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Oct 27, 2011 at 1:01 pm

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Brooklyn HS Forced 634 Students To Use One Toilet For 6 Months

Brooklyn HS Forced 634 Students To Use One Toilet For 6 Months

A Brooklyn high school is catching flack for its treatment of students after it barred students from using all but one of the school’s restrooms.

Administrators at Brooklyn’s Science Skills Center High School said they locked all but one of the school’s bathrooms to punish kids for misbehaving.

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Brooklyn’s Afro-Latino-Carib Spot: Bembe

“It was awful – and not just the smell

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Oct 26, 2011 at 2:57 pm

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Justice! 3 Arrested In Fatal Shooting Of Brooklyn Woman

Justice! 3 Arrested In Fatal Shooting Of Brooklyn Woman

Three men have been brought in by the NYPD in the shooting death of a mother who saved several children from gunfire that erupted last week in Brownsville, Brooklyn.

The mother, 34-year-old Zurana Horton, died from a shot to the chest.

RELATED: Stop Snitching Only Kills More In Our Community

Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said that Andrew Lopez, 18, and two others were taken into custody on Monday by detectives at a

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Oct 24, 2011 at 4:01 pm

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Mom Of 12 Killed While Trying To Shield Children

Mom Of 12 Killed While Trying To Shield Children

NEW YORK — Zurana Horton, a Brooklyn mother of 12, was killed in Brownsville last week while trying to shield children from bullets from a shootout.

The NYPD’s Crime Stoppers program, the Urban Community Council, and 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement have put up a $15,000 reward for the capture of the person that killed Horton.

Tragic! Firefighter Dies While Saving Three Young

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Aug 15, 2011 at 1:03 pm

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Politician Shot At While Driving Through Brooklyn

Politician Shot At While Driving Through Brooklyn

NEW YORK — William Boyland Jr., a Democratic New York state assemblyman from Brooklyn, was shot at while driving his car through Brooklyn with his seven year old son, resulting in a bullet in his back window.

Black News 2 reports:

Boyland and his son were left unhurt, but there is still a question of whether this was a random occurrence.

NYDN reports that the shooting occurred about a week after locals rallied against

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Aug 5, 2011 at 10:26 am

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White People Rapidly Moving In To “Do The Right Thing” Hood

White People Rapidly Moving In To “Do The Right Thing” Hood

NEW YORK — The Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, a historically Black neighborhood famously depicted in Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing,” is becoming more and more mixed due to a high influx of whites moving in.

The white migration has made rent prices higher and forced many African Americans to move from the neighborhood.

The New York Times reports:

From 2000 to 2010, the white population soared 633 percent —

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Aug 1, 2011 at 12:22 pm

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Brooklyn Teen Hero Killed After Saving Six Children

Brooklyn Teen Hero Killed After Saving Six Children

A Brooklyn teen was struck and killed by a SUV on Saturday evening after helping six other children escape the out-of-control vehicle.

Kira Goddard, 13, was outside her Brownsville residence when she noticed a Range Rover approaching erratically. Goddard shepherded the other children into the building but was struck and killed before she could save herself.

A preliminary investigation showed that 44-year-old Sean Lewis of Brooklyn was driving the SUV when he struck

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Jul 30, 2010 at 9:00 am

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Foxy Brown Throws Down In Luxury Building Brawl

Foxy Brown Throws Down In Luxury Building Brawl

When if Foxy going to learn?? The Brooklyn rapper was caught throwing down in a luxury building in NYC.  According to tmz.com, Foxy was reportedly involved in a brawl with several people including her manager.

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Jun 28, 2010 at 2:00 pm

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Has Foxy Brown Hit Rock Bottom?

Has Foxy Brown Hit Rock Bottom?

I’m hearing that Foxy Brown may have hit rock bottom! Sources are saying that Foxy was spotted around 1:00AM early Monday morning outside a Nathan’s in Brooklyn, New York getting high and drinking in the street!!!

Here’s what they’re saying:

Foxy was spotted with two men getting high and drinking publicly. Each of her companions held a blunt in his mouth, and the group was also blatantly downing Hennessy. The trio were posted with

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Mar 12, 2010 at 11:45 am

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GALLERY: Jay & Bey At Brooklyn Ceremonial Ground Breaking

GALLERY: Jay & Bey At Brooklyn Ceremonial Ground Breaking

Brooklyn’s most famous son, Jay-Z, was on hand at the ceremonial ground breaking of the Barclays Center at Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn yesterday, the new home and arena of the NJ Nets, of which he is minority owner. The team will soon be renamed the “Brooklyn Nets.”

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