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• Univision networks back on for Charter customers, for now

  02-02-2017 23:56
  
  Millions of Charter cable customers can watch Univision again _ for now
  
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• A+E buys stake in NWSL, will televise games on Lifetime

  02-02-2017 23:41
  
  A+E Networks has bought a stake in the National Women's Soccer League and will broadcast matches on the Lifetime network for the next three seasons
  
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• The Latest: Sheriff says he's pleased over murder charge

  02-02-2017 23:35
  
  Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand says he's pleased a grand jury brought a murder charge against the man accused of killing former NFL player Joe McKnight
  
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• Judge discharges bankruptcy after 50 Cent pays $22 million

  02-02-2017 23:13
  
  A federal judge has discharged rapper 50 Cent's bankruptcy case after he paid more than $22 million
  
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• Jenkins & Chazelle: The young directors at center of Oscars

  02-02-2017 23:08
  
  At the forefront of this year's Oscar race are two filmmakers in their 30s with seemingly limitless careers ahead of them: Damien Chazelle, the 32-year-old wunderkind behind "La La Land" and Barry Jenkins, the 37-year-old writer-director of "Moonlight."
  
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• Man indicted in shooting death of ex-NFL player Joe McKnight

  02-02-2017 21:30
  
  A New Orleans-area prosecutor says a grand jury has indicted the man accused of killing former NFL running back Joe McKnight during a road rage dispute
  
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• Officials seek custody of man with dementia found in Britain

  02-02-2017 21:23
  
  Los Angeles County officials have filed documents seeking to become the guardian of a California man with dementia who was found disoriented and alone at a British bus station two years ago and became the subject of a TV documentary
  
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• Lady Gaga says Super Bowl halftime show is 'for everyone'

  02-02-2017 21:19
  
  Lady Gaga said she hopes her Super Bowl halftime show will celebrate "inclusion" and the "spirit of equality" during a time of national division
  
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• [BROOKLYN IS ANGRY] Today: Yemeni bodega owners closing stores to protest Trump’s travel ban

  02-02-2017 21:17
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThis could be a good day to pack lunch.
  Around a thousand Yemeni-American bodega and grocery-store owners will close their stores around the city on Thursday and rally outside Brooklyn Borough Hall to protest President Trump’s ban on citizens from their homeland entering the U.S., according to the protest’s organizers.
  “This shutdown of grocery stores and bodegas will be a publ
  
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• [FORT GREENE] School bus full of kids plows into fire hydrant in Fort Greene

  02-02-2017 21:15
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.by Ruth BrownBrooklyn PaperA driver plowed a school bus full of kids into a fire hydrant outside a Fort Greene elementary school on Feb. 1, sending one distraught youngster to the hospital with an injured leg.The driver picked up kids outside the educational PS 67 on St. Edwards street at Auburn Place around 3 pm, then crashed into the poles surrounding the hydrant as he was driving off, according to police.One boy’s
  
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• Correction: Supreme Court Nominee-Ratings story

  02-02-2017 20:56
  
  In a story Feb. 1 about the TV ratings of the Supreme Court nominee, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the name of a cable channel
  
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• Former college basketball star pleads guilty to bank robbery

  02-02-2017 20:44
  
  A Pennsylvania high school basketball prospect who later starred at Seton Hall University, has pleaded guilty to robbing a bank last year
  
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• Beyoncé breaks record on Instagram with baby bump picture

  02-02-2017 20:18
  
  Beyoncé has broken the record for the most-liked Instagram post ever
  
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• Lauryn Hill sorry about late Pittsburgh show, plans another

  02-02-2017 18:51
  
  Singer-rapper Lauryn Hill has apologized for making fans wait more than three hours for her show to start in Pittsburgh on Tuesday
  
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• Former homeless advocate admits to running drug market

  02-02-2017 18:30
  
  A man whose job once included helping homeless addicts in New Jersey get drug treatment has admitted to overseeing a drug ring that sold heroin and crack cocaine
  
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• New film links McVeigh to far-right ahead of OKC bombing

  02-02-2017 18:22
  
  A new documentary outlines threads among far-right groups and Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh
  
