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- Can we, as a society, survive a Sharknado sequel? Uh, probably.
- Create your own "Drunken Taiwanese doggie snappers with brontosaurs Suzycakes," using this Guy Fieri-inspired dish generator.
- Having trouble canceling your cable? That's because your "customer representative" is way underpaid.
- Broadway dimmed its lights last night in memory of Elaine Stritch.
- The sanitation truck driver who struck and killed a 93-year-old woman on Staten Island yesterday has merely been issued a summons.
- No day of rest for Weird Al, who put up another video today: this one's called "First World Problems."
- The body of a New Jersey man who disappeared after going swimming was recovered by rescuers.
- The Queen’s Guard performed the Game of Thrones theme song outside Buckingham Palace. Which is no King’s Landing, but it’ll do.
- And last but not least, don't you wish you were BFFs with a baby monkey and a doggy?:

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