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Extra, Extra: Awww, Kayaker Paddles With Blue Whale
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Jen Chung
Published Oct 18, 2011
Modified Oct 18, 2011
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- So cute!!! A kayaker in California paddled along with a blue whale next to him.
- In discussing its crime stats, the Post reports that Metro-North's spokeswoman said that "murders on trains 'might make for a good Agatha Christie novel,' but they are nonexistent" on the commuter line.
- The Israeli soldier held captive by Hamas for five years was returned to Israel, in exchange for over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners.
- Why is Newsies a cult hit?
- Only in Texas: A man allegedly beat a woman with a frozen armadillo.
- Apparently, Calvin Klein doesn't do commercial flights, because customs officials come to him.
- John Wayne Gacy's unidentified victims are being exhumed and their DNA will be tested.
- In life imitates "The Big Lebowski" news, "Police have arrested a borough man for burglarizing a motor vehicle and defecating in the backseat of the car."
- Various ways NYC school teachers and principals allegedly helped their students cheat on standardized tests.
- Fred Armisen doesn't care that Mayor Bloomberg wasn't into his SNL impression.
- And Lemony Snicket on Occupy Wall Street.
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