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The way Alex Lang sits up in his chair and the excited tone in his voice when talking about the women's basketball team lets an observer know where his passions lie. There is also the line before the conversation began, "I'd rather talk about the coaching." Full Story

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John Uske still bears a scar and a missing tooth to remind him of times when life was not so sweet.
Now a Brooklyn College student with 111 credits toward a business management degree, Uske, 44, was once homeless, living at the Atlantic Avenue Armory homeless shelter after a bitter divorce in 1997.
He is an urban success story. A man who rescued himself from the gutter after a wake up call that left him in the hospital.

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In late 2001, when one of Brooklyn's self-proclaimed finest, Jay-Z, performed before a multicultural MTV crowd (a rare sight) for the network's "Unplugged" series, I couldn't help but notice the portrait on his shirt. Full Story

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