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Week Around the Ists
- Torontoist announced the winners of their birthday cupcake contest, made to honor their city's 175th birthday and chosen based on whoever best encapsulated the city in cupcake form.
LAist has been keeping a close watch on local legend Nadya Suleman, aka OctoMom, and has this hilarious video of her giving birth.
Bostonist got political with (or, rather, against) Ann Coulter and Fred Phelps.
Gothamist was amazed that someone was in jail for 28 hours for using a subway station's emergency exit. It was more satisfying to see Bernard Madoff go to jail, though.
Phillyist examined the case of an Eagles employee who was canned over a Facebook status message.
Londonist got its hands dirty cleaning up the Thames.
Chicagoist shared photos and a video of the University of Chicago community's outstanding counter-protest to a rally by the infamous Westboro Baptist Church.
Seattlest took aim at its drawbridge-raising, commute-corking pleasure-boaters, who somehow don't inspire the outrage of, say, Critical Mass.
SFist came across a local Trekkie upset about the scale of buildings in futuristic San Francisco in J.J. Abrams's Star Trek.
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