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- Real life is way stranger than fiction these days: "The United Arab Emirates arranged a secret meeting in January between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a Russian close to President Vladimir Putin as part of an apparent effort to establish a back-channel line of communication between Moscow and President-elect Donald Trump."
- The remains of a 3,700 year old pyramid have been found.
- Trump gave Egypt's autocratic leader a warm welcome in the White House today, signaling "a fundamental shift" in U.S. foreign policy.
- Vice is lame, Chick-fil-A is lit, and this Google report on what teens think is cool is totes rad.
- Vin Diesel is the fashion star of my heart.
- Step inside the world's newest mega-skyscraper.
- A Fox News guest host has sued the company, alleging that Roger Ailes sexually harassed her and his fellow executives helped him cover it up.
- Melania Trump has gotten her own White House portrait, which is slightly more "glamorous" than her husband's.
- The company that owns Barclays Center is taking over Webster Hall.
- A notorious real estate developer and political donor at center of multiple state corruption schemes has died.
- Public Advocate Letitia James proposes renaming Rikers Island after Kalief Browder.
- Senate Democrats are getting their ducks in a row to filibuster Gorsuch.
- And finally, this kitten is in heaven:
Published Apr 3, 2017
Modified Apr 3, 2017
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