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Brooklyn stories: 31 news summaries

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 Brooklyn Bands 
 Heat Up Music Scene 

Dirty Projectors, MGMT just a few of the borough's exciting indie acts

Nov 9, 09 2:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Brooklyn is returning to the forefront of the indie music scene—with a vengeance. New York delves deep into the borough’s offerings with a list of the top 40 songs from Brooklyn musicians, the most important music bloggers, and a map of the best places to see shows. The... More »

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music • Brooklyn • indie rock • MGMT • Jay-ZTV • Jace Clayton • Dirty Projectors

 Juno's Ellen Page 
 to Write Comedy 
 for HBO 

She'll team up with Alia Shawkat, Sean Tillman

Oct 8, 09 4:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ellen Page is expanding her horizons: the Juno and Whip It star will write and produce Stitch N’ Bitch, a new comedy for HBO. Page is collaborating with Arrested Development’s Alia Shawkat and Sean Tillman, also known as the musician Har Mar Superstar. The comedy centers on two hipster... More »

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HBO • Los Angeles • Brooklyn • comedy • Arrested Development • Ellen Page • Alia Shawkat • Sean Tillman

Terror Suspect Zazi Arrives Back in NYC

Man accused of plotting bomb attacks faces Tuesday hearing in Brooklyn

Sep 25, 09 9:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Terror suspect Najibullah Zazi arrived tonight in New York from Denver, where he was arrested on charges of plotting bombings around the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. He’ll spend the weekend in jail and has a hearing set for Tuesday in a Brooklyn court. More »

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New York • Denver • Brooklyn • bombing • al-Qaeda • 9/11 attacks • Najibullah Zazi

(Newser) - A chubby mobster has been barred from eating at New York restaurants known as Mafia hangouts, reports the New York Post. Anthony "Fat Tony" Rabito, 75, was just paroled on gambling, extortion, and racketeering charges, and he can no longer chow down at a string of wise guy spots,... More »

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Brooklyn • Mafia • parole • obese • Bonanno crime family

OPINION

 Hipsters 101: 
 Their History, 
 Bleak Future 

Their main enclave is threatened, but no one seems to care

Jul 29, 09 11:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hipsters. They “sneer when you cop to liking Coldplay”; they “sport cowboy hats and berets”; they’re “the only ones in America who still think Pabst Blue Ribbon is a good beer.” But they’re certainly not a new phenomenon, writes Dan Fletcher for Time.... More »

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Bob Dylan • Brooklyn • hippies • Norman Mailer • Coldplay • trend • Pabst Blue Ribbon • Jay-ZTV • Converse • hipster

NJ Mayors, NY Rabbis Busted in Corruption Probe

Syrian Jews accused
of money-laundering

Jul 23, 09 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a huge corruption bust, FBI agents arrested 30 people today, including the mayors of Hoboken and Secaucus, the deputy mayor of Jersey City, a New Jersey assemblyman, and several Brooklyn and New Jersey rabbis, the Star-Ledger reports. The arrests stem from a 2-year money-laundering probe centered on New... More »

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FBI • New Jersey • corruption • Brooklyn • Internal Revenue Service • Jewish • rabbi • Peter Cammarano • Daniel Van Pelt • Dennis Elwell

NY Man Posed as Dead Mom
in Alleged Fraud Scheme

He denies being modern Norman Bates

Jun 17, 09 5:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Shades of Norman Bates in Psycho: A Brooklyn man accused of dressing up as his dead mom to collect Social Security checks and rent subsidies worth $115,000 has been indicted on 47 counts of grand larceny, forgery, and conspiracy, the New York Daily News reports. Thomas Prusik-Parkin, 49, and... More »

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fraud • New York • Brooklyn • grand larceny • forgery • Thomas Prusik-Parkin

 Judge Blasts 
 Juror-Seducing Mom 

Undercover recordings outing juror won't vacate murder trial verdict

Apr 1, 09 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A judge has put a halt to efforts by a convicted murderer to have his verdict vacated—because the man's mom acted as a "vigilante" when she flirted with a juror in an attempt to get information out of him, the New York Times reports. After plying Juror... More »

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crime • Brooklyn • mothers • murder trial • juror • undercover • misconduct

ABC Newsman Murdered in Brooklyn Home

Found dead in bed
with stab wounds
to chest, neck

Mar 23, 09 6:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - A longtime ABC radio newsman was found stabbed to death in his Brooklyn home yesterday, reports the New York Daily News. George Weber, 47, was dead in his bed with wounds in his chest and neck, police said. His apartment was ransacked, but there was no sign of forced entry.... More »

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radio • New York City • crime • ABC • murder • Brooklyn • stabbing

Runway Finalist Charged With Hurling Cat at Ex-Beau

Way to have a hissy fit

Mar 19, 09 9:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Way to have a hissy fit. Quirky Project Runway finalist Kenley Collins was arrested last night after hurling her cat at an ex-boyfriend in her Brooklyn apartment, reports the New York Daily News. The catty season-five contestant also lobbed a laptap, apples, and a glass of water, police said. She... More »

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Brooklyn • domestic violence • weapon • assault • Project Runway • cat • Kenley Collins

