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Early Addition: An Impassioned Defense Of Nickelback
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Nell Casey
Published Oct 7, 2014
Modified Oct 7, 2014
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Published Oct 7, 2014
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- A title-winning NJ high school has canceled its football season over allegations of "harassment, intimidation and bullying among players."
- Here's an impassioned defense of Nickelback.
- The relatives of the iconic model for Aunt Jemima syrup are suing the brand for $2 billion from money made from the likeness.
- A horrifying scalding incident at Rikers Island may have been part of a prison initiation.
- Morrissey reveals he's been treated for cancer.
- The bizarre, ill conceived "consensual sex app" Good2Go has been nixed.
- The harrowing tale of a man of who two pints of blood drained from his penis.
- Is JK Rowling hinting at writing more Harry Potter books?
- And finally, behold the bounciest kitty of all time:
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