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- First the finger roll, now this: Patrick Ewing has been badmouthing NY to Dwight Howard!
- Jay-Z allegedly "forgot" to pay worker's compensation to his employees for three months in 2008—and now he's been hit with a workers comp lawsuit.
- The David Letterman sextortionist has been hired by Discovery ID.
- Couple find engagement ring that had been lost for 36 years in the toilet.
- The island nation of Samoa is skipping the last Friday of the year, and Rebecca Black isn't happy about it.
- A man was arrested for trying to bring a knife on a JFK flight.
- How many of the past Iowa caucus winners have gone on to be the presidential nominees?
- A Florida animal sanctuary claims Tarzan's chimpanzee sidekick has died—but others now say he's an impostor.
- And finally, here's a roundup of the best humor writing of 2011, via Splitsider.
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