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• Gimme Five: Teacher creates unique greetings for students

  03-02-2017 23:59
  
  A North Carolina fifth-grade teacher who designed unique and lively greetings for each of his students has become an internet sensation
  
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• LT, Taylor, Dawkins, Jones, Tagliabue among hall candidates

  03-02-2017 23:57
  
  It seems that one word is commonly used by candidates for the Pro Football Hall of Fame
  
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• Blip, or was this the year fans started tuning out the NFL?

  03-02-2017 23:13
  
  Declining TV ratings, relocating teams and a dip in the growth of fantasy football were among the storylines in the NFL this season
  
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• Stef Chura touring w/ Sad13 after dates w/ Priests, playing Mercury Lounge

  03-02-2017 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Stef Chura's very good new album 'Messes' is out now.
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• Convict who researched Islamic extremism sent back to jail

  03-02-2017 22:44
  A Muslim convert convicted of threatening the creators of the "South Park" cartoon series for episodes he deemed blasphemous has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for violating terms of his release by going on a cocaine binge
  
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• Amber Valletta pens op-ed against EPA nominee Scott Pruitt

  03-02-2017 22:31
  
  Model, actress, activist and mom Amber Valletta speaks out in an op-ed piece on Glamour.com against her fellow Oklahoman, Scott Pruitt
  
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• [DOWNTOWN] NYU engineering school evacuated after rooftop machinery malfunctions

  03-02-2017 22:15
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By The Brooklyn Paper NYU Rooftop Action News BureauBrooklyn PaperA rooftop heating unit at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering began bellowing out clouds of black smoke on Friday afternoon, forcing the college to evacuate students and faculty from the Downtown campus.There were no injuries as a result of what firefighters described as “more of a malfunction” than a raging inferno, but the
  
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• stream Hand Habits' debut LP 'Wildly Idle'

  03-02-2017 22:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Hand Habits (aka singer/guitarist Meg Duffy) will release her debut album Wildly Idle, next week via Woodsist, but you can stream it right now via Hype Machine. She's got a delicate, laid back style which makes this a great Sunday Morning type record...
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• Ferguson to pay $3M to settle man's death in stun gun case

  03-02-2017 21:47
  
  Ferguson, Missouri, has dropped its appeal of a federal jury's $3 million award to survivors of a naked, unarmed man who died after being repeatedly shocked with an officer's stun gun and will pay the amount instead
  
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• Lawyers: Man shot former NFL running back in self-defense

  03-02-2017 21:20
  
  Lawyers for the man accused of fatally shooting Joe McKnight says his client shot the former NFL running back in self-defense
  
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• Father John Misty shares "Ballad of the Dying Man" and live acoustic "Leaving LA" from new LP

  03-02-2017 20:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  "Leaving LA" is the 13-minute centerpiece of FJM's new album 'Pure Comedy.'
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• Houston rapper Bun B on Super Bowl, Pimp C and education

  03-02-2017 20:09
  
  For Houston rapper Bun B, Sunday's Super Bowl will be a win for him no matter who takes home the trophy
  
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• [►VIDEO, BEDFORD-STUYVESANT] Video shows yahoos shooting into Bedford-Stuyvesant bodega

  03-02-2017 20:02
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Ruth BrownBrooklyn PaperPolice just released footage of two teens firing a gun inside a Bedford-Stuyvesant bodega last month, in the hopes someone will recognize the yahoos.
  The brutes blasted several rounds from the doorway of the deli on Myrtle Avenue near Throop Avenue at around 1:20 pm on Jan. 23 before running off, the footage shows.But their bullets likely only hit packs of Lays and Slim Jims — no one was injured in the gunfire, police said.Cops
  
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• Five Notable Releases of the Week (2/3)

  03-02-2017 19:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This week's Notable Releases include heartland punks The Menzingers, the solo debut from Odd Future/The Internet's Syd, the solo debut from SBTRKT/Drake collaborator Sampha, and more.
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• Coen Brothers spoof 'Easy Rider' in Mercedes Super Bowl commercial (starring Peter Fonda)

