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• Cancer patient dies months after meeting hero, Tom Brady

  14-02-2017 23:19
  
  A 10-year-old cancer patient, who in December lived out his dream of meeting New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady , has died
  
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• Ventura's death weighs on Royals as spring training opens

  14-02-2017 23:14
  
  The locker was empty
  
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• Cuban players: We paid thousands for journey to US baseball

  14-02-2017 23:01
  
  Two Cuban baseball players have told a federal jury they paid tens of thousands of dollars from signing bonuses with Major League Baseball teams to a smuggling network allegedly overseen by a Florida sports agent and his trainer associate
  
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• [►AUDIO, PODCAST] Who ya gonna call? BPR talks with TrumpBusting Coucilman Brad Lander

  14-02-2017 22:57
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Moses Jeffersonfor Brooklyn PaperA Park Slope lawmaker had a stirring and eloquent rebuke to Americans who support Donald Trump’s mass deportations of low-level or even non-criminal aliens over the past few days: Open your heart.Councilman Brad Lander was the latest “TrumpBuster” to join Brooklyn Paper Radio — and he used Brooklyn’s biggest megaphone to slam the President’s approach t
  
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• NBC acquires stake in Euronews, shuffles news executives

  14-02-2017 22:35
  
  NBC says it is purchasing the television news network Euronews, giving the network access to 500 new journalists in Europe, Africa and the Middle East
  
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• 'SNL' keeps up Trump-inspired winning streak

  14-02-2017 22:34
  
  'Saturday Night Live,' hosted this past week by President Trump impersonator Alec Baldwin, reaches the show's largest audience since 2011
  
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• Naeem Khan uses Maya Angelou poem to close emotional show

  14-02-2017 21:55
  
  Designer Naeem Khan saved a stunning look for last at his New York Fashion Week show: a grand, golden bridal gown, traveling the runway to the sounds of Maya Angelou's "Human Family."
  
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• 'La La Land': The curiously divisive Oscar front-runner

  14-02-2017 21:52
  
  No film has sparked the kind of opinion clash that Damien Chazelle's toe-tapping musical about showbiz dreamers has
  
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• Lawyer to panel: No promises to 'Making a Murderer' inmate

  14-02-2017 20:42
  
  State attorneys are trying to persuade a panel of federal appellate judges that a Wisconsin inmate featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" was properly convicted
  
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• A Cure for Wellness: “You Like Puzzles?”

  14-02-2017 20:42 via bkmag.com
  
  A Cure for WellnessDirected by Gore VerbinskiOpens February 17
  There are a lot of horror movies released these days, a shocking percentage of them from the Blumhouse production company. But with even a meticulous filmmaker like M. Night Shyamalan taking a stripped-down Blum-produced approach, it’s relatively rare to see a studio movie summon lavish, big-budget dread the way A Cure for Wellness does. The movie opens with a death that might well be perfectly natural, as these things go&mdas
  
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• Fired for Venus Williams remark, ex-commentator sues ESPN

  14-02-2017 20:41
  
  A tennis commentator dropped by ESPN for a remark about Venus Williams during the Australian Open has sued the network for wrongful termination
  
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• The 'Hidden Figures' screenwriter had NASA in her blood

  14-02-2017 20:35
  
  Oscar nominated screenwriter Allison Schroeder talks about her NASA background and bringing to life the little-known story of the black women mathematicians in the early days of the space program
  
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• Café Moto Is Reborn As Bar Velo

  14-02-2017 20:18 via bkmag.com
  
  When husband-and-wife team John McCormick and Vannesa Shanks announced that Williamsburg stalwart Café Moto was closing, its regulars were understandably upset. After all, Moto had been a neighborhood staple since 2002, when it opened under the J/M/Z. At the time, it was one of the few places in the neighborhood where you could go for a good meal, an inviting atmosphere, and live music. In fact, that’s how McCormick and Shanks met. “I used to live two blocks down the street w
  
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• 'Hidden Figures' to screen for free for Black History Month

  14-02-2017 19:53
  
  The Oscar-nominated film "Hidden Figures" about the untold story of the black women mathematicians who worked at NASA during the space race will screen for free in select U.S. cities in celebration of Black History Month
  
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• [CROWN HEIGHTS] Brower Park Library to close, move to Children’s Museum

  14-02-2017 19:52
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperIt is a write-off!The Brooklyn Public Library plans on closing its Brower Park branch in Crown Heights and opening a new branch within the Brooklyn Children’s Museum two blocks away in 2019.The current book-lending hub on St. Marks Avenue between Nostrand and New York avenues is in a rented space that is practically falling apart and needs some $5.6 million in renovations — including a new roof, heating system, and boil
  
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• AP source: Oakley's ban from Madison Square Garden lifted

  14-02-2017 19:46
  
  Charles Oakley is allowed back in Madison Square Garden, though the former New York Knicks star says he wants an apology before he would return
  
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• TCM Classic Film Fest celebrates Poitier, Fisher, Reynolds

