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Extra, Extra: Rogue Penis Shrubbery Shaper Strikes Again!
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Nell Casey
Published Nov 27, 2013
Modified Nov 27, 2013
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- Butt-dial foils attempted slaying by hit man in Arkansas.
- This is what 30 years of confiscated toys from a British classroom looks like.
- Meanwhile in Canada, there's rogue dude shaping shrubbery into penises.
- Montana restaurant owners face big fines after authorities discovered a cache of black bear paws in their fridge.
- At least three people were killed when a crane collapsed part of the World Cup stadium in Brazil.
- A cigarette seeker in Brooklyn punched out a stranger because nobody would give him a smoke.
- Potential jurors in Atlanta were given the option to select "slave" as their occupation.
- Video: actors reenacting YouTube comment war FTW.
- Zombie dildo? Zombie dildo.
- And finally, in honor of tomorrow's food coma, here are some very sleepy corgis:
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