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- President Putin says it's time to move on from the whole Russian-meddling-in-America's-presidential-election scandal, and the two countries will now work together on cybersecurity.
- An innovative prison escape artist somehow utilized a drone to drop wire cutters into the yard.
- A woman was caught on video walking up to a dog tied outside a Crown Heights bodega and absconding with the pet.
- A former NYPD officer who was fired for allegedly throwing semen on a co-worker’s leg has failed in his attempt to sue the city for discrimination.
- Whale-watching boat tours departing from Rockaway are increasingly successful.
- A lost Maurice Sendak book, called Presto And Zesto In Limboland, will be published next year.
- The G train is watching you.
- The Baltimore Sun Media Group has announced that it will close City Paper.
- HBO has released the titles and synopses of the first episodes of Season 7.
- If you are as bored as this kid, you'll definitely enjoy this:
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