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Bernie Henry's Infamous Hot Pink Park Slope Brownstone On The Market

nydailynews.com | Erin Durkin | Posted 10.13.2009 | New York

Read More: New York City Real Estate, Bernie Henry Sells Pink Brownstone, Park Slope Browstone, Park Slope, Brooklyn Real Estate, Bernie Henry, Hot Pink Brownstown, Brooklyn Brownstone, Brooklyn, New York, New York News

Park Slope's Pepto-Bismol house is on the market. Bernie Henry, 92, gained fame and infamy in the neighborhood three years ago when he slapped a coat...

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Atlantic Yards Nets Case: Court Of Appeals To Hear New Jersey Nets Arena Case

AP | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Eminent Domain Abuse, New Jersey Nets, Land Condemnation, New York Court of Appeals, Eminent Domain, Brooklyn, Land Development, Eminent Domain New York, Commercial Real Estate, New York Court, New York, New York News

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York's top court is set to consider whether the state had the authority to condemn property and force its sale to a developer...

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The Boehn of My Existence

Alfred Gingold | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Friends of John Boehner, Congress, Democrat Party, Survey Questionnaires, John Boehner, New York, Brooklyn, New York News

I am a registered Democrat in New York. John Boehner is the extremely Republican House minority leader, represents Ohio, has a year-round tan and smokes. You see why I was surprised to hear from his people.

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Small Town Values in a Big Time Lawyer

Don McNay | Posted 10.10.2009 | Impact

Read More: Small Communities, Kentucky Guardianship Administrators, The Balanced Life, Brooklyn, Chartered Financial Consultant, Big Money, The Inner Life, Somerset Ky., Executor, Rural Lawyers, American Justice Association, Kja, South Side of Chicago, City Attorney, Lottery Winners, McNay Settlement Group, Richmond Kentucky, Kata, Richard Hay, Will, Insurance Companies, Boston Legal, Clu, Roscoe Pound, Barbourville Ky., Snobbery, Sam Davies, Atla, Million Dollar Round Table, Berea Kentucky, Trial Lawyer, Small Business, Attorney, President Obama, John Mellencamp, Mcnay, Main Street, American College of Trial Lawyers, James Gilbert, The Amercian College, Kentucky Justice Association, Impact on Community, Kentucky Trial Lawyers Association, American Trial Lawyers Association, Products Liability Attorney, Cincinnati, Products Liability, Personal Finance, Covington Kentucky, O.J. Simpson, Msfs, J.T. Gilbert, Chfc, Small Towns, Kentucky, Wills and Trusts, Don McNay, Facebook, Structured Settlements, Wall Street, Vanderbilt University, Berea, Eastern Kentucky University, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Cssc, Estate Planning, Actl, Impact News

It could be that President Obama is a small town guy after all. His early adulthood on the south side of Chicago is where he found a "small town" environment that embraced him.

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Brooklyn Gay Community Receives 2 Million From City Council To Build "Pride Community Center"

nytimes.com | Bao Ong | Posted 10.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Gay Community Center Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Gay Rights, Marty-Markowitz, Obama Gay Rights, Gay Community Center, Gay Community, Gay Marriage, New York, New York City, Marty Markowitz, New York News

In nearly three decades of living in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, Marianne Nicolosi has watched New York's most populous borough become home to one of t...

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Herminia Rojas: Homeless Mom Travels Over Two Hours Daily To Educate Her Children

nydailynews.com | Rachel Monahan | Posted 10.09.2009 | New York

Read More: New York City Public Schools, New York Homeless, Unemployment, Homelessness, Bronx, Bronx New York, Economic Recession, Brooklyn, Economy, New York Homeless Families, US Economic Recession, Brooklyn New York, Unemployment Rate, New York, Recession, New York News

She's got no job, no apartment, no husband - but Herminia Rojas is making sure her kids have something: a decent education. The 41-year-old newly hom...

