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Extra, Extra: Why <em>Does</em> The Internet Love Cats So Much?
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Ben Yakas
Published Mar 2, 2012
Modified Mar 2, 2012
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Published Mar 2, 2012
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- The three men shot at outside of a Queens Wendy's are allegedly members of the MS 13 gang.
- Cops love the Find My iPhone app.
- Nothing to see here, just a video of a jolly clown getting arrested in Midtown.
- Ezra Merkin, who allegedly funneled $2 billion into Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, may settle with the NY AG's office for $400 million.
- Obesity exhibit at Epcot Center is cancelled, lest it offends overweight children.
- Julie Taymor claims there was a plot against her during Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark Turn On The Paranoia production.
- A scientific explanation as to why the internet loves cats so much.
- Go ahead, tell your ex what’s wrong with them...just not to their face.
- James Wilson, the co-author of the "Broken Windows" article that was hugely influential on the NYPD, is dead at 80.
- And finally, Best Week Ever wonders if the adorable Koala bear in the video below is high:
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