Colin Devlin, owner of popular Brooklyn restaurants like DuMont and DuMont Burger, was found dead of an apparent suicide today in Pennsylvania. Devlin, who was 42, had been missing since a meeting yesterday in which he'd learned his businesses were suffering.
Colin Devlin, owner of popular Brooklyn restaurants like DuMont and DuMont Burger, was found dead of
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LOL the New York Review of Books dresses up a piece about cat videos with some fancy words from this
LOL the New York Review of Books dresses up a piece about cat videos with some fancy words from this "Martin Scorsese" dude.
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In This Post: a Photograph of Newt Gingrich Wearing Google Glass
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) July 25, 2013
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Internet Gets Man Banned from Gym Chain for Mocking Members on Facebook
A gym rat in the most literal sense of the term found himself banned from an entire chain of gyms thanks to Internet vigilantes who decided to punish him for mocking members on his Facebook page.
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The Many Women of Eric Schmidt's Instagram
If there's one thing you should know about Google's Director of Open Marriage Engineering, Eric Schmidt, it's that he loves to fuck
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The Real Carlos Danger Is a Republican Who Wants You to Leave Him Alone
"Carlos Danger" is not only the narcissistic online coif Anthony Weiner adorned to shield his identity while sexting his dick (again), it's also the government name of a real 37-year-old psychiatrist with a real medical practice, a real Miami address, and a real phone number. And the real Carlos Danger wants you to leave him alone.
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The Secret Conservative Google Group that Plots Right-Wing Domination
For years now, the right-wing media have claimed left-wing journalists are colluding with each other on a secret email listserv
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The Fast Food Industry Is the Deadest of Dead Ends
It's the American dream: start out as a wretched fry cook at McDonald's, and— with plenty of pluck and hard work— work your way up to owning your own McDonald's one day. A new study quantifies just how unrealistic this idea is.
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Why Does It Cost Almost $600 to Attend Public School?
The United States ostensibly offers a free public education to every student who wants one. The reality is different. What you see above—originally published this week on Clashtalk, Gawker's community Kinja site, by an outraged parent—is part of a "fee slip" for a public high school in Park Ridge, Ill. (the full image is below). The parent in question owes $586.25 in mandatory fees for her daughter to attend tenth grade. Why?
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Shirtless Men Make John Travolta Spring to Life in Brazilian Ad
This is a recent commercial for the Ypióca brand of Brazilian cachaça (liquor made from fermented sugar cane) starring John Travolta.
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Driver of Derailed Train Boasted on Facebook About Going Really Fast
One of the two men at the helm of the Spanish train that derailed yesterday
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Sydney Leathers: Anthony Weiner Said He Was ‘Perpetually Horny’
Sydney Leathers, the 23-year-old former sexting partner of Anthony Weiner, has given her first on-screen interview to Inside Edition, in which she says she felt "manipulated" by the "perpetually horny" mayoral candidate better known as Carlos Danger.
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Thatz Not Okay: A Doorman at the Gates of Hell; A Bus Full of Lies
Welcome to Thatz Not Okay, a regular column in which I school inquiring readers on what is and is not okay. Please send your questions (max: 200 words) to caity.weaver@gawker.com with the subject "Thatz Not Okay."
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A Brief Reminder of How the Internet Devastated an Innocent Family
In a New York Times Magazine longread today, journalist Jay Caspian Kang goes deep into the story of the time the internet falsely accused a missing Brown student, Sunil Tripathi, of being a suspect in April's Boston Marathon bombing. The article is heartbreaking.
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Anthony Bourdain hoodwinked writer David Simon into sitting down for a CNN segment with the promise
Anthony Bourdain hoodwinked writer David Simon into sitting down for a CNN segment with the promise of a cronut, New York's most in-demand food trend. Sadly, that cronut never materialized, and now Simon wants his just desserts: "Tony Bourdain, you lying sonofabitch, you owe me a motherfucking cronut."
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Halliburton Admits Destroying Gulf Oil Spill Evidence, Gets Probation
Halliburton announced today that it will plead guilty to destroying critical evidence in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, in exchange for three years probation and a fine.
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New York Post Editor-In-Chief Is Going To Australia For A Little While
Col Allan, editor-in-chief of the New York Post and possible alcoholic pig-fucker
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Tabber Benedict -- a Manhattan attorney who nearly killed a bicyclist while drunk driving in the Ham
Tabber Benedict
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Ohio Kidnapper In Talks To Strike A Plea Deal
Ariel Castro — the Ohio man accused of kidnapping, raping, and holding three women hostage in his home for more than 10 years — is in talks to strike a plea deal, according to his defense attorney.
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