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Extra, Extra: There's A Way You Can Get Lucky Charms With Only Marshmallows
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- Gwyneth Paltrow is making her way back to TV to star in Glee creator Ryan Murphy's musical dramedy, One Hit Wonders.
- There's a really funny Twitter parody account about a dad getting asked the ridiculous and down-right stupid advice working moms have to hear on a daily basis.
- Well, this is a new reason for a flight delay. There were 1,000 bees that followed a queen bee into an American Airlines plane wing, making for a sticky situation.
- How well can you rep your city's burrito? A new quiz tests if you know the difference between NYC and LA burritos.
- Two Wendy's employees got fired after they wrote a racist note to two children on their kids meal toys.
- After several dogs were said to have been tortured with acid burns, a new investigation says that they may have been caused by the hot sun. Though, one doctor doesn't buy it.
- The followers of the spiritual practice Falun Dafa, a Chinese religion that has been labeled a cult and banned there since 1999, held a demonstration march in downtown L.A. today.
- Lucky Charms is making a cereal for 10 'lucky' winners that's all marshmallow. And by cereal, we mean, yeah, that's not cereal at all.
- Someone has been pimping out cars around Amsterdam with cardboard modifications. Probably wouldn't stand up in a Mad Max situation, but worth a good chuckle.
- Metro shows how twelve different neighborhoods have developed around Metro rail stations, including a look at the future home of the Santa Monica station.
- And finally, here's Koko the gorilla meeting her new kitten friends:
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