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James Whitfield Thomson was not always on the path to becoming a novelist. A former sales executive and U.S. Navy navigator in Vietnam, he recently published his first novel, “Lies You Wanted to Hear,” at the age of 68. … Full Article

It was quite the tempest in a teapot … er, coffee urn. … Full Article

It's back to the future for a Brooklyn Heights apartment house that belonged to the Watchtower for a quarter-century. … Full Article

As Brooklyn’s incumbent district attorney prepares to leave office in January, he has rearranged a number of key staff in his interim days. … Full Article

Chief Bankruptcy Judge Carla E. … Full Article

In the wake of its new Final Proposed 2014 Budget and Four-Year Financial Plan, the MTA expects that a combination of cost-cutting measures, lower expenses and higher operating revenues will allow the agency to reduce by almost half the previously projected fare and toll increases scheduled … Full Article

Alice Waters, chef, author and the proprietor of Chez Panisse, is an American pioneer of a culinary philosophy that maintains that cooking should be based on the finest and freshest seasonal ingredients that are produ … Full Article

Sweet deal! Candy-store chain It's Sugar is the newest tenant to rent space at the 53,000-square-foot commercial condominium Albert Laboz of United American Land  is developing in the Brooklyn Municipal Building. … Full Article

State Supreme Court Justice Johnny Lee Baynes is going to have a very full courtroom on November 18. … Full Article

Interfaith Medical Center will be back in U.S. Bankruptcy court in Brooklyn on Wednesday, where supporters hope to fend off the hospital’s closure, again, until a rescue plan can be put in place. … Full Article