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Brooklyn Heights: The new coffee shop on the corner of Cranberry and Henry has comedy and jazz nights, but you're probably not invited. [Brooklyn Heights Blog] Chelsea: Bottlerocket wines hosts environmental activists Sunday afternoon for Earth Day tips and sips from biodynamic and organic vineyards. [Bottlerocket] Chinatown: What to eat at Saturday's Taste of Chinatown. [Chinatown NYC] Hop Kee, though damaged after being plowed into by an errant car, is open again. [Grub Street] Downtown Brooklyn: Junior's kosher certification revoked; a Jew baked during Passover. [The Brooklyn Paper] East Hampton: Prime 103 boasts a chef with Jean Georges cred, steak, sushi, and weekend dining until 4 a.m. It will open by Memorial Day. [Eater] Harlem: You might get a free CD if you reserve a spot at the Harlem Tea Room for tonight's jazz performance; three are available.
NYPD raid in Brooklyn uncovers large weapons stash
Four buildings in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn were evacuated early Wednesday morning after police executing a search warrant discovered a mortar shell, a Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle, four 9-mm handguns and "numerous boxes" of ammunition inside an apartment.
Officers from the police department's Brooklyn South Narcotics Squad also found a small amount of marijuana in the apartment at 2281 Ocean Pkwy. and arrested two men, Christopher Ocera, 42, who lives in the apartment, and Danny Dispigno, 28, of 2184 E. Seventh St. in Brooklyn.
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'So it goes': A eulogy for Vonnegut
Not many people witness the end of the world and keep on living. It's a crock, really. If a man sees the earth go under in a wind of flames and smells the stench of innocent people cooking-screaming-and then afterwards is told to toss the dead onto funeral pyres, well, life never looks the same. Right? I mean, what heartless soul could see the end, whistle, put his hands in his pockets and walk away?
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. witnessed the end of the world during the fire-bombing in Dresden, Germany during the waning days of World War II. He survived because he was locked underground in a meat locker making vitamin supplements with his fellow prisoners of war. He never walked away, and the bombing was the inspiration for his best-known (and perhaps most powerful) novel: Slaughterhouse-Five.
Prep roundup: MC boys golf team wins battle of unbeatens
NAPA - In the battle of the MCAL undefeated Thursday, the Marin Catholic High boys golf team got the better of Justin-Siena 204-218 at the par-36 Chardonnay course. The win cements the Wildcats' position as the league's top team. "It was a big match for us," Marin Catholic coach Tim Navone said. "This is the only time we would face Justin-Siena all year and we knew we wouldn't get another crack at them. If we would have lost it would mean our destiny wouldn't be in our hands." Marin Catholic's (8-0) Craig Pence and Justin-Siena's (5-1) Austin Amaral tied for the best score with a 38. "We pretty much told our guys to play match play," Navone said. "Just beat your opponent to get a win and we'll walk out of there with our flawless record in tact." The Wildcats' Brad Thomas hit two birdies on the last three holes to finish right behind Pence and Amaral with a 39.
Sun-rise in New York
United Nations Oil for Food scandal appeared in a New York newspaper on November 26, 2004, under the byline of Claudia Rosett. In that article Rosett revealed that Kojo Annan, the son of the UN Secretary General, had remained on the payroll of the Swiss firm Cotecna, which had a UN contract in Iraq " /> Iraq, for years after he had supposedly ended his relationship with the company. The piece had an instant ripple effect: Three days later William Safire devoted his New York Times column to Rosett's revelations and demanded that Kofi Annan " /> Kofi Annan resign from his post. Senator Norm Coleman (news, bio, voting record), whose subcommittee was then investigating the Oil for Food program, joined the chorus two days later in the Wall Street Journal with a piece titled "Kofi Annan Must Go," a piece that also cited Rosett's reporting.
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