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1. Atlanta Braves still unkind to N.Y. Mets
(Sports/Professional)

... to win a big-league game. Moyer is 49 years and 150 days old, beating previous record-holder Jack Quinn of the Brooklyn Dodgers by 80 days. *** The Mets have the No. 12 pick in the 2012 baseball draft; ...

2. Rockies' Jamie Moyer, oldest MLB pitcher to win a game, says arm surgery helped
(Sports/Professional)

... eight earned a spot in their rotation. His victory, with his family in attendance, allowed him to replace Jack Quinn of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the record books. Quinn was 49 years, 70 days old when he ...

3. New York's Tribeca Film Festival 2012: 'The Five-Year Engagement' kicks off event
(Entertainment/Movies)

... spirit, Brooklyn-based director Bradley Rust Gray has been plotting to put them together for some time. The result is the long-awaited "Jack and Diane," featuring two young actresses on the ascent, Juno ...

4. MLB remembers Jackie Robinson, while number of African American players declines
(Sports/Professional)

BY DAVE RAGAZZO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM 65 years ago, Jackie Robinson made history by breaking the color barrier in major league baseball and played for the Brooklyn Dodgers as the first African American ...

5. HBO series “Girls”: Lena Dunham shows sex in the city is no fun
(Entertainment/Movies)

... goes to her parent’s hotel room to show them her Brooklyn memoir (only four essays because, well, she hasn’t had any experiences) but mainly to beg her fed-up parents for more cash. “All I need is $1100 ...

6. N.J. Nets go to Brooklyn: Is it a Jeremy Lin-like brand move?
(Sports/Professional)

... host the Philadelphia 76ers in what will be their final game during a two season transition period from the IZOD Center to their new home two rivers away at the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn. From Teaneck ...

7. The N.Y. Yankees the N.J. Yankees? What could have been
(Sports/Professional)

... played in Hoboken on June 19, 1846. The last game at Elysian Fields in Hoboken took place in 1873. The Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley shifted some of his home games in 1956 and 1957 to Jersey ...

8. REVIEW: ‘Newsies’ whirls away on a billowing score
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... with way-beyond glee. Standouts among these rascals include Andrew Keenan-Bolger as a bravely-smiling Crutchie, Ben Fankhauser as the earnest Davey, Tommy Bracco as scrappy Brooklyn kingpin Spot Conlon ...

9. Frank DiMattina, known extortionist, loses good N.J. citizenship award
(N.J./State)

... for the honor to a Brooklyn Judge in an effort to gain leniency on the extortion charge.  ...

10. REVIEW: ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore’ proves bloody good
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... highly effective production at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theater through this Saturday. Set in Italy, playwright John Ford’s story is fairly complicated, but essentially the physically incestuous ...

11. Brooklyn limo and taxi operator charged with insurance scam
(N.J./State)

Moustapha Lo stated vehicles operated from Newton, not Brooklyn A Brooklyn limousine and taxi company owner has been charged in a state grand jury indictment for allegedly registering and insuring his ...

12. EXCLUSIVE: St. Patrick’s Day Parade beating death of Bronx teen still lingers for family
(U.S./Nation)

... Brooklyn on charges of second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter. Two other teens were charged with inciting the crowd and received probation. Three adults, including two New York City Traffic ...

13. NCAA March Madness, office pools, and the coaching merry-go-round
(Sports/Professional)

... year, LIU Brooklyn has the unenviable task of taking on Michigan State, the #1 seed in the West. Harvard, which gave us the now mortal Jeremy Lin, plays Vanderbilt, while UNC-Asheville draws Duke. "March ...

14. N.J. Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov keeps day job after failed Putin challenge
(Sports/Professional)

... Natalya Yulskaya who voted for Prokhorov. With the political distractions gone, Prokhorov can now focus his energy to building a respectable club before the Nets move to Brooklyn. The Nets are just ...

15. Risky American Atheists billboards target Muslim and Jewish groups in N.Y., N.J. area
(U.S./Nation)

... supporters to know that they’re not alone, and now the sentiment is expressed on billboards that the American Atheists put up in Brooklyn and New Jersey on Monday. The Toronto Sun reports that one billboard, ...

16. N.Y. Knicks' Jeremy Lin: My Chinatown viewing experience
(Sports/Professional)

... Doris Kearns Goodwin. Through the eyes of a child, Goodwin describes the anticipation and exultation of being a Brooklyn Dodgers fan in the 1940’s/50’s, mired with the disappointment. She experienced this ...

17. NFL Scouting Combine, hypertension, and morbid obesity: Football is a tough career
(Sports/Professional)

... the medical group at a complex built by the one-time New Jersey Nets majority owner and Brooklyn arena developer Bruce Rather and got into the elevator, my mind was racing with thoughts. Okay I have hypertension ...

18. Political consultant Kevin Collins pleads guilty to dirty tricks in 2009 N.J. Assembly GOP primary
(N.J./State)

Former Wood-Ridge resident gets one year of probation, $1,000 fine Kevin Collins of Brooklyn, a political consultant, pleaded guilty Tuesday to arranging for deceptive “robocalls” to be made to over ...

19. NYPD on the hot seat for spying on Muslim groups
(U.S./Nation)

... Brooklyn College, Baruch College, Hunter College, City College of New York, Queens College, La Guardia Community College and St. John's University. A source close to the program, who like others insisted ...

20. Crook
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Bishop Parrot is a straight up crook and he got what he deserve, I'm glad I didn't join that Church when I moved from Brooklyn (Beulah COOLJC). ...