The Occupy Wall Street protesters have recently started publishing a newspaper. Ravi Kumar got his hands on the second issue of the Occupied Wall Street Journal and dissected the most commonly used words using Wordle. ** More Occupy Wall Street Coverage from The Brooklyn Ink. Graphic by Ravi Kumar/ The Brooklyn Ink
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October 17, 2011October 17, 2011Brooklyn Life
The Sights and Sounds of Occupy Brooklyn
The Occupy Protests made an appearance in Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza on Saturday.
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October 17, 2011November 14, 2011Brooklyn Life
Occupy Wall Street: Full Coverage
The Brooklyn Ink has covered the protests in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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October 16, 2011October 17, 2011Brooklyn Life
Timeline: Occupy Brooklyn Protest
View “Occupy Brooklyn Timeline” on Storify
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October 14, 2011October 14, 2011Live Wire
Among Criticism, Park Slope Eatery Removes Bid for Liquor License
The owner of Lucky Lou’s, a would-be sports bar on a quiet residential street in Park Slope, gave in to community pressure and has repealed his application for a liquor license, the Brooklyn Paper reported today. Located on Sixth Avenue in Brooklyn, the bar was supposed to cater to football fans and serve hard alcohol...
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October 14, 2011October 14, 2011Live Wire
Prospect Heights Politician Hopes to Unseat Incumbent in House
State Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, a representative of Brooklyn district No. 57 and a Prospect Heights resident, is gearing up to defeat long-term incumbent Rep. Edolphus Towns in next year’s congressional race. The 41-year-old Jeffries thinks that an “injection of new ideas and energy will be helpful,” according to a story in the New York Times...
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October 14, 2011October 14, 2011Live Wire
Red Hook Raid Busts Drug Mill, Recovers 30 Grams of Uncut Heroin
Police raided a heroin lab in Red Hook last Thursday, finding 60 grams of pure uncut heroin among other things, in what authorities are calling a trend of dealers working out of nicer areas to avoid law enforcement. The Daily News reported yesterday evening that prosecutors say the heroin mill was in a garage on...
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October 14, 2011October 14, 2011Live Wire
Atlantic 10 Media Day Publicizes its Future in Barclays Center
Most people in Brooklyn know about Jay-Z and the Nets, but residents should also be ready for the kids. The Atlantic 10 Conference held its media day for the upcoming men’s basketball season Thursday at a hotel near the Brooklyn Bridge to publicize the conference tournament’s shift to Brooklyn, the New York Times reported. According...
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Protesters Disrupt Brooklyn Supreme Court, Nine Arrested
Nine people were arrested Thursday after marching into the Brooklyn Supreme Court on Adams Street to protest the borough’s housing crisis, the Brooklyn Paper reported. Fifteen people, affiliated with the protesters on Wall Street, disrupted three mortgage sales in another sign of Occupy Wall Street’s growing influence. The nine arrested protesters were later arrested. This...
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October 13, 2011October 13, 2011Brooklyn Life, Live Wire
Shooting on Ashford Street Leaves One Dead, Police say
A 50-year-old man is dead after a shooting today at 267 Ashford St. that left another man in stable condition, according to a police report. No arrests have been made. The police responded to the shooting just after 3:30 p.m., the report said, and the two were rushed to Brookdale University Hospital. The first man...