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Early Addition: Queensboro Bridge Attacks Mercedes
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Ben Yakas
Published Feb 22, 2012
Modified Feb 22, 2012
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Published Feb 22, 2012
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- A chunk of the Queensboro Bridge fell onto a Mercedes, but it probably had it coming.
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