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BADGE OF HONOR

They should be cool-looking, but not so cool that it’s intimidating. They should be respected by most of the other cops in the precinct, but don’t explicitly have to be liked. They should have a vice of some sort, and a backstory with one or two jagged points to propel them forward.
SCUFFLE WITH THE ATTENDANTS

Brazilian TV station Globo obtained gas station footage of Ryan Lochte and three other US swimmers from the night of their alleged robbery. While the video does not show the swimmers inflicting any damage to the station, it does show the Olympians being made to sit on the ground after a tussle with the Shell employees.
NOT GREAT!

A new area of ongoing Zika transmission has been identified in Miami Beach, according to sources familiar with discussions that Florida health officials held with local public officials Thursday to alert them.
CUT HER SOME SLACK

Giovanna Petrucci was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, and at 18 is already the world champion of slackline, a sport that's not yet a part of the Olympics her hometown is currently hosting. But if it was, she'd probably win the gold medal. She's very good.
FUCK

The decision to close Gawker comes days after Univision successfully bid $135 million for Gawker Media’s six other websites, and four months after the Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel revealed his clandestine legal campaign against the company.