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Extra Extra: You Can Rent Out The Last Blockbuster In The World On Airbnb
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Published Aug 11, 2020
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- Joe Biden announced that Sen. Kamala Harris will be his running mate.
- New York Comic Con will go online for this year's events in October.
- According to the Times, 76% of Americans will be eligible to receive a ballot in the mail for the 2020 election, the most in U.S. history.
- Vulture asked a gynecologist all their burning questions about the lyrics of "WAP."
- The world's last Blockbuster in Oregon will soon be listed on Airbnb for a limited time so people can stay overnight.
- Large national retail chains, including J.C. Penney, Kate Spade, Neiman Marcus, Subway and Le Pain Quotidien, are starting to abandon Manhattan: “There’s no reason to do business in New York,” said Michael Weinstein, the chief executive of Ark Restaurants. “I can do the same volume in Florida in the same square feet as I would have in New York, with my expenses being much less."
- Not everyone is giving up though: Sour Patch Kids is opening a new retail store and restaurant in NoHo.
- A pair of pro-cop groups are suing Mayor Bill de Blasio after being denied the permits to paint a Blue Lives Matter mural akin to the Black Lives Matter murals around the city.
- Big Ten Conference presidents and chancellors voted today to postpone all fall sports seasons, including football, until at least the spring.
- Have you gone to a speakeasy gym?
- And finally, not all babies are dogs, but all dogs are babies:
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