  14-02-2017 19:08
  
  Turner Classic Movies is recognizing Sidney Poitier, Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher at its eighth annual TCM Classic Film Festival
  
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• Michelle Obama Makes Best Ever Valentine’s Instagram

  14-02-2017 19:06 via bkmag.com
  
  Most of the time, Instagram beach feet selfies are the worst. I don’t care about your feet on the beach! But this beach feet selfie is the best thing I’ve seen in a long time, because the beach feet captured in it belong to former First Lady Michelle Obama, and former President, her Valentine, Barack Obama—AKA Vacationing Couple Of The Year.
  I actually cannot count all the ways I love these people. There are too many. Nor can I count all the reasons that I miss them
  
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• Review: 'The Freedom Broker' has gripping action, thrills

  14-02-2017 18:54
  
  Book Review: "The Freedom Broker" by K.J. Howe has gripping action, thrills
  
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• Atlanta zoo names cockroach after Patriots QB Tom Brady

  14-02-2017 18:53
  
  More than a week after the Falcons fell victim to the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history, an Atlanta zoo has named a cockroach after Patriots quarterback Tom Brady
  
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• Court upholds sentence for ex-NYC cop's off-duty sex assault

  14-02-2017 18:39
  
  The state's top court has upheld 75-year-to-life prison sentence against former New York City police officer who admitted grabbing a schoolteacher off the street and raping her
  
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• Picturing Brooklyn: Stereotype and Self-Portraiture in It’s All Good and Lo-Life: An American Classic

  14-02-2017 18:28 via bkmag.com
  
  At first glance, two recent photography books from powerHouse Books, It’s All Good and Lo-Life: An American Classic, look related. The former, newly reprinted ten years after its initial publication, chronicles drug dealers and addicts in the early aughts in Bushwick, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and Long Island City. The latter is a portrait of the Lo-Life gang, a group of teenagers from Brownsville and Crown Heights who, in the 1980s and 90s, hustled and stole to acquire the Ralph Lauren apparel
  
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• Disney drops YouTube's PewDiePie over offensive videos

  14-02-2017 18:21
  
  YouTube star Felix Kjellberg (SHEHL'-burg), who goes by the name PewDiePie online, has been dropped from Disney's Maker Studios, and YouTube has cancelled his reality series following a Wall Street Journal report that he made anti-Semitic videos
  
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• Jury selection begins in ex-NFL star's latest murder trial

  14-02-2017 18:20
  
  Jury selection is underway in ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez's second murder trial
  
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• Bushwick’s Shea Stadium Is Open Again

  14-02-2017 18:18 via bkmag.com
  
  Some exciting Valentine’s Day news for people in love with charming music venues: Bushwick’s beloved DIY space Shea Stadium has reopened, according to our friends at Brooklyn Vegan,  after spending the last three weeks and change closed down.
  The space was initially closed after police intervention on January 20th, before the venue announced that it would remain shut down temporarily to ‘plan for the future.’ Booked shows were moved elsewhere
  
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• Woman chained in container says she was raped daily

  14-02-2017 18:09
  
  A South Carolina woman says she was raped daily for two months while chained inside a container by a man accused of killing her boyfriend and six others
  
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• Federal judge wins $5,000 prize for book 'Waging War'

  14-02-2017 18:00
  
  Federal judge David J. Barron is this year's winner of the William E. Colby Award, a $5,000 honor given for a fiction or nonfiction book about the military, intelligence operations or foreign policy
  
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• Senate confirms former wrestling exec McMahon to lead SBA

  14-02-2017 17:56
  
  The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm former wrestling entertainment executive Linda McMahon to lead the Small Business Administration
  
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• Which Bar Stereotypes Are True?

  14-02-2017 17:51 via bkmag.com
  
  Which Bar Stereotypes Are True?
  When you hit your local watering hole, you’ve got questions. It’s ok—we all do. How do we get some answers to those burning questions? Well, there’s no better way than to go directly to the source. We give you, below, our February tips for tips on how some of the burning mysteries play out for some regular bar attendees.
  Christian
  Where he presides:
  No. 7 Restaurant, Fort Greene
  Favorite Drink:
  Harry Callahan
  “I was working at a
  
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• Music! Wifi! Olympians impressed with Pyeongchang perks

  14-02-2017 17:27
  
  Plenty of US athletes getting a look at Pyeongchang, a year before the 2018 Olympics, and are coming away impressed with wifi and music options
  
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• Downey Jr., Linklater to make film based on podcast

  14-02-2017 17:14
  
  Richard Linklater and Robert Downey Jr. are teaming up to make a film adapted from a podcast
  
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• Music Review: Krauss sings classic country on 'Windy City'

  14-02-2017 17:10
  
  When it comes to selecting songs, Alison Krauss' aim is true
  
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• New York Times: Reporter's Melania Trump dig 'inappropriate'

  14-02-2017 17:05
  
  The New York Times says a reporter's comment about an unfounded rumor about first lady Melania Trump in a private conversation with an actress was "completely inappropriate."
  
