Morning Brief: April 14

It's a great week for a film festival

The Tribeca File Festival starts tomorrow, and Robert De Niro's annual cinema extravaganza promises to be everything you could hope for, whether you're a movie buff or not. So head on down.

NEED TO KNOW

Blackwater Guards Given Lengthy Prison Sentences  [New York Times] 

Congress Set to Defy Obama on Iran  [Washington Post] 

De Blasio Plans to Shrink Riker's Population  [New York Times] 

Sheldon Silver's Son-in-Law Arrested for Fraud  [New York Times]

Comptroller Says Minimum Wage Boost Would Help City  [NY Daily News]

WEATHER

Cloudy and 60 degrees  [Full Report] 

SPORTS

Yesterday

Knicks beat Atlanta, 112-108

Nets fell to Chicago, 113-86

Yankees beat Baltimore, 6-5

Mets beat Philadelphia, 2-0

Today

The Yankees take on Baltimore at 7:05

The Mets play Philadelphia at 7:10

ON STAGE TONIGHT

Stevie Wonder @ the Prudential Center

Eric Krasno, Marco Benevento and others (with Sophistafunk) @ Brooklyn Bowl
 
Alberta Cross @ Rockwood Music Hall
 
Leo Moran and Anthony Thistlethwaite @ Rockwood Music Hall
 
WFUV PRESENTS: “On Your Radar” hosted by John Platt, featuring Cariad Harmon, Bluebirds Of 
Paradise (featuring Ari Hest And Chrissi Poland) and Robert Sarazin Blake @ Rockwood Music 
Hall
 
TODAY IN HISTORY
 
Today in 1981, the first Space Shuttle, Columbia, completes its first flight. 

Weekdays at Noon

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