“The world is now pocked with cities that feel as if they are perched on top of bombs.” Michael Lewis’ Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World, reviewed by Michael Copley.
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December 5, 2011September 30, 2019Live Wire
Book Review: “Hemingway’s Boat”
Christopher Haire reviews Hemingway’s Boat: Everything He Loved In Life, And Lost, 1934-1961 by Paul Hendrickson.
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November 30, 2011September 30, 2019Live Wire
Jewish Leaders Slam Brooklyn Prosecutors
Jewish leaders have condemned Brooklyn prosecutors who are working to extradite a Crown Heights man wanted in connection with a hate crime back to New York. Rabbis and Jewish community leaders posted letters to freeyitzi.org excoriating attempts to bring Yitzhak Shuchat back from Israel to face charges that he allegedly assaulted the son of a...
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November 30, 2011September 30, 2019Live Wire
Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty To Killing Spree
A Brooklyn man pleaded guilty to the murders of four people Wednesday after a psychiatrist shot down the possibility of an insanity defense. Maksim Gelman, 24, will face 100 years to life in prison in connection with the violent rampage, which included the stabbing of his stepfather, the murder of two women, and running over...
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November 30, 2011September 30, 2019Live Wire
Admiral’s Row Development Project Backed By City Council
A plan to commercially develop Admiral’s Row, a six-acre parcel of land in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, was unanimously approved yesterday by the City Council, the New York Post reported. A 74,000-square-foot supermarket will be built under the proposed project, which also designates land for retail stores and industrial complexes. Two historic buildings will be...
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November 30, 2011September 30, 2019Live Wire
Tensions Run High at Charter School Co-Location Hearing
Advocates and critics of a plan to open a charter school in the same building as three other schools in Cobble Hill clashed Tuesday night in the city’s first charter school co-location hearing of the year, according to GothamSchools.org. Speakers in favor of the establishment of Brooklyn’s third Success Academy school argued that it will...
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November 30, 2011September 27, 2019Brooklyn Life
Officials Ax Plan to Renovate Brooklyn Highways
State and federal transportation officials have abandoned plans to repair and modernize two Brooklyn highways, the New York Post reported. The Brooklyn-Queens and Gowanus expressways had been slated for billions of dollars worth of work, which was to include the revamping of dilapidated stretches of road and the construction of tunnels along both motorways. But...
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“Kill Bill” Stalker Free
A Brooklyn Supreme Court judge decided to let Uma Thurman’s stalker Tuesday evening after admitting to contacting the movie star at her home, the Daily News reports. Jack Jordan was arrested last year in October, and has been in jail ever since, until the judge Sam Roberts decided that Jordan, 42, had been “over-prosecuted” for...
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It Pays To Videotape: Brooklyn Man Arrested
A 19-year-old Brooklyn man was arrested in connection with an assault videotaped on November 8, according to NBC. Police arrested and have charged Tayari McClellan with assault and harassment on a 25-year-old man in a G train. Police are also looking for suspects also featured in the video.
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Former Mets Player Accepts New Position
In hopes to get to Citi-Field and coach the New York Mets, former Brooklyn Cyclones coach Wally Backman has accepted a minor league position as coach of the Buffalo Bisons, according to the Brooklyn Eagle. This will be Backman’s third time with a different organization. By accepting this position, Backman will not be considered for...