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- Brooklyn's famous rabbit hoarder has been hit with a 45-day prison sentence.
- The New Yorker did a deep, deep dive into why Russia might have interfered in the 2016 U.S. election.
- Speaking of Russia, Republican Darrell Issa said an investigation into the country's ties to the Trump campaign would require a special prosecutor.
- A police officer helped save four people who wrecked their car in Queens.
- Everywhere on the internet is a sewer, but YouTube is a particularly conspiracy-filled sewer.
- Surprise! The self-driving Uber car that ran a light in San Francisco was due to robot error, not human error.
- The floodlights the NYPD uses to try to deter crime might only be good for harming the health of housing project residents.
- Muhammad Ali, Jr., an American citizen, was detained by airport police in Atlanta who questioned him about his name.
- Inside the Breitbart CPAC party, where the worst people in America all hung out on a boat.
- What it was like to watch the end of the Standing Rock protests, and get arrested while doing so.
- And finally, happy birthday to The Nature Boy, Ric Flair! Woo!
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