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- Joey Chestnut downed 121 Twinkies in 6 minutes, setting a new Guinness World Record.
- New York chefs and restaurateurs remember Lou Reed.
- Nielsen can now track TV viewership through mobile devices.
- Temperatures in the Arctic haven't been this warm for 120,000 years.
- Turns out Darth Vader wasn't Luke's father in the initial Empire Strike Back script.
- The Pulaski bridge is getting a bike lane!
- After Hurricane Sandy severely damaged Ellis Island, the historic landmark officially reopened today.
- Behold the only appropriate "sexy" Halloween costume.
- And finally, kittens in tiny witch hats FTW:
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