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• Elvis' home-away-from-home could be razed for car wash

  04-01-2017 23:46
  
  Preservationists say they're worried that Elvis' old home-away-from-home in Nashville could soon be razed to make way for a car wash
  
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• 'Moonlight,' 'La La Land,' 'Deadpool' land WGA Award nods

  04-01-2017 21:04
  
  Oscar favorites "Moonlight," "La La Land" and "Manchester by the Sea" have landed Writers Guild Award nominations, but so did the R-rated "X-Men" spinoff "Deadpool."
  
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• Your Ideal Week: Jan. 5 – Jan. 11

  04-01-2017 20:57
  
  See Big Lazy at Union Pool this week. Photo: Big Lazy
  Well, made it to 2017! Happy New Year everybody! I don’t know about you all, but I’m utterly spent. The holiday season this year was an absolute gauntlet, what with the usual stressors of present shopping and parties and trying to finish out the year strong at work plus everyone I know getting nailed with either a stomach bug or a cold or both and the increasing pressure to remain casual in the face of mounting political unc
  
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• [PROSPECT HEIGHTS] Police shoot teen dead on Atlantic Avenue

  04-01-2017 20:36
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperA police officer shot and killed an 18-year-old in Prospect Heights after cops claim the teen turned a .38 caliber revolver on officers on Atlantic Avenue in the early morning hours of Jan. 4, authorities say.Three plain clothes officers were driving on patrol near Grand Street when they heard shots ring out at 3:40 am, and found Vinegar Hill resident Joshua Martino firing the pistol inside a nearby bar, according to a report.After
  
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• [PROSPECT HEIGHTS] More than 100 injured in train derailment at Atlantic Terminal

  04-01-2017 20:35
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperA train derailed at Atlantic Terminal on Wednesday morning, sending straphangers flying and injuring 104, according to authorities.The Long Island Rail Road train was pulling into the Prospect Heights stop at around 8:15 am carrying some 430 passengers but overshot the platform and crashed into the safety bumper — flinging commuters about as the two lead cars careened off the tracks, according to Office of Emergency Managemen
  
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• The Print Magazine as an Objet D’Art: Regular Visitors

  04-01-2017 20:01 via bkmag.com
  
  I am a person in her 30s who, like her parents and grandparents before her, swore that she would never prefer to read something on a computer or phone screen before a spine-bound book, or a newspaper, or even a monthly magazine, such as the very one I work for.
  Ha! How wrong that person could be.
  Since screens have become pervasive fixtures in our daily lives, my brain has slowly but very surely acclimated itself to wanting information from them—to favor reading on them
  
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• Action Trumps Hate, 6: Support the Affordable Care Act

  04-01-2017 19:59
  
  Well, it’s 2017. Are you ready?
  This week I wrote a story for Brooklyn Based about two excellent tools for organizing your thoughts about political action for the year to come. Stop Freaking Out is a set of tools that will help you figure out a more specific course of action that is tailored to your interests and abilities. Take a look, gather a group, order some pizza and prepare to be that change. Indivisible is a document that outlines the best ways for progressives to make their voice
  
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• Washington treaded carefully in adapting 'Fences' to film

  04-01-2017 19:50
  
  Denzel Washington had to tread carefully when he adapted August Wilson's play "Fences" for the big screen, respecting the story _ and its stifling, claustrophobic quality _ but also making it cinematic
  
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• [CANARSIE] Cops shoot knife-wielding man after Taser ‘has no effect’

  04-01-2017 19:17
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyPolice shot and killed a Canarsie man because he lunged at them with a kitchen knife inside his E. 99th Street home on Jan. 3.Officers responded to a 911 call that 63-year-old James Owens was acting in a “non-violent emotionally disturbed” manner at his home between Flatlands Avenue and Avenue J at about 9:30 pm.Owens’s sister let the officers in, but then Owens emerged from a back room, grabbed a 13-inch knife f
  
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• The big thing in TV sets this year is ... big TV sets

  04-01-2017 18:54
  
  Flashy new television sets with buzzwords such as 4K, QLED and OLED are appearing at the annual CES gadget show in Las Vegas this week
  
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• Tomorrow: Weigh in at CB7’s ‘Homeless Issues’ committee

