Jailbugs

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The 2011 bed bug year has gotten off to a pretty slow start. They had their moment at the Reebok Sports Club, but now the little critters have went where city dwellers go to settle down: Staten Island. Reportedly, they've found an abode inside the 120th Precinct, particularly in the cozy holding cells. A far cry, we'd say, from their glory days at Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister. [Runnin' Scared]