Idiotarod This Saturday; Balloon Over Gowanus; and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Developer to dismantle controversial addition to Carroll Gardens building. TRD

- Brooklyn College professor says he was fired for being pro-Palestinian. Gothamist

- The Apollo Theater will do something it has never done before — hold “Amateur Night at the Apollo: Brooklyn Night.” Brooklyn Eagle 

- The Idiotarod rolls off at 10 a.m. on Saturday.  Brooklyn Paper

- Students send camera up in seven-foot Mylar balloon over Gowanus Canal in homemade mapping project. Brooklyn Eagle

- The serial killer who once appeared on an episode of the "Dating Game" has been indicted for the murder of two New York City women. (BTW, he also worked at a summer camp for girls.) Bellingham Herald and NY Post

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