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- A squirrel was caught vandalizing a bike at Iowa College.
- Here's a pretty accurate profile of Ronan Farrow: "Though he had been hiding in plain sight, the world seemed stunned to discover that Woody Allen’s son had somehow turned into a fair-haired Übermensch, like the WASP rival in one of his father’s movies."
- Check out these portraits of Law And Order extras.
- Mayor Bloomberg's greatest failure: NOT ENOUGH PUBLIC BATHROOMS.
- A Brooklyn woman says that a state trooper raped her.
- Are you a "slave" if you write for free?
- Fleetwood Mac cancelled their current tour because John McVie has cancer.
- Life for the Lhotas is filled with macaroni and cheese.
- Because we know you've been wondering about this, learn where syphilis came from.
- The NY Times has a long read—a very long read—all about Hurricane Sandy and whether the subways could survive another hurricane.
- And finally, dogs love playing in piles of leaves:

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