Hiroshima Survivors Come to Tell the Stories and More Brooklyn Briefs

- The Brooklyn pastor who promised hundreds of people non-existent jobs has begun to return applications and other documents. NY Times

- Four Hiroshima survivors will be visiting Downtown Brooklyn this Sunday to tell their stories about that horrific day. Brooklyn Eagle

- Ten unboring Mother’s Day gifts you can still pull off. Brokelyn

- Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 1 concession winners -- elitist or not? Brownstoner commenters weigh in. Brownstoner

- From 1 to 4 percent of the DNA in the genomes of many humans today were inherited from Neanderthals. CS Monitor

- Iceland's volcano has produced a 1,000-mile-wide ash cloud that will force western Irish airports to shut down again Friday. Huff Post

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