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Extra, Extra: Beyonce/Jay Z/Solange Elevator Incident Getting <em>Law & Order</em> Treatment
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Ben Yakas
Published Oct 1, 2014
Modified Oct 1, 2014
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Ben Yakas
Published Oct 1, 2014
Modified Oct 1, 2014
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- Derek Jeter apparently doesn't know Twitter and Tumblr exist.
- The NY Observer wrote a scathing review of a new Lower East Side fried chicken place.
- A woman died after falling into a vat of wine she was making.
- Prince successfully trolled his fans when he held a Facebook Q&A and only answered one question.
- Mariah Carey is reportedly obsessed with drinking wine out of cans, and likes to have entrance music.
- What happens if you put the Jay Z/Beyonce/Solange elevator video, the Ray Rice scandal, and Donald Sterling in a blender? You'd get this upcoming episode of Law & Order: SVU!
- Over 50 people were stuck in elevators in Queens after power went out.
- An Ohio woman is suing a sperm bank for inseminating her with a black sperm donor.
- If you care about your lawn at all, get a goat.
- A new report says that the free MetroCard program is being wildly abused.
- And finally, puppies rolling down hills:
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