Two of the pit bulls that attacked a Chinese-food deliveryman on Sunday in Brooklyn, ripping off one of his earlobes, will likely be sent back home, reports the New York Post. Xiu Min Li, 48, was dropping off Jing Lung Chinese Restaurant menus door to door when he was attacked by three dogs on Winthrop...
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October 19, 2010October 19, 2010Live Wire
Capturing the edges of space with the iPhone
According to Alan Boyle’s Cosmic Log on msnbc.com, a Brooklyn cinematographer and his 7-year-old son successfully launched an HD video camera and iPhone in a weather balloon up 100,000 feet, capturing the curving earth and the atmospheric glow of the sky. While Luke Geissbuhler and his son Max are following a tech-savvy amateur trend started...
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October 19, 2010October 19, 2010Live Wire
Late newsman George Weber painted as sexual predator
The murder case for WABC newsman George Weber opened proceedings yesterday at the State Supreme Court in Brooklyn. According to the New York Daily News, in its opening statements the defense portrayed the alleged killer, 16-year-old John Katehis, as a victim of a “47-year-old drunk predator.” Katehis, 18, is charged with stabbing the radio DJ...
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October 19, 2010October 19, 2010Live Wire
Broadway makes its way to Brooklyn
“Brooklyn Omnibus,” touted as “an irreverent look at life in Kings County” via rock ‘n’ roll music and theatrical performance, opens at the Brooklyn Academy of Music tomorrow, The Wall Street Journal reports. Written and composed by Heidi Rodewald and Mark Stewart, California natives responsible for the Tony-winning Broadway hit “Passing Strange” and “Making It,”...
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October 15, 2010October 28, 2010Brooklyn Life
First Friday at the Loom
By Joe Proudman Ray Cross is just setting up as I walk into the Loom. He quickly slips his blue ink-stained apron over his head. He’s wearing a black shirt with a blue design he printed years ago. He is a tall young guy and thin, with brown hair that is covered by a green...
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October 15, 2010October 18, 2010Brooklyn Life
New Trial Decision Postponed in Browne Murder Case
By Caitlin Kasunich A Brooklyn Supreme Court judge postponed attorney arguments until Monday regarding whether or not a new trial should take place in the murder case against 17-year-old Tiana Browne, which ended in a mistrial on Wednesday. Browne is charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of her cousin, 15-year-old Shannon Braithwaite, in...
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October 15, 2010October 19, 2010Brooklyn Life
Prospect Heights Welcomes Return to Normalcy
By Joseph Deaux Music from Branded Saloon funnels from the bar into Vanderbilt Avenue, where Chai Eun Hillmann died nearly two weeks ago. A giant moose head hangs above the kitchen window. There are Texas longhorns above the cash register and two massive, wooden wheels hover over the bar. The Spice Girls play, incongruously. The...
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October 12, 2010November 2, 2010Brooklyn Life
Anti-Semitic Demonstrators in Midwood
Incensed Residents Confront Westboro Baptist Church Members By Michael Keller Fresh from its appearance before the U.S. Supreme Court last week, the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas brought its signature brand of protest to Brooklyn yesterday where it encounters opponents of its anti-Jewish and anti-gay rhetoric. The church, which triggered a national debate around...
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October 12, 2010October 13, 2010Brooklyn Life
Love and Coney Island
By Vegas Tenold A memory of summer in Coney Island—and of falling in love on the ferris wheel. Deno’s Wonder Wheel from Vegas Tenold on Vimeo.
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October 12, 2010November 2, 2010Brooklyn Life
Coming Out in Cobble Hill
By Joi-Marie McKenzie “Baby, baby, baby, where did our love go?” Diana Ross’ voice slides over the speakers in Re/Dress Brooklyn, a vintage clothing shop in Cobble Hill. Three volunteers, wearing coordinated black T-shirts, greeted guests as they came in. While one urged them to pick up flyers promoting the Brooklyn Community Pride Center’s latest...