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• A new meditation studio finds an Om in Williamsburg

  14-02-2017 16:50
  
  Photo: MNDFL Williamsburg
  Taking deep breaths and closing your eyes to meditate in your cluttered bedroom, under fluorescent lights at your desk, or even on a crowded train is not exactly ideal, but it’s still an effort that many of us put forth as often as we can. Studies showing that meditation helps with everything from stress to fatigue to monkey mind, plus convenient apps like Headspace and Calm have inspired a new interest in the ancient practice and devotees swear that even the F t
  
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• El Atoradero’s New Mezcal Bar Delivers Booze We Can Use

  14-02-2017 16:49 via bkmag.com
  
  Screwball movies and sunny music have long served as diversions during troubled times. And if Brooklyn’s current profusion of mezcal bars is proposed as additional salve, well, we’ll take that too.
  As opposed to La Milgrosa’s recently debuted speakeasy, El Atoradero’s agave den is out well in the open—in fact, it occupies its very own building, directly next to the restaurant. Christened Madre Mezcaleria, the Crown Heights newcomer will eventually house up to 125 bo
  
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• In message to Trump, London to screen Iranian Oscar nominee

  14-02-2017 16:12
  
  London's mayor says the British capital will hold a free outdoor screening of an Academy Award-nominated Iranian film whose director scrapped plans to attend the Oscars because of President Donald Trump's travel ban
  
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• Cambodian king to open Jolie's film on Khmer Rouge survivor

  14-02-2017 16:08
  Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni will preside over the premiere of Angelina Jolie's film based on a memoir from a Khmer Rouge survivor
  
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• Documentary about Joseph Beuys stars at Berlin Film Festival

  14-02-2017 16:04
  
  A documentary about German artist Joseph Beuys shows previously unpublished audio and video footage of one the most influential artists of the 20th century, who became famous for his signature hat, felt and fat installations
  
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• Enter soundman: Mics fixed, Metallica heads out on tour

  14-02-2017 16:01
  
  With their Spinal Tap moment at the Grammy Awards behind them, Metallica is heading out on a 23-date U.S. stadium tour in May in support of their new album "Hardwired ... To Self-Destruct," which has sold nearly 2 million copies since its November release
  
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• Music Review: Ryan Adams delivers fresh songs and heartaches

  14-02-2017 15:24
  
  Music Review: From the days when he exploded out of North Carolina with the alt-country band Whiskeytown to his growth into 1 of Americana's great songwriters, Ryan Adams has always floated just below superstar status
  
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• New York magazine has 4-book deal with Simon & Schuster

  14-02-2017 15:01
  
  New York magazine is teaming up with Simon & Schuster for a series of books, starting with 1 about ... New York
  
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• Get your home red-carpet-ready with Badgley Mischka

  14-02-2017 15:00
  
  The designer duo Badgley Mischka is launching a Hollywood-inspired home collection with looks pulled right off the runway
  
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• Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 19-25

  14-02-2017 14:46
  
  Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 19-25
  
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• Rachel Lindsay named ABC's first black "Bachelorette"

  14-02-2017 12:38
  
  ABC has named a black woman as its "Bachelorette" for the first time in the show's history
  
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• MTV's European music awards headed to London in November

  14-02-2017 11:48
  
  MTV's Europe Music Awards are headed to London
  
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• SeaWorld critics want further details about orca's death

  14-02-2017 11:26
  
  Animal welfare groups are pushing SeaWorld to release more information about how Tilikum, the orca that killed a trainer at the company's Orlando park, died from an infection in January
  
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• Reinhardt University plans vigil for ex-NFLer Quentin Moses

  14-02-2017 11:15
  
  Reinhardt University is planning a vigil for Quentin Moses, a former NFL linebacker who was as an assistant football coach for the school when he died in a house fire over the weekend
  
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• Former wrestling executive Linda McMahon on track to SBA

  14-02-2017 10:05
  
  Former wrestling entertainment executive Linda McMahon is on track to secure Senate confirmation to be the next leader of the Small Business Administration
  
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• [COBBLE HILL] Flaming out: City still has no plans for decaying old Engine 204 firehouse

  14-02-2017 08:15
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThis red-hot real-estate is going cold!The historic Engine 204 firehouse in Cobble Hill has been sitting empty since it was closed in 2003, and the city still has no concrete plans to make use of — or even clean up — the 160-year-old building that is now blighted with graffiti.
  Many locals are still hoping to see it reopen as a station, but if not (and the Fire Department says they s
  
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• [PHOTO GALLERIES] Harvey Lichtenstein, Brooklyn arts icon, dead at 87

  14-02-2017 07:48
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By James HarneyBrooklyn PaperHarvey Lichtenstein, an arts administrator best known for revitalizing the Brooklyn Academy of Music during his 32-year tenure as its president and executive producer, died on Feb. 11. He was 87.Lichtenstein suffered a stroke seven years ago and his health had declined over the past few months, according to his son John.The National Medal of Arts recipient lived out his final days at his home i
  
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