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• Media outlets release tax arrangements made by top players

  02-12-2016 23:43
  
  A group of European media outlets has published what it claims are details of tax arrangements made by several top soccer players and coaches
  
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• Author Talk: "Another Brooklyn" with Jacqueline Woodson

  02-12-2016 22:56
  Wednesday, December 14, 2016 7:00 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterJoin us for an evening with National Book Award winning author Jacqueline Woodson as she introduces her first novel for adults in over 20 years.
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• Katt Williams pleads no contest to assault, battery charges

  02-12-2016 22:45
  
  Katt Williams has pleaded no contest to assault and battery charges stemming from an incident with a bodyguard in north Georgia
  
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• The Feelies announce new LP 'In Between' (listen to "Been Replaced")

  02-12-2016 22:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  New Jersey rock greats The Feelies have announced a new album, their first since the 2011 reunion album Here Before. The new record is called In Between, and it drops on February 24...
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• Review: Massive Kate Bush album a concert series souvenir

  02-12-2016 22:30
  
  Kate Bush gives fans an exquisite souvenir with "Before the Dawn," a massive live album taken from her 2014 series of 22 concerts
  
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• 1st nonstop commercial flight from Beijing arrives in Vegas

  02-12-2016 22:28
  
  A little glitz and a sampling of a Las Vegas Strip dance and acrobatic performance are marking the arrival of the first direct commercial airline flight from mainland China to Las Vegas
  
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• Peru's ex-soccer boss pleads not guilty in FIFA bribe scheme

  02-12-2016 22:24
  
  Peru's former soccer boss has pleaded not guilty to U.S. charges accusing him in a multibillion-dollar FIFA bribery scandal involving marketing and broadcasting rights
  
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• More than cookie sellers, Girl Scouts enter music industry

  02-12-2016 22:19
  
  The Girl Scouts of the USA have recorded an original song for the first time
  
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• Q&A: Sonia Braga plays the role of her life at 66

  02-12-2016 22:03
  
  While female actors are fighting for more and better roles in Hollywood, Sonia Braga gets the part of her life at 66 in "Aquarius"
  
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• Nirvana giving 'Incesticide' 25th anniversary double-vinyl reissue

  02-12-2016 22:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  'Incesticide' got a limited 20th anniversary reissue on Record Store Day 2012, and now for its 25th anniversary, the remastered album gets a more proper release.
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• Dinosaur Jr. wrapped up their two-night stay at Irving Plaza (pics, setlist, review)

  02-12-2016 21:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Dinosaur Jr. wrapped up their two-night BV-presented stint at Irving Plaza last night (12/1) and delivered the packed-but-comfortable house a career-spanning onslaught of sonic riffery so dense you felt like you could reach out and touch the noise...
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• Bush Tetras playing Bowery Electric in February (tix on BrooklynVegan presale now)

  02-12-2016 21:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The show comes exactly 37 years since their first-ever show at the legendary TR3.
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• TV's 'Full House' home is staying in the Tanner family

  02-12-2016 21:03
  The San Francisco home featured in television's "Full House" has sold to the producer who created the show
  
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• Kurt Vile playing made a commercial w/ a Philadelphia Eagle, starring in IFC special

  02-12-2016 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Kurt made a new promo video for his Philly show on New Years Eve with a special guest: Philadelphia Eagles defensive lineman Connor Barwin.
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• Shots fired, but at who? J. Cole's track has people guessing

  02-12-2016 20:00
  
  J. Cole's new track, "False Prophets," takes aim at rappers without naming names, but social media is playing a guessing game as to whether he's talking about Kanye West or Drake
  
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• Candy That’s Good for Your Teeth, and Community

  02-12-2016 19:50 via bkmag.com
  
  Candy that’s good for your teeth? Sounds too good to be true, but it’s not—and it was born here in Brooklyn, where people with disabilities are employed to make it.
  Cracked Candy, made from a sweetener called Xylitol, was founded by Flora Pringle, a science teacher and mother of two who stumbled across the ingredient and was struck with the inspiration to turn it into a treat.
  Xylitol is a natural sweetener found in many fruits and vegetables, and dentists actually endorse
  
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• Don Calfa, prolific film and television actor, dead at 76

  02-12-2016 19:41
  
  Don Calfa, the film, stage and television actor whose credits included "The Return of the Living Dead," "Weekend at Bernie's" and "Barney Miller," has died at age 76
  
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• Las Vegas welcomes 1st direct commercial flight from Beijing

  02-12-2016 19:10
  
  A little glitz and a sampling of a Las Vegas Strip dance and acrobatic performance are marking the arrival of the first direct commercial airline flight from mainland China to Las Vegas
  
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• Macaw poses in man's mug shot after unlucky court appearance

  02-12-2016 18:57
  
  A 4-year-old macaw named "Bird" is an instant celebrity after appearing in a posed booking mug shot in Oregon with his unfortunate owner
  
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• Horoscopes: December & January

