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The LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds are relying heavily on a couple of freshmen in their rotation this season. That's typically not a good sign, but freshman Bobby Maxwell looked like a veteran on Sunday, tossing a complete game even without his best off-speed pitches. … Full Article

Sunset Park isn’t a foreign country, but you’ll enjoy it much more if you have a passport. … Full Article

The National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ) and the Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association (BWBA) joined with legal research company LexisNexis to present  “Color of Justice,” a program created by NAWJ and designed to expose high school girls to courts and the legal system with the hope of en … Full Article

Teachers and parents marched outside a Park Slope elementary school Friday morning to protest what they call a “horrendous” English Language Arts (ELA) exam given to third, fourth and fifth-graders over three days last week. … Full Article

The Urban Outfitters that opened Friday is taking a page from the "Go Local" playbook - by setting up a collection of merchandise from 40 Brooklyn-based artists and designers in the Williamsburg store. … Full Article

The Kings County Criminal Bar Association hosted its annual Court of Appeals update Thursday evening at the Brooklyn Bar Association.   … Full Article

A member of the Brooklyn street gang the “Six Tre Outlaw Gangsta Disciples Folk Nation,” pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn federal court to murder in connection with racketeering. … Full Article

Eat, drink and be merry at Williamsburg's new Urban Outfitters? Not until May Day.

The youth-oriented clothing chain with a bar-restaurant inside it opened Friday - minus the much-anticipated in-store eatery.
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Summer time, when the living is easy …. You heard it here first: it's looking like both of Brooklyn's new Shake Shack locations will open in mid-summer. … Full Article

Brooklyn Law School’s (BLS) Board of Trustees announced on Thursday a 15 percent across-the-board tuition reduction, beginning in the 2015-2016 academic year. … Full Article