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Extra, Extra: Spiderman Is A Thief
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Ben Yakas
Published Apr 28, 2013
Modified Apr 28, 2013
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- Sarah Palin thinks the White House Correspondents Dinner is so lame.
- Long Island had their first-ever amnesty program aimed at luring illegal reptiles and amphibians—and three alligators were turned in!
- Spider-Man stole $6000 from an employee of a tourism company.
- A man has been charged with murdering his younger brother while at a wake for their other sibling.
- This is the saddest 10 second video you'll see today.
- The woman who claimed her boyfriend attempted suicide-by-girlfriend now says that she had an abortion after her arrest.
- Danish scientists say they have seen "promising" results so far with the HIV cure they're working on.
- Mary Thom, a founder and editor of Ms. magazine, was killed in a motorcycle crash on the Saw Mill Parkway.
- Amy Poehler and Julia Louis-Dreyfus are really hoping that Prince runs for president in 2016.
- Cops just figured out that if they set up a DWI checkpoint near Yankee Stadium, they're probably gonna catch a lot of drunk drivers.
- And finally, a little girl meets a very big camel who really likes her (and briefly contemplates eating her):
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