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Extra, Extra: Scottish Castles Are Less Expensive Than NYC Apartments
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Ben Yakas
Published Aug 30, 2013
Modified Aug 30, 2013
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Published Aug 30, 2013
Modified Aug 30, 2013
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- Mayor Bloomberg has a new $7 million helicopter.
- Lindsay Lohan has reportedly been asked to host the season premiere of SNL.
- Yep, Scottish castles are cheaper than a lot of NYC apartments.
- Assad's 11-year-old son allegedly wrote a Facebook post daring the US to attack Syria.
- A group of Brooklynites think they have created the perfect vodka.
- 34 million people are expected to travel this holiday weekend.
- Legendary Irish poet Seamus Heaney is dead at 74.
- Millennials apparently don't like Bruce Springsteen—and Zosia Mamet is the avatar of Millennials.
- A Manhattan doctor is suing Yelp claiming they put up "phony reviews" to get her to buy ads.
- Christine Quinn tells students to skip school to work for her.
- And finally, this kitten is waving at the camera (or trying to murder the camera):
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