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Extra, Extra: Every City Dreams Of Being Brooklyn
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Ben Yakas
Published Nov 12, 2014
Modified Nov 12, 2014
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Published Nov 12, 2014
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- Everywhere wants to be Brooklyn.
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- East Williamsburg woman punches hole in her bedroom door, thief uses hole to steal $850 and personal possessions from her.
- Here are some important horse wedding tips.
- This is what successful trolling looks like.
- Barbara Streisand is singlehandedly trying to bring back hair crimping.
- The so-called Cannibal Cop claims he is incapable of violence.
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- This is what happens when a regatta descends into slapstick-worthy chaos.
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- And finally, a very confused pigeon:
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