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Extra, Extra: Subway Breakdancers Lament NYPD Crackdown
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Ben Yakas
Published Oct 29, 2014
Modified Oct 29, 2014
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Published Oct 29, 2014
Modified Oct 29, 2014
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- On the one hand, Taylor Swift is giving all the profits from her NY anthem to charity; on the other hand, cat noises.
- A Frat Bro is teaching other Frat Bros about consent.
- Real life subway breakdancers speak out about the NYPD crackdown.
- Middle-class Americans can't afford to live in major cities because Complicated Issues.
- A beer-drinking thief stole a delivery truck filled with snacks.
- A graduate student is giving away her DNA for free in Union Square.
- A Florida woman was busted with 175 grams of cocaine in her vagina.
- Steve Guttenberg crashed the Pix11 weather report and made a bunch of Jewish-y jokes.
- Marriages between half uncles and half nieces are cool, says court.
- A sneeze could maybe sort of spread Ebola, says CDC.
- And finally, a mini-dachshund learns to swim:
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