Not So Blind Items

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DNAinfo Editor Slams The Daily News

Leela De Kretser, the Editorial Director and Publisher at local news site DNAinfo, took to Facebook to publicly air her grievances against The Daily News.

“Let’s play guess the news organization,” she posted on her non-private Facebook page. “Two married journalists each call into their desks to say the [sic] are stuck in Chicago.” Ms. De Krester works for DNAinfo. Her husband, Janon Fisher, is a courts reporter at The Daily News. Mr. Fisher is tagged in the post and commented on it.

Not to ruin the fun of guessing, but our money is on The Daily News. Read More

Dolphin death

R.I.P. bottlenose buddy (DNAInfo.com)

New York Dolphin Died As it Lived: On the Hudson River

Sadly, our friend the Hudson bottlenose dolphin has passed away. It was discovered, belly-up, on the Chelsea Piers this morning, several days after it was spotted frolicking in the murky waters separating Manhattan from New Jersey.

Though this is devastating news, we do retain some hope that this mammal carcass might not be the same dolphin that has recently been photographed in the water. Read More

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The photo of the dolphin on the Hudson (Jennifer Parker, via DNAInfo.com)

Dolphin in the Hudson, Dolphin in the Hudson!

Oh my gawsh, there is a dolphin hanging around the Hudson River. Adorbs! Well, not really. Dolphins are smarter than people, at least when it comes to stuff like “how to survive in water,” and even humans are smart enough not to know not to swim in the Hudson.

So sadly, this little dolphin is probably very sick. Or trying to avenge his wife’s murder. Read on! Read More

Fashion Week Observed

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Beautiful People Not Spared Misery of Valentine’s Day

Today DNAinfo generously served up the names, ages, and photographs of fashion week imports who are really disillusioned by the whole Valentine’s Day thing.

Take Mariza Veer, who’s been a model for four years. She says that “though all people deserve to get nice things on Valentine’s Day,” she was really surprised her boyfriend got her a lame blender one year, “given her occupation.” Read More