Bush Retracts Pardon
for Son of Big GOP Donor

White House cites new information in halting process for developer Isaac Toussie

Dec 24, 08 4:55 PM CST
(Newser) - President Bush withdrew a presidential pardon today after it emerged that the father of a convicted Brooklyn developer donated $28,500 to the Republican Party, CNN reports. The president’s counsel approved clemency for Isaac Toussie on charges of mail fraud and false statements to federal officials, White House spokeswoman... More »

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Bush administration • Brooklyn • presidential pardon • clemency • pardon • political donors • George W. Bush • home developer • Isaac Toussie • Robert Toussie

Rabbi, Wife
Slain in Mumbai Jewish Center

Other US victims were Virginia man and his teenage daughter

Nov 28, 08 2:32 PM CST
(Newser) - The massacre in Mumbai has left at least four Americans dead: A Brooklyn-raised rabbi and his wife, and a Virginia man and his teenage daughter. Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, 29, and Rivka Holtzberg, 28, were slain at a Jewish center they helped run. Family and friends in Brooklyn have one speck... More »

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India • Jews • Chabad Lubavitch • Brooklyn • Virginia • explosion • terrorist • Mumbai • militant • terrorist attack • hostage

Brooklyn Rabbi, Wife Trapped in Mumbai Attacks

Couple ran center for Jewish travelers targeted by terrorists

Nov 28, 08 2:04 AM CST
(Newser) - A young Jewish couple from Brooklyn were taken hostage in the Mumbai attacks and many fear the worst, the New York Times reports. Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife, Rivka, ran the well-known Chabad center, a popular haven for Jewish travellers. They were seized along with at least six others... More »

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terrorism • India • Chabad Lubavitch • Brooklyn • Mumbai • terrorist attack • rabbi

Sarah Palin
'Do Is a Hit
With Orthodox Women

Wigs a hot item in Jewish Brooklyn nabe

Oct 23, 08 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Alaska governor's flashy signature 'do is a surprise hit with Orthodox Jewish women in Brooklyn, where the "Sarah Palin Wig" has been selling briskly—at $695 a pop—to women who keep their hair covered for religious reasons. “It's a very classic look, yet fashion forward,”... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Brooklyn • Jennifer Aniston • wigs • Sarah Palin • Orthodox Jews


 Where's the Beef?
 Being Butchered 
 in the Kitchen 

To get the best cuts and top quality, more chefs go DIY

Oct 1, 08 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Brooklyn eatery Marlow & Sons gets its pork by the pig and beef by the half-ton steer, and it's not alone in its whole-hog approach. A growing number of restaurants are sidestepping industrial meat all together, instead butchering entire carcasses right on the premises. There's some of the old "... More »

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beef • meat • Brooklyn • restaurant • pig • locally grown food • butcher

 Naked NY Man Falls 
 to Death After Cops' Taser 

Stunned suspect falls to his death from fire Brooklyn escape

Sep 25, 08 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A naked man fell to his death yesterday in Brooklyn after police fired a Taser at him, the New York Post reports. The man, 35-year-old Iman Morales, had been ranting on a second-story fire escape. His mother begged police not to hurt him, saying he was sick, but when Morales... More »

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NYPD • police • Brooklyn • Taser • police brutality • public nudity

 Stolen Turtle Is Double Loss 

Brooklyn pet-store owner offers $1K reward for animal with little chance to survive wild

Aug 19, 08 4:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Brooklyn pet-store owner knew he would be dismissed as a crank when he called the cops, but did it anyway—to report the disappearance of a two-headed turtle. The turtle, so popular with the neighborhood kids it was kept in a store window, was rare and requires special treatment.... More »

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Brooklyn • turtles

Blood Clots Killed Woman in Waiting Room

Camera caught fallen patient left ignored on NYC hospital floor

Jul 12, 08 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The death of a woman on the floor of a Brooklyn hospital was caused by blood clots from extended inactivity, CNN reports. Chronic deep vein thrombosis formed clots in her legs that eventually reached her lungs. The case has drawn international attention after security-camera footage showed the woman falling to... More »

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health care • New York City • Brooklyn • autopsy • blood clots • hospital • deep vein thrombosis • negligence • psychiatric treatment center • Esmin Green

Family Wants $25M Over Hospital Death

Woman left to die on floor 'killed twice' by staff at NY facility

Jul 9, 08 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The family of the woman who died on the waiting-room floor in a Brooklyn hospital plans to sue for $25 million, CNN reports. Esmin Green’s relatives are also pushing for criminal charges against the hospital staff, who they say ignored her and falsified records to say she was up... More »

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New York City • Brooklyn • patient • lawsuit • hospital • negligence • psychiatric treatment center • Esmin Green

 Woman Dies, Ignored,
 on Waiting Room Floor 

Brooklyn hospital staff overlooks ER patient for over an hour

Jul 2, 08 7:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Recently uncovered surveillance footage shows a woman collapsing in a Brooklyn psychiatric hospital, then lying on the floor for more than an hour while hospital staff ignored her. Esmin Green, 49, had been waiting for treatment for almost 24 hours when she collapsed at 5:32am and lay convulsing on... More »

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New York City • Brooklyn • patient • hospital • negligence • psychiatric treatment center

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