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ICYMI: Survey Says Liberal OKCupid Users Enjoy Yoga And Crying
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- The LAPD will be ramping up the force in the form of extra helicopters and officers, after two Baton Rouge police officers were killed and several others wounded in a shooting today.
- Drake is a good son: today he posted a photo of a note he wrote his mother promising to reimburse her for his old "eBay addiction."
- Goats are the new dogs.
- Speaking of dogs, it's unlikely that L.A.'s coyote population is growing, despite what #TheMedia says.
- How much weed is in your average joint? The New York Times is on it.
- According to a recent survey conducted by OKCupid, the website's politically conservative users are more likely to say they like "all music, except rap," while liberals enjoy yoga and crying.
- Meet your new Han Solo.
- And finally, R.I.P. to Alan Vega of Suicide, who passed away Saturday. He was 78 years old.
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