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Early Addition: There Is No Such Thing As Privacy On Gmail
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Ben Yakas
Published Aug 14, 2013
Modified Aug 14, 2013
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Published Aug 14, 2013
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- Lorne Michaels is reportedly trying to reinvent SNL, and Jack Nicholson is helping him out with it or something.
- Horrible people spotted dragging their dog in a crate behind their car while driving on the highway.
- A Long Island man allegedly stole $130k in clothes from the TJ Maxx he managed in order to resell them at his own store.
- Now THIS is how you make an entrance at your Bar Mitzvah!
- Prince has apparently joined Twitter, doesn't quite understand what a selfie is.
- An East Village thief removed a parking sign in order to snatch a locked bike.
- Where did the term "86" come from?
- The US Open is getting a retractable roof.
- If you use Gmail, then you shouldn't expect to have any privacy.
- The world's most viral raccoon has been seized by the state.
- And finally, this puppy thinks he's swimming in the sink:
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