  02-12-2016 18:28 via bkmag.com
  
  Sagittarius | Nov 22–Dec 21
  Here’s the thing about Hillary Rodham Clinton: a white pantsuit is not very sensible at all, essentially functioning as an expensive canvas for coffee stains. Be like Hillz, Sagittarius. Allow your consistently sound judgement to slip into bursts of giddy foolishness during your birthday month. Eat pancakes for dinner; count a bag of Skittles as a serving of fruit. Maybe consider going goth? Or wear a white pantsuit. Channel Her however you see f
  
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• Happy, healthy Stewart leaving NASCAR so he can race more

  02-12-2016 18:23
  
  Tony Stewart's signature biting and cutting remarks arrived on cue this week at NASCAR's awards event that culminated with Friday night's season-ending banquet
  
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• Macaw confounds Oregon court deputies, makes mug shot

  02-12-2016 18:01
  
  A 4-year-old macaw named "Bird" is an instant celebrity after appearing in a booking mug shot in Oregon with his unfortunate owner
  
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• The Best Holiday Markets in New York

  02-12-2016 18:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Holiday markets give me LIFE. These little autonomous zones of cheer are one of the best parts of the season, bringing your buoyed holiday insides out into the actual physical world via twinkly lights and rosy cheeks and general sense of impending joy to replace your usual sense of impending doom. Speaking of! If you’re not feeling particularly cheery, maybe because your country has recently been conquered by fascists, these places can work outside-in, as actors say. Go, try on mittens, dr
  
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• Good is the New Cool : Amazing Leathers

  02-12-2016 17:30 via bkmag.com
  
  Ever wondered how you could support ethical, sustainable businesses? Welcome to a regular series highlighting products, services and organizations that are ‘doing well by doing good’.We caught up with Amazig Leathers founder Brandi Jordan about the inspiring company she created which produces beautiful leather goods in Morocco while supporting a community of artisans in a sustainable way.
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• Good is the New Cool : Amazig Leathers

  02-12-2016 17:30 via bkmag.com
  
  Ever wondered how you could support ethical, sustainable businesses? Welcome to a regular series highlighting products, services and organizations that are ‘doing well by doing good’.We caught up with Amazig Leathers founder Brandi Jordan about the inspiring company she created which produces beautiful leather goods in Morocco while supporting a community of artisans in a sustainable way.
  Tell us a little bit about your company please?
  We are told from a young age that we can change
  
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• Tonight at BAM: The Magnetic Fields Repel Bad Times with Their New Album

  02-12-2016 16:40 via bkmag.com
  
  In 2002, when I was a sophomore in college, the coolest dude on campus made me a mixed CD. There was a song on it called “Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side” by The Magnetic Fields. It was whimsical, but also weighty; catchy yet odd; it was very specific and long and winding, but I could still insert myself into its story. “So you share secrets with Lou / But we’ve got secrets too / Well, one / I only keep this heap for you.” Like so many songs from the prolif
  
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• Peru extradites ex-soccer boss to US on bribery charges

  02-12-2016 16:01
  
  Peru has extradited the country's former soccer boss to the United States for his alleged involvement in a multibillion-dollar FIFA bribery scandal involving marketing and broadcasting rights
  
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• The Troublemaker: Zetta Elliott and the Future of Children’s Literature

  02-12-2016 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  “I’ve been a storyteller a long time and I’ve been a troublemaker a long time too.” 
  It’s the third week of school and this is the first time I’ve seen this happen. Every single one of my fourth-graders is sitting up, eyes on the person speaking, enthralled.
  Our guest today is author and activist Zetta Elliott. If it was her choice, Elliott would lose the second title. “Artivist is a term I’m more comfortable with,” she tells me lat
  
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• Happy Holidays with Jacadi

  02-12-2016 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Discover the most merry holiday looks in classic French tradition from Jacadi. Dresses in rich velour, sparkling taffeta, and cozy wool blends make an elegant statement for girls of all ages. Shop boys’ trousers, suit separates, shawl sweaters and bow ties for that perfect finishing touch. Don’t forget to top off an ensemble with the perfect shoe—from patent Mary Janes to timeless leather loafers for all your little ones. ’Tis the season to be stylish!
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• Luke Bryan slaps heckler from stage with microphone in hand

  02-12-2016 15:58
  
  Country star Luke Bryan took care of a heckler without skipping a beat during a recent concert by taking a swing at the man from the stage with his microphone still in hand
  
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• Change of venue sought in Florida murder-for-hire case

  02-12-2016 15:58
  
  Attorneys for a Florida woman accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill her husband have asked for a change of venue
  
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• Cicely Tyson performs Langston Hughes at Ebony gala

  02-12-2016 15:43
  
  Cicely Tyson performed a Langston Hughes poem as she accepted a lifetime achievement award from Ebony magazine
  
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• Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka homicide case returns to court

  02-12-2016 14:30
  
  The homicide case involving Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka returns to court six months after a judge ruled the former pro wrestling star mentally incompetent to stand trial in the 1983 death of his girlfriend
  
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• Out of the Blue: An Interview with Mia Hansen-Løve

