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Extra, Extra: NYC Has The Most "Fat Cats" In The Country
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Extra, Extra: NYC Has The Most "Fat Cats" In The Country


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Ben Yakas

Published Oct 20, 2011

Modified Oct 21, 2011


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Published Oct 20, 2011

Modified Oct 21, 2011


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  • The woman who killed her abusive husband (and was acquitted) has to remain at Rikers a little while longer as her lawyers argue her weapons conviction.
  • Finally, you can stream the entire Lou Reed/Metallica cranky metal album in its full glory.
  • Next stop for OWS: Occupy Mordor.
  • A Staten Island superhero is patrolling the West Village McDonald's.
  • Judge rules that the boyfriend of Tyler Clementi, the gay Rutgers student who committed suicide after being bullied last year, must be named.
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  • Leonard Cohen has a new album, Old Ideas, coming out next year.
  • NYC has the most "fat cats," worth $30 million or more each, in the nation.
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