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Early Addition: Sex Slave Wife Suing To Get Out Of <em>50 Shades</em>-Esque BDSM Marriage Contract
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Ben Yakas
Published Aug 31, 2012
Modified Aug 31, 2012
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Published Aug 31, 2012
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- Italian sex-slave wife sues husband over 50 Shades Of Grey-esque BDSM marriage contract.
- PSA: do not freeze soda, seriously.
- Texas man claims penis pills caused him bloody pain.
- Watch lower Manhattan get drawn before your eyes.
- Is this the darkest thing to happen on Twitter lately?
- A man called cops to complain that his prostitute was overcharging him.
- Crossfire Hurricane, a new documentary on the Rolling Stones, is coming to HBO in November.
- Andy Roddick announced that he will retire after the US Open.
- The Brooklyn woman who fell onto the Q train tracks has been putting up posters looking for the mysterious good Samaritan who saved her.
- Behold ye mortals: James Franco in cornrows channeling Kid Rock.
- And finally, let's see what Maru has been up to lately:
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