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Extra, Extra: What High-Speed Rail Needs, Vin Scully Gets Third Place, Biebs Agrees to Take Paternity Test
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- Vin Scully voted the third-greatest LA sports figure (behind Sandy Koufax).
- The high-speed rail just needs $55 billion in federal funds to become a reality. To put things in perspective, that's more than four overhyped Groupon IPOs.
- A couple got married while running the NYC marathon. I guess you could say they're in it for the long run?
- The only way I would ever link to anything about the MTV EMAs is if there were a streaker involved.
- Kim Kardashian is in Minnesota to get her
ratingshusbandringreputation??? back. - I think this puppy wants to play with the baby.
- Justin Bieber is going to take a paternity test to prove he's not the father of his fan's son. (It would be cooler if he went on Montel.)
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