Bird Town, Rachel Ray, and More Brooklyn Briefs

-  Bird Town goes up in Fort Greene.  Gothamist 

- Rachel Ray comes to Cobble Hill.  Brooklyn Eagle 

- Trouble sleeping? Maybe it's your iPad.  CNN 

- Is the Brooklyn Museum backing off from a plan to sell a collection of terra cotta that had a lot of people really upset?   Brownstoner

- Prom advice for parents.  Huff Post

- The ultimate rice pudding recipe, straight from Nanny.  Mangia Vita

- Toxic Gowanus site finally gets a fence.  PMFA  

- Dog flies five stories and survives in big wind storm last week. NY Magazine

- 55 NY State parks will be closed today because of budget cuts.  Crain's NY

- What does the Vatican know about aliens and why do they have not one but two observatories? Blogging Brownsville's Skies

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