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Local
· What store ads looked like in Brooklyn in the 1880s [Ephemeral New York]
· Brian Williams: Now making Brooklyn flea market jokes in cabs [Daily Intel]
· Fancy-looking car service LimoNerd takes Dumbo storefront [Dumbo NYC]
· Pet Smart to open in Boerum Hill [Carroll Gardens Patch]

National
· Conservatives panic over Jenna Lyons's son's nail polish [FoxNews]
· But that hasn't stopped Mickey Drexler from naming her heir-apparent [P6]
· David Beckham and Snoop Dogg team up on kids' clothes [NYDN]
· Diesel joins Guess in the denim-fragrance game [Racked National]
· Are people really saving money with beauty deal websites? [NYT]
· Finesse once made a very awkward short rom-com [The Hairpin]

International
· Designer Jimmy Choo no longer trying to buy back his namesake brand [Elle UK]