Morning Brief: December 10

Today, in 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr. received his Nobel Peace Prize. He accepted it with "with an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind." It's been exactly 50 years since then, but there are those who argue that not much has changed since then in light of recent police shootings and their subsequent protests, like in Ferguson and over the Eric Garner case. What are the strides you think the country has taken to equality in the last 50 years?

NEED TO KNOW

CIA Report Shows Brutality and Dishonesty [Washington Post]

New Protests Sparking Up in Berkeley [New York Times]

Officer Fatally Shoots Man After Synagogue Stabbing [New York Times]

De Blasio Announces Deal with Eight Unions [CBS Local]

The Brooklyn Bridge Climber Isn't Getting Jail Time [NY Daily News]

SPORTS

Yesterday

The Islanders fell to the Wild 5-4.

The Devils lost to the Blackhawks 3-2.

The Knicks were beat by the Pelicans 104-93.

Today

The Nets play the Bulls at 8.

The Knicks play the Spurs at 8:30.

WEATHER

Mix of rain and snow today, turning to light snow in the evening, 41/32. [Full Forecast]

ON STAGE TONIGHT

•  “The Return Of The Aimee Mann Christmas Show” featuring Aimee Mann and Ted Leo, Susanna Hoffs and Jonathan Coulton @ the Tarrytown Music Hall
•  The Adrian Belew Power Trio @ the YMCA Boulton Center for the Performing Arts
•  Dan Penn with Bobby Emmons @ Joe’s Pub
•  Trombone Shorty And Orleans Avenue (with The Soul Rebels) @ Terminal 5
•  Ingrid Michaelson (with Secret Someones) “Ingrid Michaelson’s Holiday Hop 2014” @ Webster Hall
•  Strunz And Farah @ Iridium
•  Jukebox The Ghost opens for Christina Perri @ the Paramount

TODAY IN HISTORY

On This day in 1901, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded.

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