The Jury for Keith Phoenix, who are in the middle of their third full day of deliberations, passed four notes to Judge Patricia Di Mango asking for additional information and to review more testimony. The jury asked to watch Phoenix’s videotaped interview with police and investigators from when he was arrested in February 2009. The...
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May 11, 2010May 11, 2010Live Wire
Barrier-Breaking Lena Horne Was Raised in Brooklyn
Lena Horne, the famed jazz singer and actress of the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s, grew up in Brooklyn and had strong ties to the borough. Horne died Sunday at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. She was remarkably honest about saying that the underlying reason for her success was that she was “the kind of black person that...
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May 3, 2010December 11, 2011Brooklyn Life, Sports
Everybody In The Water
Why so many people of color fear swimming, and what some are doing about it.
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April 6, 2010April 6, 2010Live Wire
Smell the roses–don’t take them!
Don’t take my babies: Cherry Blake of St. Marks Avenue in Park Slope can not leave her tulips outside because they get stolen.
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March 10, 2010March 12, 2010Brooklyn Life
Resistance peaks as Atlantic Yards groundbreaking nears
By Sierra Brown Mayor Michael Bloomberg is a 3-foot-tall bobblehead, according to a press release distributed by Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, a coalition that opposes the Atlantic Yards megaproject and that plans to protest during the ceremonial groundbreaking on Thursday. The coalition, which consists of 21 groups, is working with 30 other community organizations to oppose the Forest...