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Early Addition: Huck Finn And His Navy SEAL Friend Jim
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Jen Chung
Published May 9, 2011
Modified May 9, 2011
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- If you're going to read a censored version of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, it might as well be the version about Huck and his Navy SEAL friend Jim.
- The Post takes unparalleled glee in Keith Olbermann's apparently unsuccessful attempts to hire away former staffers from MSNBC.
- Another day, another bomb scare in the Bronx.
- Legislative correspondents made fun of former Congressman Chris Lee for his shirtless Craigslist adventures.
- In the new performance competition reality show, The X-Factor, L.A. Reid makes Simon Cowell look nice.
- Can a socialite philanthropist sell her Park Avenue apartment(s) for $60 million?
- Chinatown residents protest a bad landlord.
- There's yet another Natalee Holloway Lifetime movie.
- Gawker is worried about Christina Aguilera's weave.
Jen Chung
Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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