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Extra, Extra: Jay-Z Has No Problem Using The Word "Bitch"
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Ben Yakas
Published Jan 18, 2012
Modified Jan 18, 2012
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Ben Yakas
Published Jan 18, 2012
Modified Jan 18, 2012
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- Tonight, Beyonce is rumored to make her first appearance since Blue Ivy was born; also, Jay-Z totally denies he's giving up the word "bitch."
- DSK’s wife named head of Le Huffington Post.
- British people can just be so unsophisticated: several moviegoers in Liverpool demanded refunds because they didn't know The Artist was a silent film.
- Some tweeting teens though SOPA had something to do with...soap.
- A man was found fatally hung under the Coney Island Boardwalk in an apparent suicide.
- Best/worst child porn mugshot ever.
- Urban farmers' latest thing: raising tilapia fishes in trashcans.
- Newt Gingrich thinks the elite include subway riders.
- Rumors are spreading that Peyton Manning might retire...and they were started by actor Rob Lowe.
- The City Council has nixed those irritating, hard-to-get-off parking violation stickers.
- And finally, because it's been a long day filled with important SOPA protests, let's remember what the internet is really for: here are 32 pictures of ADORABLE ANIMALS.
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