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• “The Rowdy and Raucous Hopefulness that Is Our Birthright”: Talking with Michael Eric Dyson on his Sermon to White America

  02-02-2017 18:21 via bkmag.com
  
  Ordained Baptist minister, political pundit, and Georgetown University professor Michael Eric Dyson has always saturated his work  with messages and themes that not only explicitly articulate the Black experience, but uniquely define it as well. From providing searing commentary on the travesty that was Hurricane Katrina to sharing valuable critique of Barack Obama’s historic presidency, Dyson’s incomparable insight has become crucial to any discussion of the state of Black Amer
  
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• Every Man Dies Alone: Dark Night

  02-02-2017 18:17 via bkmag.com
  
  Dark NightDirected by Tim SuttonOpens February 3 at the Alamo Drafthouse
  A contemporary look at the disaffection and desensitization that have long been native to American suburbia, the unsettling independent film Dark Night describes a world of vast parking lots, manicured lawns, and latent violence. The third feature by Brooklyn-based writer-director Tim Sutton, which premiered last year in the low-budget NEXT sidebar of Sundance, imagines a sort of alternate-history version of the movie-thea
  
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• 10 Culture Essentials for February

  02-02-2017 18:12
  
  The other morning my husband and I got into a bleary-eyed fight over a minor difference in opinion over a political matter of great importance. I’m being purposefully vague here because I don’t want to send you into the vortex of news-cycle misery we’re all struggling not to lose ourselves to right now. We did not manage to come to any enlightened conclusion about the state of the nation, or the issue we were bickering about, but we did reach one solid agreement–we
  
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• Hillary Clinton cheered at Broadway's 'In Transit' musical

  02-02-2017 17:43
  
  Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her husband attended the Wednesday night performance of "In Transit" on Broadway, arriving at the Circle in the Square Theatre to thunderous applause
  
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• Clive Davis documentary to open Tribeca Film Festival

  02-02-2017 17:01
  
  The 16th Tribeca Film Festival will kick off with a night honoring the legendary music producer Clive Davis
  
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• Brooklyn’s Vinyl Circuit Expands: Almost Ready Records

  02-02-2017 16:56 via bkmag.com
  
  Vinyl enthusiasts, get excited. Prominent indie/punk/garage label Almost Ready Records now boasts its own brick and mortar shop under the same name. Tucked into an unassuming corner on Huntington Street in Carroll Gardens, co-owners Harry Howes and Katherine Ohlweiler opened their sunlit doors to the public this past Sunday. Welcoming customers with smiles from ear to ear and complimentary Bloody Marys, Howes says the transition from label to shop was a long time coming.“I’ve always
  
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• First CEO at R. Lauren not named Ralph Lauren is unsaddled

  02-02-2017 16:48
  
  Stefan Larsson, who took over as CEO for Ralph Lauren less than two years ago in hopes of revitalizing the iconic brand, is leaving the company
  
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• Singer Vera Lynn to mark 100th birthday with new album

  02-02-2017 16:43
  
  Singer Vera Lynn is making plans to mark her 100th birthday with the release of a new album featuring many of her (very) old classics
  
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• Marley Dias, young diversity advocate, working on book

  02-02-2017 16:36
  
  A 12-year-old advocate for diversity in literature is working on a book about activism and social justice
  
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• NWSL matches will be shown on Lifetime each Saturday

  02-02-2017 16:33
  
  A+E Networks has bought an equity stake in the National Women's Soccer League and will broadcast matches on the Lifetime network for the next three seasons
  
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• Van Jones of CNN has book coming out in fall

  02-02-2017 16:30
  
  Van Jones, the political activist and CNN commentator who coined the term "whitelash" for Donald Trump's election victory, has a book deal
  
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• Review: '24: Legacy' may be even better than the original

  02-02-2017 16:18
  
  Start your clock: "24: Legacy" is a blast
  
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• Maine governor again won't support Patriots in Super Bowl

  02-02-2017 15:01
  
  Another year, another Patriots Super Bowl appearance that Maine Gov. Paul LePage has no interest in watching
  
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• The Rudiments of Drinking at The Corners

