A missing police radio has recently been used several times from the Bushwick Houses to send a signal indicating that an officer is hurt or under attack.
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February 20, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Young Man Killed on Street Corner in Canarsie
Early this morning an unidentified man believed to be in his 20s was shot and killed execution style on the corner of Flatlands Ave. and E. 108th St in Canarsie.
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February 17, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Residents Fight the Sale of Library
Brooklyn Heights residents are protesting a plan to sell the city-owned Brooklyn Heights Library to a private contractor who would build a high-rise over it. The tower would include a new branch notably smaller than the original.
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February 16, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
School Buses Back on Wednesday
The nearly month-long school bus strike officially ended yesterday. The drivers' union decided that they would place their bets on the pledges of Democratic mayoral hopefuls instead of dealing with the unbending Mayor Bloomberg.
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February 16, 2013September 30, 2019Arts & Culture, Brooklyn Life
Four-Alarm Blaze Destroys Pratt Students’ Artwork
Pratt Institute students and faculty are finding ways to deal with the fire that destroyed years' worth of student art early Friday morning.
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February 15, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Pratt Institute Building Goes Up in Flames
Firefighters battled a four-alarm blaze early this morning at the main building of the Pratt Institute, the art school in Clinton Hill.
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February 14, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
The Coolest Thing in Sweden is Brooklyn
Young people in Sweden have fetishized the word "Brooklyn" and the aesthetics of its hipster culture.
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February 14, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Shake Shack Opening Next to Barclays
Brooklyn Nets fans will soon be able to grab some burgers and fries from Shake Shack, the city's popular fast food chain, when it opens next to the Barclays Center, replacing the homeware store the Furniture House.
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February 12, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Dad Busted for Being a High-End Pimp
A father from Fort Greene was indicted for running Manhattan brothels specializing in Asian women, as well as for 20 counts of laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars and stealing ten grand from unemployment insurance.
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February 11, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Cop Killer Acquitted of Top Murder Charge
A jury deemed Lamont Pride not guilty of aggravated murder today, instead charging him with murder in the second degree. Pride shot and killed Officer Peter Fogoski in Dec. 2011 following a botched drug robbery in Cypress Hills.