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- A recent study said you should not drink any alcohol ever, but that recent study needs to chill out and have a drink. Experts say drinking is still fine in moderation.
- A sociologist explains why public libraries are essential to restoring civil society.
- The NY Post is all over this story of an alleged con man using stolen identities to camp out in luxury hotel rooms and do all the drugs.
- A rat fell on a redditor's head. Just something to think about.
- A federal judge denied the bail request for Maria Butina, a Russian woman accused of being a foreign agent infiltrating the NRA and other conservative groups. Court papers revealed she also offered to flip on her lover, a GOP operative.
- California is experimenting with bullet control as a way to decrease gun violence, just as Chris Rock suggested over 20 years ago.
- Headline of the day: "Zookeeper 'Joe Exotic' arrested in murder-for-hire plot involving Florida cat-rescue group."
- National Security Adviser John Bolton has declared that the International Criminal Court "is dead to us."
- The old neon Second Avenue Deli sign has resurfaced in the backyard of an East Village wood shop.
- And finally, sometimes I get overcharged. That's when you see sparks:
Extra, Extra: Watch Out For Falling Rats
Coney Island Creek
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