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Extra, Extra: Kim Dotcom Thinks He's Too Fat To Be A Flight Risk
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Jen Chung
Published Jan 23, 2012
Modified Jan 24, 2012
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Published Jan 23, 2012
Modified Jan 24, 2012
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- Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's lawyer says that his client won't be a flight risk, "He is not the sort of person who will pass unnoticed through our customs and immigration lines and controls," since he's 6'6" and nearly 300 pounds.
- The man killed by the L train on Saturday night had his head wedged between the platform and train.
- City Councilman Peter Koo has officially defected from the Republican party to join the Democrats.
- A military investigator is recommending that the most serious charge be dropped from one of the soldiers accused of fatally hazing a soldier from Chinatown.
- Vagrants on West 26th Street worry business people.
- Heidi Klum and Seal's friends are shocked at their split.
- Here's a clip of Mike Birbiglia's Sleepwalk With Me movie.
- Hoboken man arrested after pushing cop who was giving him ticket.
- Ron Paul's grandchildren sing the "Ron Paul For Congress" song.
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