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Extra, Extra: Elderly Man Wins Biggest Lotto Jackpot In NY History
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John Del Signore
Published Jan 12, 2015
Modified Jan 12, 2015
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- Woman-binder Mitt Romney is getting the band back together for one more shot at President.
- An 80-year-old retiree has won the $326M Mega Millions jackpot, the biggest payout in New York state history.
- In honor of Chris Christie's presence at the Cowboys-Packers game, Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers yelled, "New York bozo! New York bozo!"
- Sasha Frere-Jones quit his job at The New Yorker to work for a website annotation start-up.
- Aziz Ansari has been masterfully trolling Rupert Murdoch on Twitter.
- A retired college professor visiting an exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York was surprised to find her long-forgotten home movies being projected.
- And the most frequently blocked driveway in NYC is...
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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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