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Krissy Kocktail Finds A Home In Coney

mediastorm.org | Posted 10.08.2009 | New York

Read More: Fire Eater, Coney Island, Brooklyn, Krissy Kocktail, Coney Island Circus Sideshow, Film, MediaStorm, New York News

Kryssy Kocktail was a loner who dreamed of running away from her troubled family to join the circus. Now she eats fire, lays on a bed of nails and sit...

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Brooklyn Hasidic Man Mugged For His $1,200 Fur Hat

brooklynpaper.com | Sabrina Jaszi | Posted 10.08.2009 | New York

Read More: Hasidic Man Mugged, New York Crime, Hasidic Jew, Brooklyn, Hasidic Fur Hat, Mugging, Shtreimel, New York, Fur Hat Mugging, New York News

A thief stole the fancy holiday hat off a Hasidic man's head on Oct. 2....

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Finding Bourbon and Barbecue in Brooklyn

Ed Levine | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Cobble Hill, Food, Bacon, Barbecue, Restaurants, Brooklyn, New York Restaurants, New York City Food, Southern Food, New York News

You don't have to like whiskey to enjoy yourself at Char No. 4, though if you do, you will think you've died and gone to heaven. It also helps if you like fried food, pork and barbecue.

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Now Open: In God We Trust's Greenpoint Flagship

Racked | Racked | Posted 10.06.2009 | Home

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Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Femia, 10/04/09 Last week, In God We Trust opened its fourth store, this one at 70 Greenpoint A...

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The Juban Princeling Turns One Year Old

Meredith Lopez | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Birth, C-Sections, Milestones, 2008 Births, Brooklyn, Parenting, Babies, Toddlers Meredith Lopez, The Balanced Life, Bailout Bandits, Living News

This Thursday, October 8, my son the Juban Princeling will turn one year old. I know it's a cliche to say so, but I can't believe he's a year old already!

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Major Mackeral Slashed: Reggae Artist Attacked By Neighbor Wielding Sword

AP | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Major Mackeral Attacked, Brooklyn Sword Attack, Major Mackeral, Crime, Jamaican Reggae Artist, Brooklyn, New York News

NEW YORK — Jamaican reggae artist Major Mackerel was slashed Sunday on the head, arm and hand by a neighbor wielding a two-foot-long sword, the ...

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New York Living: Making The Most Of Tiny Spaces

onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.typepad.com | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Decorating, New York, Brooklyn, Apartments, New York City Apartments, Small Spaces, City Living, New York News

THIS APARTMENT IS REALLY SMALL. If you dance like a dervish, I wouldn't recommend doing it in Jane Rosenbaum's apartment. Just two rooms totaling 3...

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The Croc-Up

Alfred Gingold | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Times, Crocs, Shoes, Brooklyn, Atlanic Yards, White House, Style, New-York-400, George W. Bush, Footwear, Henry Hudson, Fashion, Comedy, New York News

I live in what journalists call Brownstone Brooklyn and I wear Crocs often. I once wore Crocs to a wedding. You got a problem with that?

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World's Fastest Nudist Gets Tacos In Williamsburg (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 11.29.2009 | New York

Read More: World's Fastest Nudist, Slidepoll, Williamsburg, Taco Truck, Video, Naked Cowboy Mayor, Brooklyn, Naked Running, Naked Cowboy, New York, World's Fastest Nudist Video, Nudist, New York News

Move over Naked Cowboy, New York's got a new nudist sensation. The rather conspicuous World's Fastest Nudist was recently spotted chowing down on som...

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Bloomberg School Deform #1

Alan Singer | Posted 11.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Public Schools, New York City Department of Education, New York, Brooklyn, Michael Bloomberg, Joel Klein, Midwood High School, Education Reform, New York News

No school district anywhere in the United States where the student population is overwhelmingly drawn from poor families has been "turned around."

