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- Lest he appear too annoyed at Trump, Attorney General Barr has assigned an outside prosecutor to scrutinize the criminal case against Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
- Is this the nicest public bathroom in the city?
- Bill de Blasio will endorse Bernie Sanders for president, once they hash out the timing of the announcement, of course.
- The Onion headline of the day: "Bloomberg Hires Thousands Of Canvassers To Stop Black Men On Street And Force Them To Hear Campaign Pitch."
- A-Rod is reportedly interested in buying the Mets, and I have no idea if that would be a good or bad thing at this point.
- Aliens might be real, but they definitely don't care about us.
- This is what it's like growing up as Dr. Drew's daughter.
- Just in time for Valentine's Day, here's an essay about dating after grief.
- CNN looks at the climate of "workplace terror and bullying" at the Washington Examiner.
- Check out the first trailer for Run, the new HBO romcom from Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Vicky Jones.
- Someone in Belgium discovered an old photo album where a woman posed next to the biggest stars in Hollywood.
- And finally, poor Ryman is my valentine:
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