  04-01-2017 18:36
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyLocals will get a chance to weigh in on how to handle Sunset Park’s ballooning homeless population at Community Board 7’s first meeting of its ad hoc Committee on Homeless Issues on Jan. 5.Sunset Park only has one official homeless shelter — a controversial home for men on 49th Street between Second and Third avenues — but the city’s Department of Homeless Services is renting hundreds of rooms ther
  
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• Over 100 Injured After LIRR Train Derails at Atlantic Terminal

  04-01-2017 18:23 via bkmag.com
  
  Over 100 people suffered non-life threatening injuries during rush hour this morning when a Long Island Rail Road train hit the bumper and came off the track at the Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn. According to the mayor’s office, all of the injuries are minor, the most serious of the bunch being a broken leg.
  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who’s been heard from a lot at the start of 2017 due to the opening of the new Second Avenue Subway line, issued a statement quickly this mor
  
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• Official: Charles Manson alive amid report he's hospitalized

  04-01-2017 18:03
  
  Mass murderer Charles Manson was taken from his California prison cell to a hospital, according to several news reports
  
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• 🔥Chance The Rapper and Childish Gambino🔥 Are Headlining Governor’s Ball

  04-01-2017 17:39 via bkmag.com
  
  2016 was a big year for Chance The Rapper, who put out the wildly successful project Coloring Book in May, and saw it resonate with fans and audiences alike for the remaining seven months of the year before dropping another project with Jeremih, the seasonal Merry Christmas Lil’ Mama, just before the year’s conclusion. Now, Chance is already on his way to continuing that winning streak, as he’s atop the bill for the 2017 iteration of NYC’s Governor&rsq
  
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• Placido Domingo stars in Met's 'Nabucco' HD

  04-01-2017 15:47
  
  Placido Domingo brings latest baritone role to Metropolitan Opera in HD of Verdi's "Nabucco"
  
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• The Best Old Movies on a Big Screen This Week: NYC Repertory Cinema Picks, January 4-10

  04-01-2017 13:36 via bkmag.com
  
  Beau Travail (1999)Directed by Claire DenisAs is her elliptical wont, Denis doesn’t directly announce Beau Travail’s Herman Melville-based inspiration in the opening credits. Sharp-eared viewers, however, will immediately recognize that snatch of operatic music during a montage of French Foreign Legion officers doing calisthenics in the Djibouti desert to be from Benjamin Britten’s opera adaptation of Melville’s Billy Budd; the film itself gradually reveals its kinship t
  
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• Events set this week to celebrate Elvis' birthday in Memphis

  04-01-2017 13:03
  
  Events begin Thursday in Memphis, Tennessee, to mark what would have been Elvis Presley's 82nd birthday, with a cake-cutting ceremony on the front lawn of his home at Graceland
  
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• 'Mortified' Mariah Carey discusses 'horrible New Year's Eve'

  04-01-2017 12:11
  
  Mariah Carey says she was "mortified" in "real time" during her disastrous live performance just before the ball dropped on ABC's "Rockin' New Year's Eve."
  
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• Nishikori holds off Donaldson, reaches QFs in Brisbane

  04-01-2017 09:20
  
  Kei Nishikori is putting his preparation for the Australian Open above everything else at the start of the season, including his birthday celebrations
  
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• Maple Leafs bring back the past to inspire young lineup

  04-01-2017 08:06
  The NHL's Centennial Classic in Toronto last weekend offered the young Maple Leafs a chance to rub elbows with the franchise's former stars
  
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• [PHOTO GALLERIES] Immersive reporting: Journo takes ‘Polar Plunge’

  04-01-2017 07:25
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperCall it my big splash!I was among the horde of some 2,500 Brooklynites who charged into the frigid Atlantic Ocean for the more-than 100-year-old Brooklyn tradition of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club’s New Year’s Day plunge.
  I had heard horror stories from fellow polar bears of years where the mercury dipped well below freezing, but the day’s unseasonably balmy high of 53
  
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• [CONEY ISLAND] Immersive reporting: Journo takes ‘Polar Plunge’

  04-01-2017 07:23
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyCall it my big splash!I was among the horde of some 2,500 Brooklynites who charged into the frigid Atlantic Ocean for the more-than 100-year-old Brooklyn tradition of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club’s New Year’s Day plunge.
  I had heard horror stories from fellow polar bears of years where the mercury dipped well below freezing, but the day’s unseasonably balmy high of 53
  