  02-02-2017 15:00 via bkmag.com
  
   The Corners
  395 Nostrand Ave., Bed-Stuy
  Sasha Petraske did something good in 1999 when he opened Milk & Honey on the Lower East Side, and re-introduced an exacting cocktail to New York City drinkers. But as you know—because you live here—there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. I’ve enjoyed my fair share of nights in candle-lit booths, water spigot en suite, slurping egg-white froth off the top of my whiskey sours, too, but come to think of it, a High Life a
  
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• Leuca: Not Your Average Staples

  02-02-2017 14:50 via bkmag.com
  
  Leuca
  111 N 12th st., Williamsburg
  It’s not enough for boutique hotels to boast rooftop pools and 24-hour fitness facilities nowadays. In order to woo both tourists and locals alike, these self-contained towers need to commission world-class chefs as well, to oversee everything from room service to cabana snacks to destination-worthy restaurants.But while the structures themselves may appear flashed in from the future (witness Williamsburg’s The William Vale, a conical expanse of me
  
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• One Way or Another: Black Women’s Cinema at BAM

  02-02-2017 14:29 via bkmag.com
  
  One Way or Another: Black Women’s Cinema, 1970-1991February 2-23 at BAM
  Whether it’s a documentary, short film, or original screenplay, “One Way or Another” pitches the idea of film as a historical text and cultural memory. The series showcases black women directors as not just filmmakers, but anthropologists and griots, uncovering, archiving, and telling authentic stories by and about black women. The collective ethos of the series is personified in two of films about A
  
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• Sturgill Simpson, Chance the Rapper to perform at Grammys

  02-02-2017 13:59
  
  Top Grammy contenders Sturgill Simpson and Chance the Rapper are set to perform at the awards show this month
  
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• Mozart meets his match: Stage hit 'Amadeus' comes to screen

  02-02-2017 13:35
  
  For a play that makes audience members contemplate their own mediocrity, "Amadeus" is quite the crowd-pleaser
  
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• Organizers lament cancellation of Timbuktu music festival

  02-02-2017 13:28
  
  Organizers lament last-minute cancellation of Timbuktu festival as extremist threat lingers
  
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• [WINDSOR TERRACE] State no help to families stranded by WT day-care closure, parents say

  02-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperBaby, it’s cold outside for these babies.State officials are refusing to allow a group of beloved Windsor Terrace childcarers to continue providing babysitting services to more than 30 families stranded by the sudden closure of their local daycare last month, despite the pleas of parents and local pols.“For families left out in the cold, this is now an emergency situation,” said Kensington resident Scott MacMillan
  
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• [STANDING O] Standing O is sending out a C.H.E.E.R. to the Clippers squad

  02-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyBay RidgeGive me C, give me LGive me Clippers! Rah, rah, sis-boom-bah — give me a great big cheer for the Xaverian Clippers cheerleading squad!
  Classic Clipper pride was on display when the team raised a pompom in the Junior Varsity Small Team Division of the Catholic High School Athletic Association Regional Cheerleading competition held at the College of Staten Island last week.
  This was a first-ever for the team, which
  
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• [SPONSORED CONTENT] CDPAP bridges the gap to independence for the elderly and disabled

  02-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.Edison Home Health CareNo one wants to live their senior years in an assisted living facility or nursing home. We want to live independent, active lives in our homes in a familiar neighborhood, surrounded by our family and friends for as long as we possibly can.
  The Consumer Directed Personal Assistant Program (often referred to as CDPAP) allows seniors and disabled adults to realize this dream without breaking the bank or placing an unnecessary burden on thei
  
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• [NIGHTLIFE] Your guide to Brooklyn’s best Super Bowl-adjacent activities

  02-02-2017 06:00
  
  The Puppy Bowl, pre-gaming, and chili cook-offs! Read more.
  
