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Early Addition: Has Mankind Finally Mastered The Hoverboard?


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Published May 2, 2016

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Published May 2, 2016

Modified May 2, 2016


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  • Bernie Sanders is transitioning into becoming ol’ Gil quite nicely.
  • Chris Darden hints that he and Marcia Clark maybe-sorta-probably did have a romance behind-the-scenes during the OJ trial.
  • The New Yorker has a big profile on US Attorney Preet Bharara's war on Wall Street.
  • A 100-year-old Brooklyn woman completed a record-breaking run at the Penn Relays.
  • Good job, Kylie Jenner: a Manhattan tattoo shop might get in trouble for inking her.
  • An 81-year-old man to be exonerated of a 1963 Crown Heights murder.
  • Seinfeld2000 interviewed the real J. Peterman and the actor who played him on Seinfeld.
  • Berlin bans renting whole apartments through Airbnb.
  • Will the real Satoshi Nakomoto please stand up?
  • If this is a legit working hoverboard, as it appears to be, they really should nickname it the Green Goblin.
  • And finally, a cute gopher investigates a GoPro:

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Ben Yakas was born and raised in New York, and has worked for Gothamist for over a decade, and WNYC for four years, covering literally everything. He has hung out with Dan Smith (who will teach you guitar), but still has yet to have a guitar lesson with him.

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