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ICYMI: Carjacker Steals And Crashes DeLorean In Santa Monica, Still Stuck In 2016
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- Some dude stole a DeLorean and crashed it by Santa Monica beach, but not before he led police on a slow speed chase. If he'd seen the movie, he would have known that you need to hit 88 mph to go back in time.
- The new Fifty Shades trailer has earned more views in 24 hours than Star Wars: The Force Awakens did in its first day. Looks like the Force is no match for sadomasochism.
- This girls' high-school basketball team in Iowa is taking their mascot name (the Indians) very seriously, and they're in big trouble because of it.
- Jay-Z says that America's drug policies are an "epic fail." He says that African-Americans are being incarcerated for drug-possession at higher rates, even though they use drugs at the same rates as whites do.
- USC linebacker Osa Masina has been charged with rape.
- Diego the Tortoise really gets around. In fact, he's sired over 800 kids, enough to have possibly saved his species.
- We can't get enough of the Prince tributes. Here's Dwight Yoakam's bluegrass rendition of "Purple Rain":
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