stomach voting for Hillary; I also understand millennials who cloaked their misogyny by rejecting Hillary early on, but who cha
  
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• A love letter to NYC on election day

  08-11-2016 20:36
  
  Dear New York,
  Sometimes you are so overwhelming. Sometimes you feel like the birthplace of impatience and self-importance. But the big moments? In blackouts and transit strikes, in hurricanes and blizzard and floods, and in a crazymaking, historic election that sends record numbers (we’re guessing) to the polls, where you have to wait in line and maybe even chat with your neighbor a bit? New York, then you’re the best.
  Love,
  Brooklyn Based
  Thanks to Spencer Starnes for these images
  
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• Mighty Oak, an All-Female Brooklyn Animation Team, is Sprouting to Great Heights

  08-11-2016 20:10 via bkmag.com
  
  After you’ve seen animation from Brooklyn’s Mighty Oak—a team of three that uses intricate hand-made art objects to make imaginative stop motion spots, as well as hand drawn animation with a notable sense of play—everything else you see out there looks, comparatively, kind of lame. Clever and nuanced, Mighty Oak animation creates visuals you want to watch repeatedly just to catch the tiny details you probably missed the first time around. Take, for example, a Giphy that l
  
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• Might Oak, an All-Female Brooklyn Animation Team, is Sprouting to Great Heights

  08-11-2016 20:10 via bkmag.com
  
  After you’ve seen animation from Brooklyn’s Mighty Oak—a team of three that uses intricate hand-made art objects to make imaginative stop motion spots, as well as hand drawn animation with a notable sense of play—everything else you see out there looks, comparatively, kind of lame. Clever and nuanced, Mighty Oak animation creates visuals you want to watch repeatedly just to catch the tiny details you probably missed the first time around. Take, for example, a Giphy that l
  
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• Jackie Chan reflects on 50 year career and honorary Oscar

  08-11-2016 20:07
  
  As an action star, Jackie Chan never expected to get an Oscar
  
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• The 24-Year-Old Who Built a Leading Feminist Streetwear Brand in Bushwick—Because She Can

  08-11-2016 19:09 via bkmag.com
  
  For the past three years, Leah Kirsch has built a business around empowering women through her bold, unapologetic streetwear brand, Millioneiress. Her venture came to life through a digital-first strategy, largely based upon selling via Instagram, and has been fueled by what she calls, “new age feminism”—a fresh, more mainstream take on conventionally held perceptions of what it means to be a feminist.
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• Meet the 24-Year-Old Who Built a Leading Feminist Streetwear Brand in Bushwick—Because She Can

  08-11-2016 19:09 via bkmag.com
  
  For the past three years, Leah Kirsch has built a business around empowering women through her bold, unapologetic streetwear brand, Millioneiress. Her venture came to life through a digital-first strategy, largely based upon selling via Instagram, and has been fueled by what she calls, “new age feminism”—a fresh, more mainstream take on conventionally held perceptions of what it means to be a feminist.
  When asked about what has changed most since she launched Millioneiress as a
  
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• The Killing Hasn’t Stopped: A 2016 Black Lives Matter Reading List

  08-11-2016 18:10 via bkmag.com
  
  The killing hasn’t stopped. Tyre King, a 13 year old boy, was shot by police in Columbus Ohio on Wednesday, September 24th. Police allege that upon chasing Tyree and one other male after responding to a call about a group of people demanding money, including one armed with a gun, he pulled out a gun and one officer shot him multiple times. The gun that police allege Tyree pulled was a BB gun. Two years ago, on November 22, 2014, right before Thanksgiving, Tamir Rice, a 12 year old Black bo
  
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• Review: 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk' is a mesmeric trip

  08-11-2016 17:52
  
  Review: Director Ang Lee's "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" is a precisely observed portrait of a young man slowly realizing his own trauma and agency over the course of a single football game
  
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• Before HRC, there was Shirley Chisholm and Geraldine Ferraro

  08-11-2016 17:48
  
  Photo: The Shirley Chisholm Project
  Hillary Clinton may be the latest woman from New York to seek an office in the White House, but she is not the first. Shirley Chisholm and Geraldine Ferraro, both New Yorkers, made their own cracks in the political glass ceiling. As we head to the polls today, fingers crossed and nails bitten, some wearing white in suffragette solidarity, let’s take a moment to look back at the powerful women who came before Clinton.
  Chisholm and Ferraro were as differe
  
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• Prince Charles, Camilla arrive in Bahrain and meet its king

  08-11-2016 17:24
  
  Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla have arrived in the tiny island nation of Bahrain and met its crown prince and king
  
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• After Olympic silver, Romero ready for final season at FSU

  08-11-2016 17:15
  
  Leticia Romero couldn't believe the celebrity status she achieved at home in the Canary Islands
  
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• Clinton casts her ballot: 'It is the most humbling feeling'

  08-11-2016 15:54
  
  Seeking to become the nation's first female president, Hillary Clinton casts her ballot and settles down to wait for the country to make its choice
  
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• Elton John's photo trove displays beauty in black and white

