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Extra, Extra: 'Natten's Famous Hot Dog' Cart Shut Down After Being Sued By Nathan's Famous
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Ben Yakas
Published Jun 8, 2018
Modified Jun 8, 2018
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- A judge has ordered that a Queens man has to stop selling hot dogs from his "Natten’s Famous Hot Dog" cart after Nathan's Famous sued.
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- The New Yorker's Helen Rosner wrote a touching ode to Anthony Bourdain.
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- David Simon has been locked out of his Twitter account by Twitter, and he has nothing but pleasant things to say about the site and CEO Jack Dorsey.
- Robert Mueller has brought obstruction charges against Paul Manafort and a Russian business associate after they allegedly tried to coach the stories of witnesses against him.
- Dr. Martens has released Joy Division & New Order-inspired boots.
- HBO has ordered a pilot of a Game Of Thrones prequel series from Jane Goldman, set "thousands of years" before events of original series.
- We've been misspelling the Verrazano all these years.
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