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Early Addition: NJ Mayor Took Generator To Power His Ice Cream Store
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Ben Yakas
Published Nov 14, 2012
Modified Nov 14, 2012
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Published Nov 14, 2012
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- Yes, yes, a million times yes: Overthinking It has completed their massive Law And Order data crunching experiment.
- David Chang's bar Booker and Dax is hosting a fundraising brunch for Governor, a DUMBO restaurant which was shuttered by the storm.
- Cold as ice...cream: Idiot NJ mayor took generator to power his ice cream store.
- The Jets can't stop, won't stop bashing Tim Tebow in the press: “He’s terrible,” a defensive starter told the Daily News.
- Check out the full, James Franco-filled trailer for Oz: The Great And Powerful.
- Stephen Colbert has already started to handicap the 2072 presidential race: "It looks like it is going to be a matchup between Robo-Cheney versus a swarm of sentient nano-hornets."
- Channing Tatum has been named People's Sexiest Man Alive, following in the footsteps of Harry Hamlin, Mel Gibson and Mark Harmon.
- When trying to descend on an escalator, always make sure said escalator is going in the right direction.
- A Florida man apparently killed himself because Obama was re-elected, scrawling the words "F--- Obama!" on his will.
- Yo La Tengo have a new 10-track album, Fade, coming out in January.
- And finally, this puppy doesn't want to be a drag, but...he just really likes being dragged:
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