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Extra, Extra: Alec Baldwin To Finally Become Mayor Of NYC
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Ben Yakas
Published Mar 6, 2015
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- RIP Biddy the hedgehog.
- Alec Baldwin will play a mayor of NYC.
- Nickelback fans are furious that Nickelback has sold out.
- De Blasio wants businesses to voluntarily raise the minimum wage to $13.
- A Bronx Science teacher has been arrested on child porn charges.
- Cops allegedly made a mentally disabled woman wear a t-shirt reading, "I'm a dope."
- A LI woman is accused of lighting a shirt on fire and throwing it at her brother during an argument.
- Prince is touring the US, but he isn't saying exactly where.
- And finally, if you leave your car window open, you never know when a giraffe is going to pop in:
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