Morning Brief: March 26

Everyone's heard of Cards Against Humanity, the "party game for horrible people." Well, one former Brooklyn resident's putting his own spin on the card game: he's making a Cards Against Brooklyn expansion pack. This personalized set is just like the original, but with a Brooklyn edge. It has cards like "What does the R train smell like" and "The ghost of Biggie Smalls."

NEED TO KNOW

Pilot Locked Out of Cockpit Before Germanwings Plane Crash [Washington Post]

US Opens New Front in Iraq Striking ISIS in Tikrit [New York Times]

Immigrant Students Begin Hunger Strike for DREAM Act [CBS New York]

De Blasio Appoints New NYCHA General Manager [New York Times]

De Blasio Wants Albany Out of NYC Education [NY Daily News]

SPORTS

Yesterday

The Knicks lost to the Clipper 118-80.

The Nets beat the Hornets 91-88.

Tonight

The Rangers are in Ontario at 7:30.

The Islanders play the Kings at 7.

The Islanders are in DC at 7.

WEATHER

Finally seeing some spring emerge, but with all day into the night, 63/45. [Full Forecast]

ON STAGE TONIGHT

•  Neil Diamond @ Barclays Center
•  The Pine Hill Project featuring Richard Shindell and Lucy Kaplansky plus Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams @ City Winery
•  The Lone Bellow @ the Music Hall of Williamsburg
•  Shakey Graves with Nikki Lane @ Irving Plaza
•  Tobias Jesso Jr @ Mercury Lounge
•  Jack Ladder And The Dreamlanders @ Rough Trade NYC
•  Cassandra Wilson @ the Ridgefield Playhouse
•  The Outlaws and Blackhawk @ the Paramount
•  Debbie Harry @ Café Carlyle
•  Herb Alpert And Lani Hall @ the Mayo Performing Arts Center

TODAY IN HISTORY

On this day in 1945, Iwa Jima was fully secured by the US following a last, desperate attack by Japanese soldiers.

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