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• Proof through the night: Edmonton fans rescue US anthem

  01-05-2017 23:13
  
  O Edmonton! Oilers fans rescue US anthem before playoff game when microphone fails
  
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• No hard feelings for CBS after Dickerson's Trump interview

  01-05-2017 22:29
  
  CBS had a live telecast of its morning news show from the White House, a sign of the program's ascendancy in what used to be a two-network race in the morning
  
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• Correction: Jefferson Starship-Band Dispute story

  01-05-2017 22:14
  
  Correction: Jefferson Starship-Band Dispute story
  
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• Review: 'The Mask of Sanity' is a suspenseful story

  01-05-2017 21:45
  
  "The Mask of Sanity" by Jacob M. Appel is both a suspenseful yarn and a chilling portrait of the mind of a high-functioning sociopath
  
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• Eric Dane's depression puts TNT's 'Last Ship' on hiatus

  01-05-2017 21:40
  
  TNT has temporarily shut down production of its drama, "The Last Ship," while star Eric Dane battles depression
  
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• Review: Food is the true main course in 'Feast of Sorrow'

  01-05-2017 21:33
  
  "Feast of Sorrow" is a gastronomic, impossible-to-put-down tour of ancient Rome by author Crystal King
  
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• 'Outliers' is thrilling, satisfying roller-coaster ride

  01-05-2017 21:25
  
  "The Scattering," the second novel in the young adult "Outliers" trilogy, is thrilling, satisfying roller-coaster ride
  
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• Fox News co-president Bill Shine is out

  01-05-2017 21:24
  
  The turmoil at Fox News Channel has claimed another victim
  
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• Ex-race driver John Andretti fighting colon cancer

  01-05-2017 21:21
  
  Former IndyCar and NASCAR driver John Andretti says he is undergoing chemotherapy for stage-four colon cancer that's spread to his liver
  
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• Defiant rallies for worker rights mark May Day around world

  01-05-2017 21:17
  
  Workers and activists are marking May Day around the world with defiant rallies and marches for better pay and working conditions
  
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• Netflix responds to '13 Reasons' critics with more warnings

  01-05-2017 21:12
  
  Netflix is responding to critics of its new show "13 Reasons Why" by adding more warnings for viewers about the show's graphic content, which includes suicide and sexual assault
  
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• Filing: Tossing conviction would reward Hernandez's suicide

  01-05-2017 20:46
  
  Prosecutors have asked a judge to reject a request by attorneys for ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez to dismiss his murder conviction because he died before having his appeal heard.
  
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• Your May kids calendar: Make the most of spring (and Mother’s Day)

  01-05-2017 20:38
  
  It’s finally spring! The flowers are blooming in the window boxes and the sidewalk cafe seats are being hosed down. When your umbrella isn’t flying down the street ready to impale someone on a broken spoke, you can actually enjoy the weather. Here are 10 ways to make the most of the month, including a few inspired ways to celebrate Mother’s Day.
  This new neighborhood bookstore has a great children’s section, with secret nooks for reading, and knowledgeable staff full of
  
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• Review: Soprano Diana Damrau makes her case for Meyerbeer

  01-05-2017 20:37
  
  German soprano Diana Damrau honors Giacomo Meyerbeer with an album of 11 arias that survey his long multinational career
  
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• Showtime to air Stone interviews with Vladimir Putin

  01-05-2017 19:54
  
  Showtime says it will air a series of interviews between filmmaker Oliver Stone and Russian President Vladimir Putin over 4 days in June
  
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• Michael Moore to take on Trump on Broadway this summer

  01-05-2017 19:11
  
  Michael Moore, the Academy Award-winning director of "Bowling for Columbine," will perform the one-man show "The Terms of My Surrender" at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway starting July 28 for 12 weeks
  
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• Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2: Actually Fun This Time

  01-05-2017 19:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2Directed by James GunnOpens May 5
  “I’m gonna make some weird shit,” says Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) upon learning that he has inherited some pretty major world-building powers from his long-lost god father (note the space), played by Kurt Russell. Quill, an intergalactic thief turned hero also known as Star-Lord, then describes a statue of Pac-Man. This is the Star-Lord aesthetic in a nutshell: ’80s-kid references that are supposed to be &ldqu
  
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• 5 things you don't know about Baby Groot of 'Guardians'

  01-05-2017 18:34
  
  Baby Groot was born at the end of the first "Guardians of the Galaxy" film, and the extraterrestrial treelike creature is a tiny, scene-stealing superhero in "Vol
  
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• The Intercept and BuzzFeed News Team Up for Northside Report