  08-11-2016 15:45
  
  He's one of the most colorful figures in rock 'n' roll, but when it comes to photography, Elton John embraces black and white
  
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• Man charged with murder in death of Georgia deputy

  08-11-2016 12:12
  
  Authorities have charged a 57-year-old Georgia man with killing a sheriff's deputy and critically wounding another
  
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• New York heir Durst pleads not guilty to murder in LA court

  08-11-2016 10:35
  
  Real estate heir Robert Durst has pleaded not guilty to murder in the death of a friend who authorities said Durst wanted to keep from talking to investigators looking into the disappearance of his first wife
  
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• 2 stuntmen drown after jumping into lake for Indian movie

  08-11-2016 08:23
  
  Two stunt performers have drowned after they jumped from a helicopter into a lake in southern India while shooting a film
  
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• Monday madness ends in Seattle's 31-25 win over Buffalo

  08-11-2016 08:18
  
  Another Monday night of controversy and madness involving the Seattle Seahawks
  
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• The Latest: Trump calls Election Day 'our Independence Day'

  08-11-2016 07:35
  
  Donald Trump is channeling Hollywood as he kicks off the final rally of his unconventional presidential campaign
  
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• Son of famed percussionist killed in Chicago shooting

  08-11-2016 06:17
  
  The son of a famed percussionist has become a victim of Chicago's ongoing gun violence
  
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• Sound on Sound day 2 pics (DEP, Youth of Today, Beach House, Deerhunter & more)

  08-11-2016 06:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Plus: FLAG, Big Boi, The Dead Milkmen, Car Seat Headrest, Aesop Rock, HEALTH, Girls Against Boys, Radioactivity, and still more.
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• [DANCE] Mambo No. 10!: Latin dance festival celebrates 10 years

  08-11-2016 06:00
  
  It’s a fiesta! Read more.
  
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• [ART] Garden of beaten! Exhibit sports yard signs for presidential losers — and it’s about to get a new addition!

  08-11-2016 06:00
  
  They’re signs of defeat! Read more.
  
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• Belafonte, Mantel among this year's 'Library Lions'

  08-11-2016 05:39
  
  Harry Belafonte, "Wolf Hall" author Hilary Mantel and columnist-speechwriter Peggy Noonan were among five honorees at the New York Public Library's annual gala for its "Library Lions."
  
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• Madonna played Washington Square Park to help get out the vote (for Hillary)

  08-11-2016 05:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Madonna staged the event to urge people to vote for Hillary.
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• Chance the Rapper leads concert crowd to Chicago voting site

  08-11-2016 05:26
  
  Chance the Rapper has led hundreds of people from a concert he headlined through Chicago's business district and to an early voting site
  
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• Thien wins Giller Prize for 'Do Not Say We Have Nothing'

  08-11-2016 05:23
  
  Madeleine Thien has won the Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel "Do Not Say We Have Nothing."
  
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• Mark Cuban: Dispute with ESPN rooted in automated content

  08-11-2016 04:37
  
  Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says his decision to revoke the credentials of two ESPN writers who cover his team was driven partly by concern that automated game reports could eventually replace human-generated content
  
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• Spokespeople: Angelina Jolie Pitt and estranged husband Brad Pitt reach custody agreement regarding children

  08-11-2016 04:18
  
  Spokespeople: Angelina Jolie Pitt and estranged husband Brad Pitt reach custody agreement regarding children
  
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• Madonna plays surprise concert in park for Hillary Clinton

  08-11-2016 03:25
  
  Madonna has belted out some of her biggest hits while treating fans to a surprise concert in a New York City park in support of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton
  
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• Police clear mall after crowd gathers for rapper, NBA player

  08-11-2016 02:54
  
  Police have evacuated a mall near Boston after a large crowd gathered for an event featuring a rapper and a pro basketball player
  
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• Madonna performs surprise concert for Clinton in NYC park

  08-11-2016 02:17
  
  New Yorkers in the heart of Manhattan were treated to a surprise outdoor concert by Madonna in support of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton
  
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• Jury chosen for Ohio trial of mayor who's also a comedian

  08-11-2016 00:50
  
  A jury has been chosen for the felony trial of a southern Ohio city's second-term mayor who's also a veteran standup comedian
  
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• Mitski on tour with Fear of Men and Weaves (pics from Chicago)

  08-11-2016 00:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Also watch Mitski's recent 'Colbert' performance.
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• Snake on a plane: Live reptile intrudes on flight in Mexico

  08-11-2016 00:33
  Passengers on a commercial flight in Mexico were given a start when a serpent slithered into the cabin in a scene straight out of the movie "Snakes on a Plane."
  
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• The evolution of Amy Adams on view in 'Arrival,' 'Nocturnal'

  08-11-2016 00:10
  
  Amy Adams' evolution as an actress has been going on for some time, but it's never been more on view than this fall
  
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• Box Office Top 20: 'Doctor Strange' conjures $85.1 million

  08-11-2016 00:10
  
  Marvel's "Doctor Strange" topped a strong weekend at the box office with $85.1 million from North American theaters, according to box office sales reported by the studios on Monday
  
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