Dennis considers himself a “bug chef.” He founded the organization “Insects are Food,” in 2009 and he is one of the leading proponents of eating insects.
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April 28, 2010April 28, 2010Live Wire
Man Shot Dead in Canarsie
Sheriek Ellis, 35, found dead at the corner of E 104 St and Glenwood Road in Canarsie in the early hours of Wednesday morning, the police said. The police responded to a 911 call of an unconscious male and upon their arrival, they found Ellis unresponsive and shot several times in the torso. There are...
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April 28, 2010April 28, 2010Live Wire
Ex-Brooklyn College Student Admits Trying to Help Al-Qaeda
Former Brooklyn College student Syed Hashmi, 30, admitted in court yesterday that he had conspired to provide Al-Qaeda with what prosecutors described as military gear. The trial of Hashmi, a Pakistani who became an American citizen, goes on in Federal District Court in Manhattan today. Hashmi has been in custody for four years after he...
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April 28, 2010April 28, 2010Live Wire
Ink is at Court Covering Brooklyn Hate Trial
The Brooklyn Ink is in court every day following the trial of Keith Phoenix and Hakim Scott who are charged with the hate-crime murder of Jose Sucuzhanay. Jeannette Neumann is reporting from Jay Street today. Stay tuned…
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April 28, 2010April 28, 2010Live Wire
Autistic Teen Found on Subway is a Brooklyn Resident
NY1 reported today that a 15-year-old autistic boy, who was found unconscious yesterday on subway, has been identified as a Brooklyn resident. The boy was found on a northbound 3 train at 148th Street in Hamilton Heights around 10:30 a.m. and taken to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. The police still seek to identify the boy, who...
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April 28, 2010April 28, 2010Live Wire
Five Torahs, Worth of $250K, Stolen from Brooklyn Synagogue
Five handwritten Torahs worth as much as $250,000 were stolen from the Congregation Yirah Haschem at 1556 53rd St. in Borough Park, community leaders said on Wednesday. The theft was discovered when community leaders opened the synagogue at 6:30 a.m. The religious scrolls topped with silver crowns and adornments were taken from an unlocked storage...
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April 28, 2010April 28, 2010Live Wire
City to Pay $440G Payout to Brooklyn Men Beaten by NYPD in West Indian Parade
The Daily News has reported that the city will pay $440,000 to three Brooklyn men who were beaten by riot cops who used nightsticks to clear a street at the West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn. The NYPD was responding to a report of gunfire near Church Ave. when officers began swinging their batons...
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April 28, 2010April 29, 2010Brooklyn Life, Crime
Hate Crime Trial: The Last Ride
By Nate Rawlings Officer Daniel Ludeman squatted in the back of the ambulance as is sped toward Elmhurst Hospital. Next to him, paramedics monitored Jose Sucuzhanay’s vital signs, making sure he was still breathing and that his heart did not stop beating. Blood was still coming out of Sucuzhanay’s head. Paramedics tried to staunch it...
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April 23, 2010April 29, 2010Arts & Culture, Brooklyn Life
“Cirque du Critique”
By Mustafa Mehdi Vural Tuan Le, 33, and his girl friend Vanessa Alvarez, 28, rushed from the subway on Sunday afternoon to Whitman Auditorium at Brooklyn College to see the show of Chinese Acrobats of Hebei. “My girlfriend loves Chinese Acrobatics,” said Vietnam-born, Germany-raised Le. “I do little bit the same thing,” added Alvarez, smiling....
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April 21, 2010April 21, 2010Live Wire
And Daniel has made a choice worth $3 million
The New York Times has reported that Daniel Goldstein, the last man standing in front of the Atlantic Yards bulldozer, has stepped aside selling his condo on Pacific Street in Prospect Heights to Forest City Ratner, the developer of Atlantic Yards, for $3 million. Goldstein was the founder of the anti-Atlantic Yards group “Develop Don’t...