  01-05-2017 18:32 via bkmag.com
  
  “You are fake news.”On January 11th, 2017, those words—directed at CNN reporter Jim Acosta—from then-President-elect Donald Trump were meant to chastise not only the reporter himself, but his entire organization, and, in a larger sense, the profession and a free press. Unless you were living under a rock, you heard this quote in one way or the other, and it had a rippling effect. For most, it was an incoming-president’s further attempt to discredit a press that was
  
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• Ahoy! Southern Brooklyn getting Governors Island ferry route

  01-05-2017 18:13
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyFerry good news!The city is launching a seasonal stop to Governors Island for the South Brooklyn route of the citywide ferry. Locals will be able to cruise over to the island on weekends from each stop serving Southern Brooklyn, making the trip more accessible for locals who don’t typically trek out to the remote isle, said one community leader.“Governor’s Island is an attraction that people would normally hav
  
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• Colombia's famous guerrilla singer searches for a new tune

  01-05-2017 18:07
  
  In Colombia, a former guerrilla balladeer is on a mission to become a messenger of peace as his rebel army disbands under landmark accords reached last year
  
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• The Golden Door: Targeted at the Center of the Universe

  01-05-2017 17:55 via bkmag.com
  
  “Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must—at that moment—become the center of the universe.” —Elie WieselAt the center of the universe my one-year-old daughter is a target: Russian, Hungarian, Mexican, Jewish, and Catholic, she holds the history of both poverty and escape. She was born with legs that have the will to fly. Who knew she might actually have to use them?
  Rebellious, angst-ridden, and
  
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• Deadline looms on TV and film writers contract negotiations

  01-05-2017 16:48
  
  The clock is ticking on negotiations between television and film writers and producers before their contract expires and a strike could begin
  
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• NY zoo's baby giraffe named Tajiri, Swahili for hope

  01-05-2017 16:27
  
  The baby giraffe born at an upstate New York zoo to internet star April has been named Tajiri, Swahili for hope
  
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• Ryan Seacrest joins Kelly Ripa on 'Live'

  01-05-2017 16:03
  Ryan Seacrest is the new co-host of the morning chat show "Live" with Kelly Ripa
  
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• St. Joseph’s College students protest dismissal of director, direction of writing program

  01-05-2017 16:01
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThe administration of St. Joseph’s College in Clinton Hill must reinstate the director of the school’s graduate creative writing program it recently fired and put a moratorium on all decisions relating to its budget until a new president takes office in July, students demanded at a protest on Thursday.
  School leaders fired the program’s beloved founder and director Jackson Taylor at the beginning of the month, and
  
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• Mexico food so good we almost don’t want to tell you about it

  01-05-2017 15:43
  
  Photo: Georgia Kral
  The roar of the J/M train created a cacophonous riot overhead as I approached the unassuming spot on Broadway near the BQE. But inside the train felt very far away, or maybe I just instantly forgot about everything that came before once I saw the plates being delivered to tables.
  There were sopes piled high with meat, shredded lettuce and crema; burritos painted with salsa and more crema; fajitas sizzling from direct cast-iron heat. And there was tequila.
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• Mexican food so good we almost don’t want to tell you about it

  01-05-2017 15:43
  
  Photo: Georgia Kral
  The roar of the J/M train created a cacophonous riot overhead as I approached the unassuming spot on Broadway near the BQE. But inside the train felt very far away, or maybe I just instantly forgot about everything that came before once I saw the plates being delivered to tables.
  There were sopes piled high with meat, shredded lettuce and crema; burritos painted with salsa and more crema; fajitas sizzling from direct cast-iron heat. And there was tequila.
  It may be easy to c
  
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• The heart behind the vision of 'Guardians of the Galaxy 2'

  01-05-2017 15:22
  
  Two years ago, writer and director James Gunn and his cranky, lovable band of multihued misfits in space seemed like a sort of gamble for the Earth-bound Marvel Studios
  
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• Jim Shepard wins $30,000 short story prize

  01-05-2017 14:31
  
  Jim Shepard, an author acclaimed for his distinctive, fact-based fiction, has won a $30,000 prize for short story writers
  
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• Princess Charlotte about to turn 2; new photo released

  01-05-2017 14:08
  
  Prince William and his wife Kate have released a photo of Princess Charlotte ahead of her 2nd birthday
  
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• “I’d lose my mind in that situation, too”: Ted Kotcheff on First Blood and Wake in Fright

  01-05-2017 14:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Ted Kotcheff tells stories about people living under duress. The Canadian film and television director is a figure of great gregariousness, and his humanist compassion for a wide variety of characters in trouble has led to a roll call of pop culture landmarks. The dramedy The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974), for instance, tells the tale of a Montreal-based working-class young Jewish man (played by Richard Dreyfuss in one of his most dynamic early roles) who restlessly invents one small sc
  