  02-12-2016 13:25 via bkmag.com
  
  “I thought you would love me forever,” says Nathalie to her husband of thirty years, after he suddenly declares that he’s leaving her for a younger woman. It’s likely not the response you’re expecting to hear uttered from Isabelle Huppert, the formidable actress best known for her defiant, icy portrayals in such relentlessly unsentimental films as The Piano Teacher and this year’s Paul Verhoeven come-back Elle. And while she delivers the disappointment matter
  
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• Enormous Changes at the Last Minute: An Interview with Mia Hansen-Løve

  02-12-2016 13:25 via bkmag.com
  
  “I thought you would love me forever,” says Nathalie to her husband of thirty years, after he suddenly declares that he’s leaving her for a younger woman. It’s likely not the response you’re expecting to hear uttered from Isabelle Huppert, the formidable actress best known for her defiant, icy portrayals in such relentlessly unsentimental films as The Piano Teacher and this year’s Paul Verhoeven come-back Elle. And while she delivers the disappointment matter
  
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• Things to Come

  02-12-2016 13:24 via bkmag.com
  
  Things to ComeDirected by Mia Hansen-LøveOpens December 2
  A perceptive drama about big changes at middle age, the writer-director Mia Hansen-Løve’s deceptively modest fifth feature, Things to Come, follows a philosophy professor as she faces a series of personal and professional upheavals. Over the course of the film, which earlier this year won the 35-year-old Hansen-Løve a best-director prize at Berlin, Nathalie Chazeaux (Isabelle Huppert) suddenly separates fr
  
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• Isabelle Huppert Carries On: Things to Come

  02-12-2016 13:24 via bkmag.com
  
  Things to ComeDirected by Mia Hansen-LøveOpens December 2
  A perceptive drama about big changes at middle age, the writer-director Mia Hansen-Løve’s deceptively modest fifth feature, Things to Come, follows a philosophy professor as she faces a series of personal and professional upheavals. Over the course of the film, which earlier this year won the 35-year-old Hansen-Løve a best-director prize at Berlin, Nathalie Chazeaux (Isabelle Huppert) suddenly separates fr
  
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• UK's Liberal Democrats unseat Zac Goldsmith in London vote

  02-12-2016 12:25
  
  Britain's Liberal Democrat Party has unseated Zac Goldsmith, a one-time Conservative Party rising star who ran as an independent in a parliamentary by-election
  
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• New Thai king's first duty is to honor late father

  02-12-2016 09:48
  
  Thailand's new king has carried out his first official duty, attending a solemn religious ceremony to honor his father and predecessor who died seven weeks ago
  
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• Ex-NFL player Joe McKnight fatally shot, suspect in custody

  02-12-2016 09:34
  
  Former NFL player Joe McKnight was shot to death following an argument with another motorist at an intersection in a New Orleans suburb
  
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• Rapper Kendrick Lamar performs in Miami for Art Basel party

  02-12-2016 06:38
  
  Hot, sticky and sweaty, rapper Kendrick Lamar performed inside a spaceship looking dome on the beach as part of the Art Basel Miami Beach festivities
  
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• Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher welcome second child

  02-12-2016 06:24
  
  Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher are parents for the second time
  
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• Trevor Lewis breaks tie, Kings beat Coyotes 4-3

  02-12-2016 06:01
  
  Trevor Lewis scored off a turnover with 4:05 left and the Los Angeles Kings held on to beat the Arizona Coyotes 4-3 on Thursday night
  
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• [►VIDEO, BAY RIDGE] Broken main floods Seventh Avenue

  02-12-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyA busted water main gushed water onto Seventh Avenue on Dec. 1.An underground pipe between 65th and 66th streets spewed brown water onto the thoroughfare, causing traffic delays and threatening to spill over onto the nearby Gowanus Expressway, said Community Board 10’s district manager.“It’s pretty bad,” Josephine Beckmann said at the time. “It’s flowing
  
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• [BOROBEAT] Tree’s company! Shore Road Park lights up for the holidays

  02-12-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyRain couldn’t dampen their holiday spirit!Bay Ridgites ushered in the holiday season with a Christmas tree lighting at the Shore Road Gazebo on Nov. 29. Cheermeisters braved the cold and came out in droves — despite the pouring rain — to celebrate Christmas with caroling and hot cocoa. It really got people in the holiday spirit, said one reveler.“It definitely got yo
  
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• [BAY RIDGE NIGHTS] The Ridge is jingle bell rockin’!

  02-12-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyBay Ridge is getting festive this weekend!
  This week, the Ridge will host a Holiday market, Christmas crafts, and a tree lighting. But if you’re bah humbug on the holidays, we still have your weekly dose of barroom rock.On Friday, sleigh out to Fort Hamilton Army Base (enter at 101st Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway) for the Fort Hamilton holiday market and tree lighting spectacular. Explore a winter wonderland of crafts
  
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• Ex-NFL player Joe McKnight killed in argument with motorist

  02-12-2016 01:29
  
  Former NFL player Joe McKnight has been shot to death following an argument at an intersection with another motorist
  
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• 'Harry Potter' play eyes Broadway jump in spring 2018

  02-12-2016 00:57
  The stage play "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" has become London's theater event of the year
  
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