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  • Cool: Here's what New York is Instagraming—right now.
  • New York State is buying up a huge chunk of the Adirondacks. It's the biggest parcel it has bought in more than a century!
  • Fired and then un-fired teachers are reportedly fleeing Lehman High School.
  • Oh, so you want to move your office to a table under a bridge down by the river, eh?
  • Natalie Portman married the dancer-choreographer/baby daddy this weekend.
  • Nice: The Howard Stern show's Baba Booey is also the new president of Lifebeat, the music industry organization that raises awareness of AIDS and spreads the gospel of prevention.
  • Finally: A NY pol calling for Chick-fil-A to open more outposts in the Empire State.
  • Despite being dead for more than a decade, Aaliyah has a new track (with Drake). This trend needs to stop.
  • Usain Bolt is a classy, and very very fast, man.
  • Ooohhh: silent video of Mark Twain walking and smoking filmed by Thomas Edison!
  • MetroCards can make for some stunning collages.
  • Finally, sooooo many obedient white terrier puppies! So many!