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Early Addition: Woman In Upside-Down Labor For 75 Days!
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Ben Yakas
Published Mar 9, 2012
Modified Mar 9, 2012
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Published Mar 9, 2012
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- Mother had to lie nearly upside-down in labor for a record 75 days to make sure her twins survived—she named them Iga and Ignacy.
- Watch Jay-Z perform "Public Service Announcement" at Carnegie Hall.
- Facebook guy buys majority stake of The New Republic and is now the publisher and editor-in-chief.
- For the umpeenth time: yes, Chris Christie thinks you're an idiot.
- Whitney Houston sort of had a "secret" adopted son.
- Madison Square Park playground will be named after only female cop killed on 9/11.
- Go ahead, watch a reporter get hit by a pole five times.
- Yes, that was Robert De Niro hanging in an Atlanta club with T.I.
- Why is Kate Moss trying to kill people?
- PBS tackles the birth and evolution of animated GIFs.
- And finally, because we can't get enough of penguins today, here's a live cam of penguins in San Diego:
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