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  • Marina Shifrin became an Internet sensation when she danced her way out of the office to Kayne West's hit song "Gone." Captions detailed her grievances. Her former company, in Taiwan, makes animated videos. The new video ends with the final line: We're hiring.
  • Joanna Scarpitti loved that movie so much that she made her daughter promise that when she died that a famous line would be used in her obituary. Scarpitti's obit began: "Ding dong the witch is dead."
  • The Yale Glee Club was traveling on a commuter line out of New York City. The train conductor tapped a hand rail, raised his arms and began a different type of conducting.
  • Don't expect the service soon. The head of a drone company told Reuters they have to figure out how to navigate "random hazards like power lines, moving vehicles and children in the backyard playing."
  • In London, Manchester and other British cities, those strolling and biking along urban canals have to make way for ducks. White lines mark the new lanes with sprayed on silhouettes of ducks.
  • One parking officer decided to cross the picket line when city employees went on Strike in Oakland, Calif., and he wrote tickets. He said he was happy with his pay and didn't want to strike. Employee of the month? No. The city said all tickets he wrote would be voided.
  • Black Friday lines are probably already forming in front of big box stores, but at least one group has a head start. Zachary Davis and four friends have been in front of Best Buy since last Saturday.
  • According to emails read in court during the long trial of defunct Murdoch tabloid News of the World, the queen's staff placed bowls of nuts around the palace for her, but royal police roaming the corridors couldn't resist them. So she drew lines on the bowls to keep track of the snack levels.
  • The law requires adults to provide financial and emotional support to their elderly relatives. The Wall Street Journal reports China's version of eBay now has listings that offer services like running errands and standing in line.
  • Two subway lines in Brooklyn were shut down on Thursday when transit workers saw two tiny kittens on the track. Supervisors and transit police joined the pursuit but it took almost two hours of cat herding to catch the kitties and clear the tracks.
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