Extra, Extra: Food Trucks Are Real Terror Threats, Says FDNY

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Published Oct 24, 2012

Modified Oct 25, 2012

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Ben Yakas

Published Oct 24, 2012

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FDNY: Food trucks are not just serious fire hazards...they are terrorism threats!
President Obama was photobombed adorably.
Rupert Murdoch was providing some much needed technical assistance on Twitter today.
Adele's music brought James Bond to tears.
Here are pictures of Mitt Romney and President Obama standing near hay.
The house where Mary Kennedy killed herself was sold within a week of being listed.
Turns out that Donald Trump is a big supporter of the Indiana Senator who thinks God is okay with women getting pregnant from rape.
Kansas City police are looking for a perp who robbed a fried chicken restaurant with a samurai sword.
The Big Gay Ice Cream is opening a new shop in the West Village.
The underage woman who claims she was raped by former Giant Lawrence Taylor testified in court today: “[he] said I had nice curly hair like his wife.”
And finally, here's a very cuddly, squishy Echidna Puggle:

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