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President Barack Obama, accompanied by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., hugs Debbie Ingenito on Cedar Grove Avenue, a street significantly impacted by Superstorm Sandy, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, on Staten Island, in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama views Sandy recovery in tour of NYC

Matthew Daly, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - President Barack Obama vowed Thursday to stick with New Yorkers still struggling 17 days after Superstorm Sandy...
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Sandy Wedding

Sandy can't stop New York couple from wedding

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VIDEO - One New York couple wouldn't let Hurricane Sandy ruin their dream wedding...
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Jay-Z and wife Beyonce attend the game between the Brooklyn Nets and the Toronto Raptors at the Barclays Center on November 3, 2012 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.  (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Beyoncé, Jay-Z shine at Nets' opener

Chris Witherspoon
theGRIO SLIDESHOW - Over the weekend Jay-Z and Beyoncé made an appearance at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn to celebrate the Nets season opener game against the Toronto Raptors....
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The hands of an elderly African-American

Elderly NYC residents in high rises are gifted with food and support

Patrice Peck
Flooding and reports of electricity losses have dominated coverage of Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath, but communities with elderly residents have recently added another dimension to the narrative.
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Black girl playing chess

Brooklyn teen on path to become 1st black female chess master

Yesha Callahan, Clutch Magazine
CLUTCH - Rochelle Ballantyne, 17, of Brooklyn is taking the chess world by storm. She is on the verge of becoming the first African-American female chess master and her journey has been documented in the film, Brooklyn Castle...
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Rapper Jay-Z performs the inaugural concert at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Friday Sept. 28, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Jay-Z auctions personalized Nets jerseys for charity

Carrie Healey
Rapper and partial own of the Brooklyn Nets, Jay-Z has placed ten of his personal Brooklyn Nets "Carter 4" jerseys up for auction at auctions.NBA.com last week.
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A pedestrian talks with police officers blocking the street where Vindalee Smith was murdered in New York, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Pregnant NYC woman slashed, stabbed to death

Verena Dobnik, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - A pregnant mother of four killed in her New York City apartment the day before her wedding died from slash and stab wounds to her neck, authorities said Sunday...
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20 bystanders in Buswick Brooklyn rush to lift a car off toddlers and a grandmother

20 bystanders lift car to free pinned grandmother, toddlers

Andrew Siff
VIDEO - Nearly two dozen Good Samaritans rushed to rescue a woman and her two toddler grandchildren when they were run over by an elderly driver in a busy section of Brooklyn Friday afternoon, authorities and witnesses said...
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Rapper Jay-Z performs the inaugural concert at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Friday Sept. 28, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Jay-Z to release 'Live In Brooklyn' CD

Kyle Harvey
theGRIO REPORT - Hov will be releasing an 8 song EP called Live In Brooklyn, that will feature the legendary rapper’s best performances from his Barclays debut...
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Jay Z

Jay-Z takes the subway to Brooklyn concert

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theGRIO REPORT - Jay-Z kicked off his final concert during the opening of the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, where the relaunched Nets will play, by taking the N train...
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