The Brooklyn rapper, whose real name is Inga Marchand, took the stand, in an attempt to clear her name. Marchand is being accused by her neighbor of violating a restraining order against her, after Marchand allegedly hit her with a Blackberry.
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July 30, 2010July 30, 2010Live Wire
Brooklyn Photographer Sues Broadway Play, Fela, For Using Photo Without Permission
Brooklyn-based photographer Marilyn Nance is suing the producers of the Broadway musical, Fela, claiming they used a photograph she shot of the Nigerian nightclub, Fela Kuti, without her permission.
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July 30, 2010July 30, 2010Live Wire
Two Brooklyn Policemen Indicted After NYPD Sting Operation Nets Them
Two New York Police Department Officers, Sgt. Raymond Stukes and Officer Hector Tirado were arrested in a sting operation intended to nab another cop. The two were indicted after arresting an undercover police officer and filing what police say were false charges against him.
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Former Brooklyn Dodger, Billy Loes, Dies at 80
Billy Loes, an All-Star and three-time pennant winner with the Brooklyn Dodgers passed away today in Tucson, AZ at the age of 80. Loes was famous for predicting a Yankees win in seven games, while his Dodgers were playing them in the World Series.
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June 29, 2010September 8, 2010Brooklyn Life, Politics
Tilden High School Offering Students Last Chance To Graduate
By Gabe Kahn Steve Lampert got up from his chair at Samuel J. Tilden High School in Brooklyn in mid-June, about two weeks before the final graduation in its history. He grabbed his cell phone and told his colleague Rachel Malabas that he was going to call a certain student. “I’m going to try to...
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June 21, 2010June 20, 2010Live Wire
Off-Duty Cop Foils Suicide at Brooklyn Train Station
New York Police Department Officer James Deligio saved a woman on Saturday evening from executing herself, on the electrified third rail, as a Queens-bound G train rolled in to the Fulton St. station.
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June 21, 2010June 20, 2010Live Wire
Mermaids Come to Coney Island, Protesting BP
Mermaids from all walks of life lined Surf Avenue on Sunday to celebrate the life aquatic and protest BP’s mishandling of the oil spill.
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June 21, 2010June 20, 2010Live Wire
Summertime Pool Closings to Hit Boerum Hill
Due to the city’s financial woes, the Douglas and Degraw public swimming pool in Boerum Hill will get the axe, in an effort to save $1.4 million. What do you think of this move?
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June 18, 2010June 17, 2010Live Wire
Brooklyn Tops New York State in Gang Population
According to a 2009 report by the Justice Department, New York City is home to almost half of all gang members in the state. Brooklyn ranks #1 amongst the boroughs, with between 3,500-9,999 gang members residing here.
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June 18, 2010June 17, 2010Live Wire
Brooklyn Hit By Wave of Water Meter Thefts
Across the borough, buildings are becoming the target of thieves who police say are stealing the brass and copper water meters for re-sale to scrap yards.