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- The Times has an interesting look at the NYPD's use of a controversial forensic technique called phenotyping, which uses DNA from found bodies to make computer renderings of what they may have looked like.
- How the slow response to Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria has left the island still reeling a month later.
- New York Magazine has an excerpt from the forthcoming biography of Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner, detailing his "long, bizarre relationship with Mick Jagger."
- An Ohio man built an incredible two story AT-AT in his front yard.
- Harvey Weinstein, shockingly, is reportedly not making much progress at sex addiction rehab.
- Lulu, a black Labrador retriever who flunked out of the C.I.A.’s explosive detection "puppy class," is now focused on rabbits.
- GQ's Lauren Larson knows the best night of the week for a first date.
- NYC public libraries are teaching children the valuable lesson that they can be totally irresponsible and suffer no consequences.
- For some people, online mattress reviewing isn't just a hobby, it's a business model.
- Hey, how's it going?
Published Oct 20, 2017
Modified Oct 20, 2017
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