After a fall from grace that saw Bobby Vaughn lose ownership of once successful fashion label, Von Dutch, lose custody of his son, and spend five months in jail, fighting murder charges for shooting his best friend, the man who once rocked out with stars like Tommy Lee and Snoop Dog wants to start over in Rockaway.

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Leslie Nilsson realized something had to be done. Unprecedented summer rains had destroyed the tomato crops and made traditional summer fruits like berries ripen much later. The zucchini crops rotted, and with growing schedules pushed back, the problems looked like they would persist into the fall.

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Emin set out for Iowa in her baby-blue Toyota Prius on a recent Sunday, leaving early to beat New York Marathon traffic. Along the way, she put on the Itinerant Book Show, a combination of an expo for lesser-known volumes and an educational seminar about how publishing is changing.

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