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• [NOT FOR NUTHIN’] Prescription costs are a bitter pill

  04-01-2017 07:21
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyKudos to me — I lived through another holiday season, survived vacation at home with husband and daughter (no mean feat I assure you), and after 12 days of not writing anything more than an address on an envelope, I’m back busily pecking away at the keyboard.
  I am refreshed and ever-questioning, so here is my query for 2017: Why didn’t Hill, Bernie, or even Trump ever bring up the fact that the pharmaceutical c
  
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• [MARINE PARK] Robbers trick delivery men with bogus orders

  04-01-2017 07:19
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn Daily63rd PrecinctMarine Park—Mill Basin—Flatlands—Bergen BeachDelivery con
  Snakes attacked and robbed two different delivery men called to the same E. 61st Street home two days apart.A Chinese food delivery man told police he went to deliver an order to the home between Avenues U and T around 6 pm on Dec. 28 when three assailants pounced. One grabbed from him behind and punched him the face, while the other two jer
  
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• [CRIME] Police: Man groped and bit woman staying at apartment

  04-01-2017 07:19
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn Daily60th PrecinctConey Island—Brighton Beach—SeagateFrisky friendPolice arrested a man for groping a woman and biting her arm on Brighton Sixth Court on Dec. 29, officials said.
  The woman told police that she is friends with the man and spent the night at his apartment between Brighton Beach Avenue and Brightwater Court. When she woke up the next morning, the man began groping her chest and butt, according to a police r
  
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• [CRIME] Gun-wielding fiend threatens salon employee during robbery

  04-01-2017 07:19
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn Daily61st PrecinctSheepshead Bay—Homecrest—
  Manhattan Beach—GravesendBandit in the beauty salonA villain threatened an employee with a gun in an Avenue S beauty salon on Dec. 29, police said.The employee told police the miscreant entered the salon near Nostrand Avenue at about 8:55 pm, pointed a black firearm, and then said, “Money on the table, I’m not playing and I’ll be back.” The employee c
  
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• [PARK SLOPE] Cops: Drunk driver smashes into nine parked cars

  04-01-2017 07:12
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Paper78th PrecinctPark Slope
  SmashedCops busted an allegedly wasted driver after she managed to collide with not one, not two, but nine parked cars on Eighth Avenue on Dec. 24.The arresting officer was responding to a complaint of a reckless driver when he allegedly spotted the suspect hopelessly trying to parallel park her 2005 Toyota Corolla near 10th Street at 8:15 pm. The officer ordered the suspect to kill the engine, before lookin
  
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• [PROSPECT HEIGHTS] What a racquet! Former pros serving up tennis event at Barclays

  04-01-2017 07:04
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Laura Amatofor Brooklyn PaperThey’re hoping to put on an ace of a performance.Former pro tennis player James Blake is set to take to the Barclays Center court on Jan. 7 — joined by fellow stars Andy Roddick, John McEnroe, and Jim Courier — for the PowerShares QQQ Cup, the first-ever tennis event at the arena. Blake grew up watching tennis in New York, and now he’s anxious to bring the sport to Brooklyn.“When the opportunity cam
  
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• [BROOKLYN HEIGHTS] Rash of home burglaries in Brooklyn Heights

  04-01-2017 06:56
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperKeep your windows closed and your eyes open!Thieves looted seven Brooklyn Heights homes over the past two weeks, according to police — and local leaders are advising locals to lock their doors and windows and to be on the lookout for cat burglars in case they’re not done.“People have to be vigilant and be aware of anyone acting suspicious,” said Peter Bray, head of civic group the Brooklyn Heights Association
  
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• [CARROLL GARDENS] Police: Ladies punch woman, pull her hair

  04-01-2017 06:36
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne Cubafor Brooklyn Paper76th PrecinctCarroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red HookHairy situationCops cuffed two women who they say punched another lady and pulled her hair in a Columbia Street building on Dec. 30.
  The 43-year-old victim told cops she and the two suspects were having an argument in the lobby of the building near Dwight Street at about 5 pm, when the spat escalated and the pair allegedly pulled her down to the ground and pulled her hair.
  
