Hey Gawker, Leave the Travoltas Alone
Can we lay off the mean-spirited speculation, please? A kid died.
Posted 12/23/08 in Daily Intel
Sad Things
Madoff Investor Commits Suicide
French fund manager Thierry de la Villehuchet, who lost over a billion dollars in client money to Madoff's scheme, took his own life this morning.
Posted 10/27/08 in Daily Intel
Sad Things
Body of Jennifer Hudson’s 7-Year-Old Nephew Found in Chicago?
The story that made us sick to our stomachs over the weekend may have just gotten worse.
Posted 10/08/08 in Daily Intel
Sad Things
Hale House Will No Longer Take In Orphans
The plucky charity, founded by Mother Hale in 1969, will change its focus.
Posted 09/29/08 in Daily Intel
Sad Things
New York ‘Sun’ to Stop Operations Tomorrow
FishbowlNY confirms that tomorrow's paper will be the conservative daily's last.
Posted 09/25/08 in Daily Intel
Sad Things
First Post-Scandal Interview With Eliot Spitzer Scored by … ‘Time Out’
The former governor stuck his head out of his hole long enough to answer some questions from the magazine for their 40th-anniversary issue.
Posted 09/05/08 in Daily Intel
Sad Things
Astroland to Close for Good, Again
The owner of the fabled amusement park says it's over for real this time.
Posted 07/01/08 in Daily Intel
Early and Often
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Obama's Fist-Bump Fracas [UPDATED]
Apparently, he doesn't want it to become 'his thing,' or something.
Posted 06/30/08 in Daily Intel
In Other News
Beth Israel Doctor Dies After Seventeen-Story Fall
In what police are calling a suicide, Douglas Meyer, 44, was found dead this morning.
Posted 06/24/08 in Daily Intel
In Other News
Ayveq the Masturbating Walrus: Dead at Fourteen
The Coney Island legend has passed on to the great walrus playground in the sky.
Posted 05/13/08 in Daily Intel
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A Very Sad Story: The Day Angela Lansbury's Puppy Walked Away
The 'Murder She Wrote' star admits the true tale behind why she no longer owns dogs.
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