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• [FORT GREENE] Throwing them a bone: Human remains inside Prison Ship memorial may be only hope for ‘national monument’

  02-02-2017 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperIt’s a grave situation!The human remains inside the Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument in Fort Greene Park might be the iconic structure’s only shot a becoming a national monument, according to federal officials.The 109-year-old memorial — which commemorates the thousands who died in British prison ships in New York Harbor during the Revolutionary War, and still contains some
  
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• [FORT GREENE] Myrtle teach: Fort Greene artwalk celebrates black history month

  02-02-2017 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn DailyTake a stroll down memory avenue.The fifth annual “Black Artstory” series of events and exhibitions will turn six blocks of Myrtle Avenue in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill into a walkable history of African healing practices. The curator of this year’s series “The Altar: Rituals Of Healing In The African Diaspora,” starting Feb. 3, says that although any African A
  
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• [DOWNTOWN] Today: Yemeni bodega owners closing stores to protest Trump’s travel ban

  02-02-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn DailyThis could be a good day to pack lunch.
  Around a thousand Yemeni-American bodega and grocery-store owners will close their stores around the city on Thursday and rally outside Brooklyn Borough Hall to protest President Trump’s ban on citizens from their homeland entering the U.S., according to the protest’s organizers.
  “This shutdown of grocery stores and bodegas will be a public show of the vital role these grocer
  
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• [COURTS] Brooklyn journalists face felony rioting charges for inauguration protest coverage

  02-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Ruth BrownBrooklyn DailyThree Brooklynites were among six journalists arrested and hit with felony rioting charges while covering inauguration protests in the nation’s capital on Jan. 20.
  Police dropped the charges against Ditmas Park resident Evan Engel of website Vocativ a week later last Friday — and similarly cleared three other journalists on Monday — but freelance reporter Aaron Miguel Cantu of Crown Heights and activist photojournal
  
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• Brooklyn journalists face felony rioting charges for inauguration protest coverage

  02-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Ruth BrownBrooklyn PaperThree Brooklynites were among six journalists arrested and hit with felony rioting charges while covering inauguration protests in the nation’s capital on Jan. 20.
  Police dropped the charges against Ditmas Park resident Evan Engel of website Vocativ a week later last Friday — and similarly cleared three other journalists on Monday — but freelance reporter Aaron Miguel Cantu of Crown Heights and activist photojournal
  
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• [BOROBEAT] Brighton Beach students welcome the Year of the Rooster

  02-02-2017 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThey’re boosters for the roosters!Students ushered in the Chinese New Year with traditional dance performances at IS 303 in Brighton Beach on Jan. 27.
  There’s no better way to celebrate the Year of the Rooster than with elaborate Lion and Kung Fu dances — performers from the Happy House Community and Cultural Center in Sheepshead Bay put on the show as the students cheered on
  
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• [ATLANTIC YARDS] Thin ice: Barclays split could send Islanders back east

  02-02-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyIsle be back!A break-up between Barclays Center and the New York Islanders could pave the way for the National Hockey League team’s return to its native Long Island.Bloomberg News reported on Monday that the Islanders are on the verge of being kicked out of Barclays Center, where they have been playing in front of sparse crowds on a rink shoe-horned into the Prospect Heights arena for the last two years.But the team could find a home in the
  
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• [ART] Myrtle teach: Fort Greene artwalk celebrates black history month

  02-02-2017 06:00
  
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• Day 12 In Trump’s World

  02-02-2017 04:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Hear ye, hear ye, more fuckwittery.First order of business: Trump may or may not know who Frederick Douglass is as evident by his Black History Month speech. Equally terrifying is his tenacity when it comes to decrying false reports that he had removed a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. from the Oval Office on such a day. Here’s the full baffling transcript.Footage emerges of Trump telling Jorge Ramos, a Mexican-born American journalist and author, to ‘go back to Univsion’ a
  
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• Pacers hold on to beat Magic 98-88 on the road

  02-02-2017 03:46
  
  C.J. Miles scored 16 points, Glenn Robinson III added 14 and the Indiana Pacers held on to beat the Orlando Magic 98-88
  
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• Stranded by flat tire, Marta Becket made the desert dance

  02-02-2017 01:46
  
  A ballerina who drew audiences from around the world to an abandoned Mojave Desert stage she adopted after being stranded there by a flat tire in 1967 has died at the age of 92.
  
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