  03-02-2017 19:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Plus: lots of musicians and music in Super Bowl commercials, from Justin Timberlake to Foreigner.
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• The Latest: Trump takes aim at Dodd-Frank financial overhaul

  03-02-2017 19:31
  
  President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that will direct the Treasury secretary to review the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial overhaul
  
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• Tiny Hazard releasing 'Greyland' on Ba Da Bing (stream "Sharkwhirl")

  03-02-2017 19:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It's a chaotic song, with a totally unhinged vocal performance from Alena Spanger, furious drumming, and bursts of distortion that kinda sound somewhere between a guitar and a keyboard.
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• 10 Super Bowl ads to watch: Sexy Mr. Clean; John Malkovich

  03-02-2017 19:20
  
  Advertisers are paying $5 million for just 30 seconds to reach the more than 110 million people in the U.S. expected to tune in
  
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• Lawyer: Man shot former NFL running back in self-defense

  03-02-2017 19:16
  
  A lawyer for the man accused of fatally shooting Joe McKnight says his client shot the former NFL running back in self-defense
  
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• Conan and North announce tour

  03-02-2017 19:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The tour includes Conan's appearance at Maryland Deathfest. North don't play MDF, but they do play the similarly awesome Psycho Las Vegas.
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• Happy to be an Estefan, Gloria's daughter charts own path

  03-02-2017 19:09
  
  Emily Estefan overcame her biggest fear the moment she sang to her mother, diva Gloria Estefan, on a winter night in Florida
  
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• Kelsea Ballerini, Maren Morris lead wave of country women

  03-02-2017 19:02
  
  Move aside bros: Newcomers Kelsea Ballerini and Maren Morris are leading a wave of country women at the Grammys
  
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• Hernandez lawyers seek extra time to prepare for trial

  03-02-2017 18:58
  
  Lawyers for former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez have asked for a three-month delay to the start of their client's double murder trial so they can plow through mountains of new information
  
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• Vince Staples says "tell the president to suck a dick" on new single "BagBak"

  03-02-2017 18:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Vince Staples takes shots at gentrification, racial profiling, and the president on his fired-up new song.
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• Super Bowl advertisers tread carefully in divisive climate

  03-02-2017 18:39
  
  Super Bowl advertisers are treading carefully this year to avoid alienating customers as a divisive political climate takes some of the buzz away from what is usually the biggest spectacle on TV
  
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• Goooooal! Cosmos soccer team moving to MCU Park

  03-02-2017 18:28
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperAnd here’s the pitch.MCU Park’s baseball field will become a soccer pitch this spring when the New York Cosmos — formerly of Long Island — make their new home in Coney Island. The fan-shaped field — also home to the Brooklyn Cyclones — will host all 16 home matches for the defending champions of the second-tier professional North American Soccer League st
  
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• [CONEY ISLAND] Goooooal! Cosmos soccer team moving to MCU Park

  03-02-2017 18:27
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyAnd here’s the pitch.MCU Park’s baseball field will become a soccer pitch this spring when the New York Cosmos — formerly of Long Island — make their new home in Coney Island. The fan-shaped field — also home to the Brooklyn Cyclones — will host all 16 home matches for the defending champions of the second-tier professional North American Soccer League st
  
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• Okkervil River, Joyce Manor, Will Sheff, Lady Lamb & more on new Valentines Day comps (listen)

  03-02-2017 18:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Lady Lamb, Joyce Manor, Ladyhawke, Okkervil River's Will Sheff, Lucero's Ben Nichols, Xenia Rubinos, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Tacocat, Surfer Blood, Nikki Lane and many more have contributed to two new Valentines Day playlists for Amazon Music...
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• Busy Alaska volcano: Seawater, magma figure in eruptions

