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  1. reghakr

    Tampa mayor's SUV once belonged to pimp, police say

    TAMPA — Mayor Bob Buckhorn wanted a big vehicle, something safe for transporting his children. Read Full Story: Link Removed due to 404 Error
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  2. cybercore

    [SEARCH] Google snubs city that named itself Google

    What more could a city do? In an effort to woo a Google high-speed internet project, the Kansas capital of Topeka last year changed its name to Google, Kansas, for a month. Like, actually changed it. By a Link Removed due to 404 Error. Apparently that wasn't enough. The search giant on...
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    No joke: Ex-mayor's name too funny for Ind. center

    A former Indiana mayor who won four terms in the 1930s and 1950s is proving less popular with modern-day city leaders, who say they probably won't name a new government center for him because of the jokes his moniker could inspire. Harry Baals is the runaway favorite in online voting to name...
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  4. cybercore

    Detroit to get RoboCop statue

    From sci-fi cult film, to Twitter phenomenon to Detroit landmark-in-the-making. Plans for a statue honoring RoboCop, the half-man, half-machine crime fighter of the 1987 movie, are moving ahead after a group of artists and entrepreneurs in Detroit, Michigan raised more than $50,000 via...
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