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Extra, Extra: Instagram Envy Is The Hottest Tech Trend
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Ben Yakas
Published Nov 9, 2013
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- Gore Vidal's nephew thinks he might have been a pedophile.
- Instagram apparently makes you envy other peoples' lives.
- Go behind the scenes of Maury as the show enters its 16th season.
- Ronan Farrow is too handsome to just make love to just one gender.
- Former Gov. David Patterson was spotted in a NYC club.
- Neuroscientists want to explain to you why sex feels oh so good.
- "Huh" is the most universally recognized utterance.
- Leonardo DiCaprio got a sweet new place in Greenwich Village.
- Macy's is NOT coming to Harlem.
- Actor Anthony Mackie, soon to be seen in Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier, got pulled over for a DWI in Harlem.
- And finally, cats sure like to sleep in weird positions:
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