No-questions-asked amnesty for kids’ library fines
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No-questions-asked amnesty for kids’ library fines

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A good method to scare the impressionable youth of Brooklyn away from the library is to treat them like wanted criminals. Is an overdue […]

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Too big to fail? Morgan Spurlock wants you to think again
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Too big to fail? Morgan Spurlock wants you to think again

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You could get on TV by selling your teen-mom, fake-tanning soul for a gig feeding MTV’s ever-hungry maw of reality shows. Or […]

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Bikeshare coming to NYC; DC says ‘use it!’
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Bikeshare coming to NYC; DC says ‘use it!’

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Next summer, when you’re in Park Slope and need to get to Greenpoint but you’re slapped in the face with another horrible […]

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Smile and say ‘free!’ Scenes from our t-shirt launch party
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Smile and say ‘free!’ Scenes from our t-shirt launch party

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On Friday, some uber cool Brooklynites, fashionistas, and other fabulous folk stopped by Mission Dolores for the launch of BK’s most anticipated […]

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Yelpers: Don’t narc on your favorite bars
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Yelpers: Don’t narc on your favorite bars

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After hearing that cops browse Yelp reviews to find lawbreaking bars, we searched the reviews and found that bargoers are giving it up on drug use, underage drinking and to-go cups.

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Tonight: Will ‘Williamsburg’ wow CBS? Or will we see BS?
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Tonight: Will ‘Williamsburg’ wow CBS? Or will we see BS?

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Tonight, we know you’ll be turning on your CBS to catch the premier of the guy who invented the trucker hat on […]

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Census data: living with your parents is the new red
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Census data: living with your parents is the new red

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New census figures show that the percentage of 25-to-34-year-olds living with their parents has risen to 14.2 percent, from 11.8 percent before the recession. Half of those people have an annual income of $11,344 or less.

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Help Secret Science Club be even more nerdtastic
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Help Secret Science Club be even more nerdtastic

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If there’s anything that celebrates the ascendant victory of the Nerd Class — those who weren’t invited to the parties where you […]

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Ikea betting against the future of the book
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Ikea betting against the future of the book

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With all the recent hubbub about the fate of indie bookstores (especially the sniping over a petition to save the city’s St. Marks Books), […]

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Kick back at the night: free self-defense classes for women
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Kick back at the night: free self-defense classes for women

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Reading about some of the nasty attacks against women in the Slope lately can make you nostalgic for when all you worried […]

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