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Photo of a completely random Duane Reade via Flickr/Antbeard
A Racked correspondent sends us news of some tragic Duane Reade carnage in Queens: "I am on junction blvd in queens. A duane reade was burned out and the neighbor, a bar called top gun, went up in flames too. Fire is out but both are trashed. One way to get rid of dr." [Racked Inbox]