Early Addition: More And More, People Looking For A Date Are Googling "How To Date"

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A woman in Roselle Park, New Jersey, caused some local controversy by hanging an obscene political sign that the New York Times wrote a long story about without giving any sense of what the sign said. (It said "F**k Biden".)
In other New Jersey news, Clerks 3 starts filming in the state next month.
Google searches for "dating" have a reached a five-year high, with "how to date" being the most-googled phrase in Washington, D.C. last week.
The Tokyo Olympics is likely to be the hottest games on record, and the beach volleyball players have already noted in practice that the sand is burning their feet.
Extreme heat and wildfires in Oregon could ruin the region's Christmas trees for seasons to come.
People renting out their backyard pools on Swimply, the Airbnb for pools, are making good money this summer. They're also praying that visitors don't let underage people get drunk and severely injured.
TV character actor Isaiah Stokes has been charged with second-degree murder after allegedly shooting someone to death in Queens.
Jeff Bezos went up in space for a bit.
At last, Vox has explained Nicolas Cage.
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