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• Vermont chocolatier sends residents on golden ticket hunt

  01-05-2017 13:58
  
  A Vermont town is giving away golden tickets courtesy of their local chocolatier _ though the prize is free parking for a year, not a tour of a local chocolate factory
  
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• Israel official: 870 Palestinians remain on hunger strike

  01-05-2017 13:51
  
  After 2 weeks, popular support for hunger strike by hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel gains momentum
  
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• Restaurant owner apologizes for workers over anti-cop song

  01-05-2017 12:54
  
  The owner of a Smithfield's Chicken 'n Bar-B-Q restaurant in North Carolina has apologized after a Facebook post said employees sang a rap song derogatory to police as Raleigh police officers ate
  
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• Barbra Streisand blames sexism for Oscar snubs

  01-05-2017 12:38
  
  Barbra Streisand says sexism cost her multiple Oscar nominations over the years
  
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• Tokyo jeweler offers gold Darth Vader masks for $1.4 million

  01-05-2017 11:33
  
  A Tokyo jeweler is selling life-size masks of Star Wars villain Darth Vader made of gold for $1.4 million
  
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• Ellen DeGeneres, Steve Harvey among top Daytime Emmy winners

  01-05-2017 07:14
  
  "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" won the Daytime Emmy Award for best talk show Sunday, 20 years to the day that her character came out as gay on the sitcom "Ellen."
  
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• Eminem lawsuit against New Zealand political party begins

  01-05-2017 06:24
  
  They may not have lost themselves in the music or the moment but a New Zealand judge and lawyers did listen politely to Eminem's "Lose Yourself" at a copyright trial involving the country's ruling political party
  
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• Urban images: Photographer captures 40 years of NYC

  01-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn PaperHe’s not thrown away his shots!Take a step back in time to the summer of 1980 with Brooklyn-born photographer Jamel Shabazz’s upcoming gallery show “Sights in the City,” opening at United Photo Industries in Dumbo on May 4. The show will debut some never-before-published photos that candidly capture unique, simple moments of life in the city over the last four decades. The photographer’s favorite imag
  
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• Stop-work order on controversial Voorhies tower

  01-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThe city slapped a full stop-work order last week on 1 Brooklyn Bay, the controversial 30-story tower going up on Voorhies Avenue, but the developer quickly corrected the problem.The Department of Buildings halted work at the 236-unit luxury building near Shore Parkway and E. 16th Street on April 19 because contractors failed to safeguard the site with a necessary construction fence on two sides of the property, and it lacked prop
  
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• New Kosciuzsko span opens with razzle dazzle!

  01-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperBrooklyn celebrated the grand opening of the first of two spans that will replace the aging Kosciuszko Bridge on Thursday night with a dazzling lightshow before traffic was allowed onto the first new bridge to grace the city’s skyline since the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge connected Kings County to the Rock in 1964.The light display was synchronized to city-themed ballads such as Frank Sanatra’s “New York, New York,&r
  
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• All aboard! Southern Brooklyn gets Governors Island ferry route

  01-05-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperFerry good news!The city is launching a seasonal stop to Governors Island for the South Brooklyn route of the citywide ferry. Locals will be able to cruise over to the island on weekends from each stop serving Southern Brooklyn, making the trip more accessible for locals who don’t typically trek out to the remote isle, said one community leader.“Governor’s Island is an attraction that people would normally hav
  
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• Nomura outlasts Kerr on 6th hole of LPGA Tour playoff

  01-05-2017 04:17
  
  Hara Nomura two-putted for birdie on the sixth playoff hole for her third LPGA Tour victory after Cristie Kerr briefly took the lead on the 72nd hole in the windy Volunteers of America Texas Shootout
  
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• Predators take 2-1 series lead, beating St. Louis Blues 3-1

  01-05-2017 01:30
  
  Cody McLeod scored the game-winner early in the second period, and the Nashville Predators beat the St. Louis Blues 3-1 to grab a 2-1 lead in their Western Conference semifinal
  
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• Hundreds brave LA heat in hope of getting 'Hamilton' tickets

  01-05-2017 01:00
  
  Theater fans braved blazing temperatures as they lined up on Hollywood Boulevard in the hopes of snagging tickets for the Los Angeles run of the Broadway smash "Hamilton"
  
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• Stagecoach 2017 Saturday photos (Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Margo Price, John Doe of X, more)

  01-05-2017 00:40
  
  Stagecoach 2017 continued on Saturday with a Willie Nelson birthday celebration that included a guest appearance from Neil Young, as well as sets from Margo Price, John Doe of X, Tommy James and The Shondells, Maren Morris, Robert Ellis, and Brent Cobb.
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