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Extra, Extra: Retired Cop Wants To Open "Bikini Bar" Near Barclays Center
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Ben Yakas
Published Jun 15, 2013
Modified Jun 15, 2013
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Ben Yakas
Published Jun 15, 2013
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- Matthew Weiner swears that "no one’s going to die" on Mad Men this season..but that's just because they're all ALREADY DEAD.
- A retired cop wants to open a "bikini bar" near Barclays Center.
- Sandy Alderson swears that the Mets seriously are going to be a competitive baseball team again one day, for real you guys, no lies.
- A 19-year-old aspiring Marine was fatally stabbed in Queens.
- The critical consensus so far on Kanye West's new album Yeezus is very, very positive.
- Yes, baseball would be better with British commentators.
- New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft claims that Vladimir Putin stole his Super Bowl ring, worth more than $25K, but the White House asked him to just let it go, man.
- Bay Ridge residents say there are sex spas everywhere.
- Gene Wilder hated Tim Burton's 2005 version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
- A NJ Transit bus took two extra hours to get to Port Authority because the driver got lost.
- And finally, here's a chimp having fun in the bath:
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