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With the recent events in the news can you describe what your office is doing to address the needs of individual defendants who have mental health concerns in Brooklyn? … Full Article

New York City police are looking for three people in connection with a series of robberies at electronics stores in Brooklyn and Queens. … Full Article

Todd Schweikert loved being a Boy Scout as a child growing up in Iowa, but as a Brooklyn dad he's been “turned off” by the Boy Scouts of America's anti-gay policies. … Full Article

After more than a half year of controversy, a plan to bring an indoor velodrome, or bicycle racing and sports complex, to Brooklyn Bridge Park has crumbled, the New York Times reports. … Full Article

A Long Island man just looking to buy a car on Wednesday evening was robbed and killed on 18th Street in Park Slope, police said according to NY1. … Full Article

After more than a half year of controversy, a plan to bring a bicycle racing sports complex called a velodrome to Brooklyn Bridge Park has crumbled, the  … Full Article

If you think the rent is too damn high in Brooklyn, at least you don't live in the North Dakota town of Williston. … Full Article

The Brooklyn Nets will host An Evening of Russian Culture, presented by Aeroflot–Russian Airlines, when the team faces the Indiana Pacers on Sunday, January 13, Old Russian New Year’s Eve, at Barclays Center. Game time is 6 p.m.  … Full Article

St. Francis College will be home to Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Vaneshran Arumugam from Cape Town, South Africa for the Spring 2013 semester as he brings his artistic, social and scholarly skills to the St. Francis community.  
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Jessica Massa was living in Brooklyn this past June when she published "The Gaggle" -- a well-researched and innovative guide to dating in the modern world. … Full Article