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Details surfaced this week of Hustler's upcoming porn parody of HBO's Girls — titled This Ain't Girls XXX and open to the immediate response of "well, is that really necessary?" — but now Lena Dunham has decided to weigh in and, well, surprisingly enough to her, she's not really ecstatic.
The champ may have lost, but his reputation won
When is it time to head to a cheaper school?
Oh right, and the Al-Tipper Gore split
Introducing the greatest character of the last 20 years
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The Daily Beast senior political writer explains his Media Diet
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Depends on how much they like bunking with their parents
Diff'rent Strokes star was a professional child, a troubled adult
Change in China, torture in Iran, and a case for making satellite images public
A network in search of a brand
Also, his guest is a black professor
The British singer pushes back
"As worn-out as your 1998 flip-flops"
Joe Klein and Karl Rove play the oil spill blame game, the New York Times throws the book at the NFL, and more
Critics debate the political and racial implications of casting Jake Gyllenhaal
How will the Big Apple's February forecast affect football's ultimate game?
From security risk to punchline
Smartphones, synthetic cells, Elena Kagan, and the moral fog of war
Prime minister declares a state of emergency in Kingston
Brief cases for and against
Just plug the damn leak
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The good news is, consumers come out on top
The era of stellar detective work (and a whole lot of employment for New Yorkers ) ends tonight
At least the dog survived
Precisely according to plans, Mark Twain's dirty laundry is aired 100 years after his death
The NBC junkie of all things Beltway believes in his subject matter
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Sufferin' succotash!
We suggest "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Weehawken"
It's the first in a decade
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