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Westboro Baptist Church Pickets Synagogues: Christian Extremist Group Protests Brooklyn Temples (VIDEO)

Posted 11.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Shirley Phelps, Religion, Timothy Phelps, godhatesfags.com, Beth Elohim, Park Slope, Kansas, Shirley Phelps-Roper, Brooklyn, Westboro Baptist Church, New York News

This past weekend members of the Westboro Baptist Church brought their vitriolic message to Brooklyn. Known for picketing the funerals of soldiers wi...

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Improv Everywhere Strikes Again, Floods Brooklyn With Invisible Dogs (SLIDESHOW)

Posted 11.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Empty Leash Without Dog Brooklyn Sunday, Invisible Dog Collar, Brooklyn, Slidepoll, Improv Everywhere, Slideshow, Invisible Dogs, Invisible Dogs in Brooklyn, Improv Everywhere Dogs, New York, New York News

Improv Everywhere, the group that brought you Grand Central Freeze and No Pants Subway Ride, struck again on Sunday. The group's founder, Charlie Todd...

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The Owls of PS 110

Nick Carr | Posted 11.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Williamsburg Bridge, New York Schools, Cannon Street, Owls, Delancey Street, Brooklyn, Broome Street, Lower East Side, Scouting Ny, New York Art, New York News

Next time you're heading over the Williamsburg Bridge to Brooklyn, be sure to check out the public school on the south side. PS 110's roof is covered in owls.

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Kaparot: Yom Kippur In Crown Heights (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Chicken, Yom Kippur, Jews, Kaparot, Judaism, Brooklyn, Yom Kippur Brooklyn, Slidepoll, Kaparot Crown Heights, Chicken Slaughter, Pictures, New York News

Photographer Matt Rodigheri has been documenting the Orthodox Jewish community in Crown Heights for a year. Kaparot, or "Atonement" is a custom per...

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Andrew Kelly: Drunk Cop Hit Vioniqe Valnord, Pals Fled

nypost.com | Posted 11.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Pastor's Daughter, Drunk Driving Death, Officer Andrew Kelly, Drunk Driver, Brooklyn, Vionique Valnord, Nypd, Notre Dame Football, Drunk Driving, Bay Ridge, Andrew Kelly, New York News

A boozed-up NYPD officer fatally mowed down a Brooklyn woman yesterday, and his passengers -- including a fellow off-duty cop -- fled the scene as the...

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Michael Bloomberg, Mikhail D. Prokhorov To Face Off For New York's Best Billionaire Title

nytimes.com | JAMES BARRON | Posted 11.25.2009 | New York

Read More: Forest City Ratner, New Jersey Nets, Barclays Center, Billionaires, Michael Bloomberg, Brooklyn, Mikhail D. Prokhorov, Russian Oligarchs, New York News

Maybe the incumbent billionaire Mike and the new billionaire Mike, the Russian oligarch who is poised to become the principal owner of the New Jersey ...

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Ahmad Afzali, Imam In Terror Probe, Freed On $1.5 Million Bail

AP | TOM HAYS and DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Ahmad Afzali Terror Probe, Ahmad Afzali, Ahmad Wais Afzali, Ahmad Afzali Wais, Ahmad Afzali Bail, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Najibullah Zazi Indictment, Najibullah Zazi Indicted, New York City, Brooklyn, Queens, Najibullah Zazi, Terrorism, New York News

NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City imam who is charged with lying to investigators in a terrorism investigation has been ordered freed on $1.5 million b...

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Building A Sukkah With Jonathan Safran Foer And Josh Foer

forward.com | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Sukkah, Josh Foer, Brooklyn, Jonathan Safran Foer, Judaism, Sukkah Building, New York News

What sort of sukkah traditions did your family have growing up? Jonathan Safran Foer: According to family legend, our great-great-great-great-great...

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Brooklyn's Local Chains Become Little Empires

New York Times | DIANE CARDWELL | Posted 11.21.2009 | New York

While New Yorkers have been nervously eyeing the encroaching tide of national chains, fearing the stores will wash away all things small and charming,...

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