  03-02-2017 17:53
  
  An underwater volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands has erupted more than two dozen times since mid-December, and it could keep spewing ice crystals and rock fragments for months
  
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• The Bodega Strike in Images: Thousands in Brooklyn Refocus Attention on Muslim Ban

  03-02-2017 17:52 via bkmag.com
  
  (Photo by Julie Schwietert Collazo) 
  Fahd Al Fakih: Fahd Al Fakih was one of more than a thousand bodega owners in Brooklyn (bodega owners from other boroughs joined in, too) who participated in yesterday’s bodega strike. Al Fakih, owner of King Star Convenience Store and another Brooklyn business, shut his store at noon as an act of resistance to draw attention to the devastating effects of the Muslim ban on New York Muslims.
  Those effects aren’t abstract for Al Faki
  
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• [BROOKLYN HEIGHTS] Justice denied! Sotomayor steers clear of ‘Muslim ban,’ Gorsuch in Brooklyn Heights talk

  03-02-2017 17:47
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperIt was Supremely safe.Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor gave a decidedly apolitical talk at St. Francis College Brooklyn Heights on Thursday, disappointing some audience members by failing to discuss either President Trump’s potentially unconstitutional travel ban on citizens of seven Muslim countries or his recent nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the highest bench in the land.“I was expecting her to talk about the immi
  
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• Super Bowl online: See the game, learn some new taunts

  03-02-2017 16:57
  
  You can watch Sunday's Super Bowl game online for free, but there are a few exceptions
  
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• How to have “the talk” with your kids…about money

  03-02-2017 16:56
  
  This book dispenses common sense money advice (like “don’t raid their piggy banks!”) for parents to pass along to their kids. Photo: Simon & Schuster
  Last year when I was complaining about the cost of getting my car towed, my young son said, “Don’t worry! I can pay for it. I’ve got a cash register full of money!” I quizzically watched as he pulled out his Learning Resources toy register hidden under a pile of stuffed animals and old Lego pieces. Alt
  
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• Sober Sex in the City

  03-02-2017 16:30 via bkmag.com
  
  There are at least five bars within a five-minute walk from my Bushwick apartment that I would categorize as decent to a guaranteed good time and I’m very grateful, because being drunk makes so many things better: brunch, grocery shopping, trashy novels, scrolling through Instagram, riding the subway alone. But not sex. Drinking does not make sex better. Not even with strangers.
  If you’re single and living in New York, you likely drink before most of your hook-ups. It isn’t har
  
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• Good is the New Cool: Yoobi

  03-02-2017 16:30 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’.Yoobi creates fun, colorful supplies for the school, home and office that give back. For every Yoobi item purchased, they donate an item to a classroom in need right here in the U.S. through their partnership with the Kids In Need Foundation. We caught up with Chief Giving Officer Justin Wolff to find ou
  
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• The Latest: Trump applauds January jobs report

  03-02-2017 16:29
  
  President Donald Trump is applauding the January jobs report, saying it shows there's a "great spirit in the country right now."
  
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• Faith Evans announces duets album with late Notorious B.I.G.

  03-02-2017 16:23
  
  Faith Evans is releasing an album of duets with her late husband, The Notorious B.I.G., 20 years after his unsolved killing
  
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• The Tilda All Day Team Re-emerges, Triumphant, with Otway

  03-02-2017 16:20 via bkmag.com
  
  “My dream is 1970’s Paris,” rhapsodizes chef Claire Welle, as she sips the remnants of a bloody mary, on break from searing pork neck in the kitchen. “I want gluttonous, I want insane, I want masculine, I want butter spewed on the tables. I grew up in a world where tableside service was a thing, so we have that, and cheese, and large format bottles. I’d say we’re at 60-percent right now.”
  She’s referring to the week-old Otway (formerly Clinton Hil
  
