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...23, 2009 Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A threw an affair to remember Thursday night at the Brooklyn Marriott (333 Adams Street) in Downtown Brooklyn, in what may be their last annual gala in their current organizational form. Their...

In this article: Legal Services and Fordham Law School

...clearly tell has a social and emotional history that predates my time. There's such a great character about Brooklyn. " Tom Callan, a Brooklyn Heights resident and newspaper photographer with 25 years on the job, is "honored" to have Pingg...

In this article: Coney Island, Brooklyn Heights, The Brooklyn Paper, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and Sheepshead Bay

NEW YORK (AP) A subway passenger stabbed to death in front of horrified straphangers has been identified as 36-year-old Dwight Johnson of Brooklyn. Authorities say some 30 passengers watched as Gerardo Sanchez of the Bronx stabbed Johnson...

In this article: New York City, All rights reserved, USA Today, and The Bronx

...the surrounding areas, coach Danny Landberg said, bringing the much-maligned neighborhoods of Crown Heights and Flatbush together. Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz brought up the second-seeded Dutchmen's run to the PSAL City...

In this article: Flatbush and Sheepshead Bay

NEW YORK (AP) -- Opponents of the Brooklyn arena planned for the New Jersey Nets have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a state agency's approval of the project. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Manhattan state Supreme Court. It seeks...

In this article: New Jersey Nets, Forest City Ratner, Kevin Garnett, LeBron James, Mike Bibby, Washington Wizards, The Magic, and Cleveland Cavaliers

...increasing state deficit of $3.2 billion in the current fiscal year, with a deficit of $6.8 billion projected for the next fiscal year. Brooklyn lawmakers saluted the change of heart. "The economic downturn has affected us all, and we...

In this article: David Paterson, Tax, Fiscal year, Revenue, and Roman Polanski

...from manager at Class-A St. Lucie to Double-A Binghamton. Posted on Tue, Nov. 17, 2009 05:48 PM Wally Backman starts over with Brooklyn farm team Former New York Mets' Wally Backman smiles during a news conference after his introduction...

In this article: Wally Backman, New York Mets, New York, Arizona Diamondbacks, Brooklyn Cyclones, New York-Penn League, and Tim Teufel

...celebrity bodyguard, Kevin White, was fatally shot in the neck by New York City police during a brawl at a Brooklyn nightclub. Police were called to Brooklyn club Norwood Palace early Sunday morning after gunfire broke out over a spilled...

In this article: New York City police, Mariah Carey, Sean Combs, and Jay-Z

...Brooklyn, and that is really different," the mayor added. "They didn't used to before. Maybe one or two in [Brooklyn] Heights, but Brooklyn has really come back." THE GENERAL GREENE Bloomberg's staff would not say where the mayor was...

In this article: Manhattan, Manhattan Bridge, NYC & Company, Domenic Recchia, and Mayor Bloomberg

LocalBrooklynWith his family watching, Brooklyn man Hunte moves on in 'So You Think You Can Dance' With his family watching, Brooklyn man Hunte moves on in 'So You Think You Can Dance' Friday, November 13th 2009, 4:00 AM Top 20...

In this article: So You Think You Can Dance, Fort Greene, Hip Hop, and Nigel Lythgoe