The world's largest LEGO model is on display at Times Square in New York, May 23, 2013.

Life-size Lego model of ‘Star Wars’ X-Wing fighter lands in Times Square

Lillie Smith busted for dealing drugs (KRQE/screen grab)

84-year-old woman with oxygen tank busted for dealing drugs

Colbert on atheists and the Pope

Colbert: If atheists can go to heaven, I want my Catholicism refunded

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Jon Stewart rips Obama for going after whistle-blowers instead of bankers

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Disabled ‘Occupy Portland’ protester explains move into Jamison Square

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A disabled “Occupy Portland” protester explained why the demonstration tried to expand into Jamison Square Park in a video released Sunday. Twenty-four-year-old Matthew Denny was arrested along with 24 other people early Sunday morning, after warnings from the Mayor’s Office and the Portland Police Bureau. “One of the reasons why…

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‘Occupy Milwaukee’ organizer: Movement creating new political space

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Peter Rickman, a member of UW-Madison’s Teaching Assistant Association, told The UpTake in an interview that the “Occupy Milwaukee” demonstration was part of a global movement for social and economic justice. Thousands marched October 15 and many of the protesters have remain encamped at a park in Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood.…

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Cornel West: Cold-hearted Republican Party tied to oligarchs

Public intellectual and Princeton professor Cornel West said Tuesday on MSNBC that the Republican Party was “mean, coldhearted and tied to oligarchs,” but Democrats were “spineless” and unwilling to fight them. “Looks like Barack Obama is going to have some spine, but it could be a two-step,” he said. “It…

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