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• Horoscopes: February

  03-02-2017 16:11 via bkmag.com
  
  Aquarius | Jan 20–Feb 18
  Finally, the moment has come: you’ve knit all the baby clothes you could ever need. Or, you know, made all those mounds of homemade pasta, or fabricated a household of bookshelves. Suffice it to say, you’ve been productive. Has it made you happy? Given you energy? Maybe. But if not, time to do some reassessing: figure out what’s really behind all that drive to keep doing so much.
  Pisces | Feb 19–Mar 20
  You. Work. So. Hard
  
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• To Collide in a Particular Way: Exploring The Loved Ones and Cultural Identity with Sonya Chung

  03-02-2017 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Sonya Chung’s The Loved Ones is a story of families and family histories, of love and entanglements and also of loss and coping. Chung  matches language to plot with sparse elegance. This multi-generational, multi-cultural saga never loses sight of the individual human beings at the center of the narrative. An interracial couple, Charles and Karen Lee, live in DC with their children, Veda and Benny, and employ a babysitter Hannah Lee (no relation). Their choices play out in the larger
  
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• Patriots coach McDaniels may be witness in Hernandez trial

  03-02-2017 14:42
  
  New court documents indicate that New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels may be called as a witness in the upcoming double murder trial of former Patriots player Aaron Hernandez
  
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• The Latest: Trump blames 'Islamic terrorist' in Paris attack

  03-02-2017 14:24
  
  President Donald Trump says that a "new radical Islamic terrorist" is behind an attack outside the Louvre Museum in Paris
  
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• Strut, Don’t Walk, to Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids on Saturday

  03-02-2017 14:00 via bkmag.com
  
  The number of moving parts in Justin Timberlake’s stage show is so overwhelming that you can have a grand time watching the concert film Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids with the sound muted, marveling at the expressionistic assembly of moving glass catwalks and geodesic screens that fragment and distort pointillist projections of faces. In last year’s document of the final nights of Timberlake’s 2015 world tour—making its US theatrical premiere at the Film Society
  
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• This Boy’s Life on Mars: The Space Between Us

  03-02-2017 13:20 via bkmag.com
  
  The Space Between UsDirected by Peter ChelsomOpens February 3
  Gardner Elliott (Asa Butterfield) is a Martian, technically speaking. His mother was an astronaut, part of a private company’s attempt to start the first colony on Mars, and she decided to proceed with her mission despite her pregnancy, perhaps intending to make that Matt Damon guy look like a real chump for merely growing potatoes on the red planet. She makes it to the colony but dies in childbirth, casting a pall over the fir
  
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• Trump tweets that actor 'tried hard' to make TV show work

  03-02-2017 13:04
  
  Trump keeps up criticism of Schwarzenegger's performance on 'Celebrity Apprentice,' but says he 'tried hard'
  
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• 2017 has country singer Sam Hunt looking all the way up

  03-02-2017 09:26
  
  2017 is looking good for Sam Hunt: The country star just released a new single, he's readying a massive summer tour, he proposed to his girlfriend, and the proud Georgia native is watching the Atlanta Falcons compete in the Super Bowl
  
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• Sorry: Pronger fines himself $5 for All-Star hit on Bieber

  03-02-2017 09:10
  
  Former Flyers captain Chris Pronger enjoys hit on pop singer Justin Bieber in NHL Celebrity game
  
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• Hello? People swamp Congress with calls in era of Trump

  03-02-2017 09:06
  
  Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are struggling with jammed phone lines as constituents call with complaints or praise or just questions in the era of Trump
  
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• Atlanta celebrities 'rise up' for Super Bowl-bound Falcons

  03-02-2017 08:34
  
  The New England Patriots have the Super Bowl history and experience going for them Sunday, but they can't compete with the Atlanta Falcons when it comes to an entourage of celebrity fans
  
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• Pick a card, any card: Magician lightens mood for Patriots

  03-02-2017 08:17
  
  John Duke Logan has a part-time job way in the back of the media workroom at Gillette Stadium, shooting video for his actual job as digital content specialist for the Patriots website
  
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