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Duke of Flatbush, a Brooklyn Icon – New York Times
CBC.ca Duke of Flatbush, a Brooklyn IconNew York Times“Willie, Mickey and the Duke,” the Terry Cashman song about three center fielders, defined New York baseball in the '50s. Associated Press Duke Snider, holding a cake for his 24th birthday, receiving a kiss at Ebbets Field in 1950. …Don Zimmer shares Dodger memories of Duke... »
Brooklyn Decker Making Big Screen Debut
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Pras not endorsing ex-Fugees bandmate Wyclef Jean for president of Haiti – New York Daily News
Telegraph.co.uk Pras not endorsing ex-Fugees bandmate Wyclef Jean for president of HaitiNew York Daily NewsFugees star Pras (left) is endorsing Michel Martell as the next president of Haiti, and not former bandmate Wyclef Jean (right). Brooklyn-bred rapper Wyclef Jean is counting on New Yorkers to back his run for president of Haiti …AP Interview:... »
$7 Million Justice For Sean Bell
Posted by: www.huffingtonpost.com The city of New York has agreed to pay more than $7 million to settle a civil lawsuit stemming from the fatal 50-bullet police shooting of an unarmed man on his wedding day. The settlement filed in Brooklyn federal court on Tuesday pays $3.25 million to the estate of Sean Bell,... »
94 charged in Medicare scams totaling $251M – The Associated Press
Kansas City Star 94 charged in Medicare scams totaling $251MThe Associated PressMIAMI — Elderly Russian immigrants lined up to take kickbacks from the backroom of a Brooklyn clinic. Claims flooded in from Miami for HIV treatments that never occurred. One professional patient was named in nearly 4000 false Medicare claims. …Federal fraud takedown points... »
ATandT Updates 3G Network in New York City
AT&T has boosted its 3G wireless voice and data network in four of New York Citys five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. With thousands of iPhone 4 handsets going live, AT&T has added more capacity to its cell sites and deployed a WiFi hot zone in Times Square. – Apple iPhone-owning New... »
Andy Warhol: The Last Decade Exhibition
Posted by: SmithXX The late filmmaker and American artist Andy Warhol, who was the forefather in the expansive and culturally rich pop art movement, is being honor by the Brooklyn Museum of Art. This summer, you can check out the exhibition, “Andy Warhol: The Last Decade” which features pieces created during the final years... »
Doctors urge New York men to take advantage of free, city-wide PSA testing – New York Daily News
iNews880.com Doctors urge New York men to take advantage of free, city-wide PSA testingNew York Daily NewsGeoffrey Davis, from Crown Heights, takes his PSA test which 'didn't hurt at all.' African-American men are twice as likely to die from prostate cancer as white men. And Caribbean-born men in Brooklyn are three times as likely... »
Lena Horne: For lyrical legend, it all started in Brooklyn, 1917 – USA Today
The Guardian Lena Horne: For lyrical legend, it all started in Brooklyn, 1917USA TodayAP By Elysa Gardner and Robyn Abzug, USA TODAY Over a career spanning decades of social change and turbulence, Lena Horne, who died Sunday at 92, helped break down barriers for generations of performers, even as she weathered her own storms.... »
Lloyd Blankfein. King of Wall Street defiant under seige – The Guardian
Washington Post Lloyd Blankfein. King of Wall Street defiant under seigeThe GuardianA postal worker's son raised on a tough estate in a down-at-heel neighbourhood of Brooklyn, the boss of Goldman Sachs has traded his way from a scrappy job as a gold dealer to the top of Wall Street's most powerful bank. But suddenly,... »