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Vermonters crowd a farmers market in downtown Burlington, Vt.

Leaving Brooklyn, Bernie Sanders Found Home In Vermont

11:42am June 20, 2015

by Tamara Keith

Sanders grew up a city kid, dreaming of a life in the Green Mountain State. Now, a friend says, "I think he needs his fix of Vermont."

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FUDS, a complete encyclofoodia, is by Kelly Hudson, Dan Klein and Arthur Meyer writing as the fictional Mizretti twins.

Straight Out Of Brooklyn: 'Encyclofoodia' Pokes Fun At Foodies

6:21pm May 08, 2015

by NPR Staff

Comics posing as chefs have written a book with sensational recipes and explanations of essential tools like the "spankler." It's designed to "spank the food if it does anything wrong."

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Damage can be seen along an upper floor on the back of a house at the scene of a fire in which seven children died in the Brooklyn borough of New York early Saturday.

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Fire In Brooklyn Home Kills 7 Children

3:17pm March 21, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The fatal blaze that started shortly after midnight is being described as New York City's worst in seven years.

Desiree Akhavan plays Shirin in Appropriate Behavior. Akhavan says she chose the name Shirin because it means sweet in Farsi. "Even though she's insane, she has a sweetness," says Akhavan.

Arts

Iranian-American Filmmaker Breaks Out Of Boxes, Into The Box Office

4:25pm January 17, 2015

by Shereen Marisol Meraji

Desiree Akhavan wrote, directed and stars in the new comedy Appropriate Behavior. It's informed by her life as a bisexual Brooklynite, but the film, like its maker, defies easy categorization.

Outside New York City Hall, a policeman watches a protest against racial disparities in marijuana arrests. The majority of those arrested are black or Latino, even though those groups are not more likely to smoke pot.

National

Brooklyn DA Shifts Stance On Pot, But That Won't Impact NYPD

12:12pm July 12, 2014

by Joel Rose

District Attorney Kenneth Thompson says he will stop prosecuting some people arrested for low-level marijuana possession. But that won't stop the New York Police Department from making arrests.

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