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• [BROOKLYN HEIGHTS] Thief swipes selfie-stick mid-snap

  04-01-2017 06:36
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn Paper84th PrecinctBrooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–DowntownSelfie stick snatchSome snake grabbed a woman’s selfie stick out of her hand as she was snapping a photo on Water Street on Jan. 1.
  The victim told cops she was using the device to take a picture with her phone in Brooklyn Bridge Park around 5:45 pm when a jerk came up from behind and took it out of her hand. Her phone fell off the gadget, but the crook
  
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• [BAY RIDGE] Skunk sprays cabbie’s eyes with unknown substance and flees without paying

  04-01-2017 06:36
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn Paper68th PrecinctBay Ridge—Dyker HeightsRide and runA miscreant sprayed a cabbie in the eyes with an unknown liquid and fled a taxi without paying his fare on 86th Street on Dec. 31, said police.The cabbie told authorities that he picked up the punk at 96th Street and Second Avenue at 12:45 am and drove him to 86th Street between Fort Hamilton Parkway and Gatling Place.
  When they reached their destination the nogoodnik spraye
  
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• Terriers tough it out in overtime for second-straight win

  04-01-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Johnny KunenBrooklyn DailyThey finished 2016 on a high note.
  The St. Francis College men’s basketball team took down Central Connecticut State 86–77 in overtime on Dec. 31, wrapping up the year with a second-straight victory to improve to 2–0 in Northeast Conference play.The Terriers backcourt trio of Glenn Sanabria, Yunus Hopkinson, and Rasheem Dunn combined for 62 points in the victory.
  “It’s nice to learn through wins,&rdquo
  
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• [PROSPECT HEIGHTS] Former pros serving up brand-new tennis event at Barclays Center

  04-01-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyThey’re hoping to put on an ace of a performance.Former pro tennis player James Blake is set to take to the Barclays Center court on Jan. 7 — joined by fellow stars Andy Roddick, John McEnroe, and Jim Courier — for the PowerShares QQQ Cup, the first-ever tennis event at the arena. Blake grew up watching the sport in New York and, now he’s anxious to bring the sport to Brooklyn.“When the opportunity came
  
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• [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS] The best of high-school sports in 2016

  04-01-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyIt was a headline-making year in Brooklyn high-school sports. There were championships and crushing defeats, a mixture of highs and lows that made the last 366 days (it was a leap year!) nothing short of memorable. Courier Life is taking a look back at the year in sports across Kings County — here’s the best of the best from 2016:Athletes of the YearShamorie Ponds, Jefferson basketballThe Orange Wave star wrapped up his
  
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• [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS] Loughlin starts new year with new confidence — and a victory

  04-01-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyNew Year, new Loughlin.The Bishop Loughlin girls’ basketball team struggled early in the season, but the Lady Lions are hoping to turn a page after the calendar flipped to 2017. The squad got off to a solid start on Jan. 2, taking down St. Joseph Hill 79–70 in a non-league matchup.
  “Hopefully it can make us play this way all the time,” Loughlin coach Chez Williams said of the win. “We can’t afford
  
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• [FORT GREENE] Buzzer-beater buzzkill: Blackbirds drop league opener on last-second shot

  04-01-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Gregory AlcalaBrooklyn DailyThese Blackbirds were struck by a final-second shot.
  Long Island University dropped its Northeast Conference opener on Dec. 29, falling 67–65 to Mount St. Mary’s as forward Chris Wray drained a layup for The Mount with just 4.2 seconds left on the clock.
  The late-game play didn’t shape up the way the Blackbirds planned, as Wray weaved his way through a handful of defenders to work into the lane and net the game-
  
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• Review: 'Toni Erdmann' cringes, smiles, sings through life

  04-01-2017 05:59
  
  "Toni Erdmann," a German film from the clearly talented and incisive writer and director Maren Ade seems like it should be a comedy, but it is a deeply uncomfortable one
  
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• Stephen Colbert, Patrick Wilson & more performing at Montclair Film Fesitval benefit in February

  04-01-2017 00:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Stephen Colbert, actor Patrick Wilson and The Losers Lounge band will all take part in a benefit for NJ's Montclair Film Festival happening at The Wellmont Theatre...
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• Fewer games? Games on campus? Bowls could get a makeover

  04-01-2017 00:15
  
  Fewer bowls? Games on campus? College football's bowl system could be due for a makeover
  
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• Janet Jackson, husband welcome son Eissa Al Mana

  04-01-2017 00:09
  
  Janet Jackson's latest escapade: motherhood
  
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