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Steve Buscemi: The Brooklyn Film Star Who Was Stabbed Three Times in a Bar Fight

Steven Vincent "Steve" Buscemi is an American actor, writer, and film director. Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Dorothy, a homemaker for Howard Johnson, and John Buscemi, a sanitation worker and Korean War veteran, Steve...

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Joan Rivers – The Brooklyn Native Who Hosted Live from the Red Carpet for Eight Years

Comedian Joan Rivers rose to fame after her appearance on The Tonight Show. She released a comedy album that earned a Grammy nomination and...

Brooklyn native Eleanor Clift — from political journalist to TV host

Eleanor Clift was one of Washington’s famous political analysts. She worked for The Daily Beast, Newsweek and wrote four books. She wrote about politics,...

The Success of a Brooklyn Politician — How Hugh L. Carey Became New York’s 51st Governor

Governor Hugh L. Carey was a distant yet determined figure whose approval ratings had dropped by 30 points in the polls just before the...

How Brooklyn spends the end of summer

Everyone has their own feelings and associations with the end of summer. Students feel sad because they will soon have to go back to...

A Brooklyn Native Who Gained Notoriety in Chicago

In the "Roaring Twenties," Al Capone ruled over a vast criminal empire in the Windy City—a domain built on gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, bribery, drug...
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