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We spent ten hours Tuesday on the geek equivalent of disassembling and reassembling a lawnmower engine. This is what it felt like by Hour 6.

[via Nerdist]

Sad that John Edwards crops up in this video … but we must unite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t59oL00nyw

I am gutted:

At 80th Street and Broadway, the sign is already gone but the aroma of freshly baked bagels still lingers.

Inhale it fast, Upper West Siders, because this is it: H & H Bagels, a Sunday stalwart for generations, will close Wednesday.

There is no explanation posted at the store, just a sign that says “Welcome to Visit Our Store at 639 West 46th Street,” which is where the company’s baking plant is also located. Both will continue to operate, store employees said.

At this point, I believe bagels warm from the oven no longer exist on the Upper West Side. This is truly tragic. Wherever shall I go? What shall I do?

Bristol Palin’s memoirs are out Friday — she’s 20, why do you ask? — and the dirt is flying:

The most biting words in the book are reserved for Johnston, Palin’s high school boyfriend and the father of her 2-year-old son, Tripp. Palin was drunk on wine coolers when she lost her virginity to Johnston while camping. She writes that she “didn’t know that girly flavored wine coolers were just as likely to get you drunk as the hard stuff.”

Speaking of the hard stuff, you know what knocks you up?

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“Newt Gingrich’s top two fundraising advisers resigned on Tuesday, and officials said the Republican candidate’s hobbling presidential campaign carried more than $1 million in debt.” [AP]

NY State senate ‘Debates’ the Marriage Issue. We’re all so very proud. The decision could be handed down almost any time the Republicans get everything they want.

If it passes, Democrats win. If it fails, Democrats win. If it isn’t brought to a vote, Republicans win. Does anyone have any questions?

Albany’s arranged marriage: The same-sex union bill is getting dragged into legislative horsetrading [Daily News]

You might recall the Situation Room Meme — this was Before Weiner, so we’ll understand if it slipped your mind — which involved the Internets trying to top each other’s replacement of characters starring in the Bin Laden Death Watch. One of our favorites was the Superhero Situation Room, starring Barack Obama as Captain America.

But hey, any wimp can doctor a photo. It takes a real jock to update a 1954 socialist realist statue.

‘Banksy of Bulgaria’ Turns Soviet-Era Statues into American Superheroes [Comics Alliance]