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Extra, Extra: Does President Obama Wear Hipster Fedoras?
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Ben Yakas
Published Feb 29, 2012
Modified Feb 29, 2012
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Published Feb 29, 2012
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- The Hyundai Limited: watch Wes Anderson's car commercials.
- A Connecticut state official resigned after it was reported he left a menacing phone message to a conservative women's group.
- The best way to end your day: watch the live stream of Siku the Danish polar bear cub being adorable.
- Spreading Santorum is no longer the top "Santorum" Google result... but the Urban Dictionary definition of Santorum ("frothy, usually slimy, amalgam of lubricant, stray fecal matter, and ejaculate") is on top.
- Orrin Hatch thinks President Obama is wearing hipster fedoras and drinking double skim lattes.
- Vinny Gorgeous is looking good in Supermax.
- New The Avengers trailer includes lots of action, lots of NYC destruction, and only a little avenging.
- First, watch a bridge blow up in real time—then watch it blow it in slow motion!
- Man is dead after accidentally drinking gasoline and lighting a cigarette.
- New pictures of Bill Murray as FDR in the movie Hyde Park On The Hudson.
- Police shot and killed a pit bull after its owner unleashed the dog to attack cops in a Brooklyn housing project.
- And finally, the Daily News thinks it has found the "most perfect viral video." Watch a black cat swim with its bikini-wearing blonde owner, and decide if they're right.
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