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  Facebook Status Update Springs a Teen From the Clink

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:32 PM ET

  was held for nearly two weeks. Why? Because Bradford posted that message on Oct. 17, exactly one minute before police claimed he held up two men in Brooklyn's Farragut Houses, where he lives. You see, the status update was sent from a computer at Bradford's dad's house in Harlem, as he and othe Read More

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  Stars Come Out and Rihanna Returns at Jay-Z Concert

  By Wynter Mitchell | Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:06 PM ET

  in everything from his dress to his lyrics and delivery. With his multifaceted, multimedia (the stage set reflect his undeniable pride for being a Brooklyn native with an LCD-illuminated New York skyline) presentation, he delivered hit after hit in a two-hour set where he barely took Read More

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  The ABCs of Veterans Day

  By Darragh Worland | Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:46 PM ET

  Day assignments, keeping the country's service men and women very much in mind throughout the day.Second grade teacher Neil Glaser at P.S. 139 in Brooklyn says his Veterans Day lesson plan consists of several days of activities including a "shared read" he dug up on the education Web sit Read More

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  That's a Gigantic Meatball

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Mon Nov 2, 2009 2:11 PM ET

  Monitor shortly before his three-hour celebration/weigh-off began Sunday. "But I said that it belongs on the East Coast. My gumbas back home (in Brooklyn) said, 'Hey, Mattie, you should do something about that.'"So that's just what he did. He began cooking his over-sized creation Wednesday i Read More

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  Tonic Mixtape: The Drums

  By David Jenison | Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:00 AM ET

  and local stickman Connor Hanwick (Cape of No Hope) — officially ignited a hype after a residency at a Lower East Side club. So what makes this Brooklyn-based band special? Simply put, they're doing something different and interesting with electronic-based pop. For example, their lead singl Read More

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  Tonic Mixtape: White Rabbits

  By David Jenison | Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:00 PM ET

  and your label mates are Radiohead and Underworld. That's the case for White Rabbits, who have joined these big British acts on TBD Records. The Brooklyn indie rockers actually got their start in Missouri, where three of the members had played in the colorfully named Texas Chainsaw Mass Choir Read More

  More like this in: Music, Radiohead, Indie Rock, Entertainment, Music
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  Hero Reunited with Car Crash Victims

  By Sarah Parsons | Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:01 AM ET

  a birthday party with her two teenage daughters, Talya and Rebecca. But as the family was driving, Yelizarov lost control of her car, plunging into Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay. Her daughters climbed onto the roof of the car while Yelizarov sat in the driver's seat scared and screaming for help. Th Read More

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  Chow Down on Viagra Soup!

  By Sarah Parsons | Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:09 PM ET

  supposedly causes an entirely different, ahem, sensation.According to a New York Daily News story, a chain of three Spanish-American restaurants in Brooklyn and Queens started serving up a very unusual dish: Viagra soup! El Rey Restaurant I, II and III offers up the seafood soup to patron Read More

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  Angels and Accordions

  By Kirk Bromley | Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:00 PM ET

  it.As the earthly sound of the accordions melds with the celestial mystique of the dancers, you truly feel transported into a realm beyond.Photo via Brookly Read More

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  She Feeds BedStuy's Working Poor

  By John Casey | Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:38 PM ET

  poor, and we are averaging over 90,000 meals per month.""Green Teens" is Samuels' newest project. The group has set up a backyard garden at its Brooklyn headquarters."It's our 'green teens' garden, where a lot of youths get a chance to work," Samuels said. In the past 12 months, the teens Read More

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