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- A former reserve police officer was sentenced to three years for drugging, raping, and shaving the body hair of his onetime "drinking buddy."
- The HBO adaptation of Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections is officially official now—and Dianne Wiest and Chris Cooper will star.
- A bicycle-riding burglar is menacing an Upper East Side private school.
- The George Washington Bridge debuted green lights yesterday.
- An 83-year-old man was busted for prostitution.
- An investigation into Rebecca Black, and the guy who unleashed "Friday" upon the world.
- Worst X-Ray ever: the ultrasound of man's testicles reveals image of face in agony.
- Lady Gaga announced her anti-bullying foundation, "Born This Way."
- Aww: a father and daughter perform a “history of dance”-style dance medley at her wedding.
- And finally, a man convicted of killing his wife said he had been abused by her for years—among other things, she had destroyed his prize Star Wars collection.
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