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more about #updates more comments → Airvault: So do they throw in the Weekender for free or is that not part of the package? more » BettyCrocker: Bike Douche is an inssuferable dick, unless he was so drunk that he thought the car mirror was Andrea Peyser's face. more » Fuzzy Dunlop: That cop has gotten a bum rap. What really happened is that, years ago, the cop was injured in an accident and entered a coma for nearly five years. ... more » Tremonius: My golly, it's just like Descartes says, nothing can be anything unless it's prefigured in old movies. Remember how hard that Mexican narco (Charlton ... more » pureblarney: Clearly a dick move, but I still say that cop deserves to spend time with his nuts in a vice. more » iplaudius: I hope people do not use this an opportunity to justify “car-hater-bike-off-pushing.” more » Niko Bellic: Looks like that cop is vindicated From watching some ESPN, I believe the correct assessment would be: the game is now tied at one. more » MisterHippity: I say this is that cop's fault too. The guy's probably still suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome. more » Private Hangnail: I'm seeing a CBS show here - perhaps they could call it Future Cop. Basically, a psychic beat cop acts as judge, jury and executioner on people who wi... more » AzureTexan: Maybe the guy is suffering from New York Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: "Probably the most striking thing about these layoffs was the high number of victims who were 10, 20, or 30-year-plus veterans of the AP." Of course ... more » NewsBunny: I'm throwing an old-fashioned Irish wake for the news business. Care to join me? more » drunkexpatwriter: My mom used to be one of the APME liasons but I haven't kept track of what she's doing lately (high level freelance journalism consulting) - I hope th... more » atlasfugged: Also, it's now being reported that Nidal Hassan was not shot dead, but wounded and is currently in police custody. He is being described as a lone gun... more » OHymenMyHymen: There are so many reasons to love this, but for now I'm going to focus on the fact that a 70 year old dude punched a guy in the back of the head. I l... more » -
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We've added several new names to our New York Times Buyout List this morning.
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Added to our New York Times Buyout List: Sports reporter Joe Lapointe.
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More New York Times Buyout Takers
We've updated our New York Times Buyout List this morning with tips we received on three more veteran staffers taking buyouts: A photo editor, a sports writer, and another business reporter. If you know more, email us. [The List] -
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Cop-Shove Bike Victim Does Something Bad One Year Later
Chris Long, the bicyclist who was famously shoved off his bike in Times Square by an asshole cop last year for no reason, was arrested in Brooklyn yesterday for drunkenly kicking a car. Looks like that cop is vindicated. [NYP] -
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The fire that injured NY1 anchor Dean Meminger's dad was not sparked by crack pipe.
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AP Layoffs: Final Thoughts
We've updated (hopefully for the last time) our AP Layoffs List with the final flood of tips that came in late yesterday and this morning. A few final thoughts on the list, for those AP people still checking it: More » -
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AP Layoffs Just Don't Quit
The AP's layoffs continued yesterday. Small AP bureaus seem particularly vulnerable. We updated our comprehensive AP Layoff List this morning with several new tips we received overnight, and we'll continue to update today as new info comes in. [The List] -
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AP Layoffs, Bureau Closures Updated
This morning, we've updated our AP Layoff List post with multiple new tips, including bureau closures in the US and abroad, and names of some more layoff victims. We'll continue to update it as info comes in. [AP Layoff List] -
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#nidalhassan
A possible internet posting by the Fort Hood shooter has been added to this post.
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#fights
The Undefeated Champ-een of the Washington Post Style Desk
Yesterday, 68 year-old Washington Post editor Henry Allen (pictured!) hauled off and popped staff writer Manuel Roig-Franzia right in his grill, like BLAM! The Washington City Paper now has all the details, and we are prepared to make a ruling.
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#kariferrell
Hipster Grifter Sentenced, to Jail
The long, criminally hipster tale of Hipster Grifter Kari Ferrell has finally reached the portion of "Phase Three: Justice" where she receives her dramatic jail sentence.
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#davidletterman
Letterman Scandal Shock: Fling Caused Love Letters, Anger
The Sexy Middle-Aged Man Interoffice Romance Scandal continues apace! Today in salacious pieces of information relating to David Letterman and the woman he smooched and her crazy boyfriend: A blackmail motive! Lusty letters! And a good guess at who's leaking!
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#titfortat
Letterman Totally Cuckolded His Extorter
The David Letterman Sexy Scandal has yet more "sordid" mundane details to be wrung out of it. Details about sex, between David Letterman and a lady! The same lady, Stephanie Birkitt. But more incidences of sex!
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#media
Conde Nast: 25% Cuts, Layoffs Loom. Except at The New Yorker!
For weeks now, a scary number has been floating through the hallowed halls of Conde Nast: 25%. That's how much the gossipmongers speculated McKinsey would chop the company's budget. Evil rumors! Now it looks like that frightening number was correct. More » -
#yalemurder
Evidence Mounts Against Raymond Clark
Yale murder suspect Raymond Clark—charged yesterday with killing Annie Le and hiding her body—is looking guiltier than ever, if you believe anonymous sources that leak to the media. Clark's DNA was a match, allegedly. Plus: An accomplice? More » -
#badvertising
WWF Actually Did Know About 9/11 Ad
Just to make sure everyone is extremely clear on who did what here: the World Wildlife Fund is not just an innocent victim of a bad rogue ad agency in this whole 9/11 ad fiasco. More » -
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Oh Maybe Bernie Madoff Doesn't Have Cancer
The Bureau of Prisons says Bernie Madoff "is not terminally ill, and has not been diagnosed with cancer." And it claims that the NY Post story that said so based on anonymous prison snitch testimony is "full of inaccuracies." No! -
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Subway Hero Has Acting Job!
Speaking of life-threatening subway events, hey, what is smoldering subway hero Chad Lindsey, actor and selfless savior of unconscious people on subway tracks, up to these days? Oh he is just acting, with Mischa Barton. Check it out. More » -
#layoffs
Conde Nast Eliminates Whimsy Budget (Updated)
Yesterday we told you that McKinsey-driven Conde Nast was firing all of its receptionists. A blow to the company's editorial glamor, yes. But the dragnet has also seized the New Yorker's whimsical, overqualified "jack of all trades!" [UPDATE: Maybe not!] More » -
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Dov Charney: I Do Employ Uglies
Pacing American Apparel CEO and full-grown adult Dov Charney is denying our tipster's report that he's been purging his stores of "ugly" employees. But hey, would it kill you ugly people to be fashionable, at least?
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