Early Addition: High School Dance Canceled Because Of Twerking

Nell Casey

Published Sep 3, 2014

Modified Sep 3, 2014

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The last gas station in the East Village has closed.
Photo: Here's Allison Williams as Peter Pan in the upcoming TV musical.
Yankees players will wear special uniform patches to honor retiring captain Derek Jeter.
A homecoming dance at a high school in Vermont was canceled because of twerking.
The latest faces to adorn USPS stamps: celebrity chefs.
Video: How decaf coffee gets made.
This terrifying cricket that looks like a spider is invading the east coast.
A Burmese teenage pageant winner has allegedly been stripped of her crown for refusing to get breast implants.
And finally, someone please get this fluffy kitty some grippy gloves:

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