Oscar Short List: 'Battle for Brooklyn' -- and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Atlantic Yards documentary "Battle for Brooklyn" is in the running for an Oscar. Brownstoner and American Superstar

- Occupy Brooklyn activists discus movement's future. Brooklyn Eagle

- New York's 'best' pizza joint Di Fara shut for 67 health violations. NY Daily News

- Christie's patty restaurant on Flatbush closing after 45 years. Brooklyn Paper

- Four creeps indicted for allegedly pimping out 12 and 13-year-old girls in Brooklyn. Brooklyn Eagle

- NYPD’s "unconvincing terror suspect" tried to circumcise himself.  Gawker
 
- Amazon is selling fancy smartphones for a penny. No joke. Brokelyn

- Here's a beautiful and terrifying photo of a white shark. Gizmodo

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