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After an angry backlash, a company called Real Bronx Tours has dropped a controversial tour "through a real New York City ‘GHETTO.'" So it seems you've missed your chance to safely gawk at people waiting on line at a food kitchen, giggle at the housing projects, or clutch your pearls while slowly driving by famous high-crime landmarks. [ more › ]

Gothamist is looking to expand and deepen our coverage of New York City, and we're paying. [ more › ]

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College is out. Summer is here. Which means the second semester of the Blackout/Fckin Foam Tour has come to an end as well. But rather than try to pepper in a couple shows here and there throughout the summer to hold you guys over, we’re gonna just do one massive event right in the middle of it. Bigger than any Blackout. Bigger than any Fckin Foam Show. Its a like a combination of both in the heart of Atlantic City. And I’m not kidding – you could argue Jersey is challenge Massachusetts and New York as the #1 state in the Barstool network. The Jersey Stoolies from Rutgers and Monmouth and everywhere down the Shore rep the Stool just as hard as any Masshole does. It could quite possibly be the biggest event in Barstool history. Blackout:  Atlantic City  - July 20 – Atlantic City Convention Center – Tickets on Sale Friday At Noon FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE

Animal New York found out that political "activist and karate expert" Jimmy McMillan was coming out swinging in support of the brand-new Papaya King on St. Marks Place and was going to get a namesake hot dog, so the site filmed the event for posterity. While the world waits to see whether or not McMillan will go for the White House in 2016, here's a spoiler alert: The "Rent Is Too Damn High" guy's "signature dog" amounts to relish, mustard, and sauerkraut. Jimmy McMillan Nabs Coveted Papaya King Endorsement [Animal NY] Read more posts by Hugh MerwinFiled Under: video feed, hot dogs, jimmy mcmillan, new york, new york restaurants, papaya king

Now serving number five. Yitang Zhang couldn't get a teaching job after receiving his Ph.D., and things got so dismal at one point that he even became a Subway sandwich artist in order to stay afloat. Earlier this year, the UNH lecturer hammered out a laconic and unprecedented proof describing the properties of twin primes — number pairs wherein any integer n and the integer n+2 are each prime — so that "some number N smaller than 70 million such that there are infinitely many pairs of primes that differ by N." Wired has the in-depth explanation and context for the deep number theory implications of all this, but basically what this means is that Yitang Zhang should get a nice endorsement deal comparable to the one they gave Jared Fogle. You have to admit this kind of thing would make for really trippy commercials. [Wired] Read more posts by Hugh MerwinFiled Under: prime time, prime, subway, twin primes, yitang zhang

Huff Po – The Disney Channel has pulled an episode of “Jessie” from their regular programming in response to backlash from parents. The complaints about the show were formalized in a petition, claiming that storyline was insensitive towards children with food allergies. In the episode, a young character named Stuart, who is sensitive to gluten, is made out to be annoying and high-maintenance. For example, when another character throws pancakes in his face, the in-studio audience laughs at him along with everyone else in the scene. (You can see the offending clips captured by blogger Gluten Dude in the video above.) When mom Amy Raslevich saw the episode with her two children who both have Celiac disease, she was appalled and her kids were very upset. “There were tears in my daughter’s eyes, and my son’s fist was clenched,” she told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Raslevich started a petition on Change.org on Thursday in an attempt to convince Disney to pull the episode titled “Quitting Cold Koala.” She explained how her kids are often ostracized because of their condition that limits their diets and how Disney poorly portrayed the issue. She wrote: They will often feel excluded or different, because they have to be to avoid serious illness.Yet Disney gave children permission, and an example, to further isolate my children and others like them because of their medical conditions. Their characters made it okay to characterize a real illness as an annoyance that is justification for the ‘cool kids’ to make fun of the ‘others’. This isn’t acceptable for anyone. It is the definition of bullying. My two favorite hot button issues of today. 1) When people call “making fun of” something “shaming” and 2) Allergies. “Shaming” is the newest buzzword used by all the pussies in the world. Lets get one thing clear – I’m not “shaming” fat people. I’m making fun of them because I think they are gross. I’m not “shaming” sluts. I’m making fun of them because they give up the pussy to easily. I don’t care if they are “ashamed” or if its a “shame” they are fat or big whores. To be honest, I don’t even really understand the term. All I know is I am fucking making fun of them. Don’t make me sound like some bitch by saying I “shame” people. Now for allergies. Fucking allergies. What a bunch of fucking babies the world is with allergies. Oh you’re allergic to pollen? Guess what? The whole fucking world is. Dust irritates your eyes? No fucking kidding pal. And I’m sorry that you can’t even look at a fucking peanut without your throat closing up, but guess what? Peanut butter and jelly is ridiculous and thats what kids are gonna eat in the cafeteria. We’re not gonna tell the whole school to stop eating PB&J because one dickhead can’t smell peanuts without dying like a pussy. Oh and as far as the Gluten thing. Listen kids – if you’re allergic to gluten you might as well find some gluten-free bullets and put one right in your head. Because theres gluten in just about every fucking thing in the world. So you better be able to sack up and deal with the goddam Disney Channel cracking some jokes about you, because trust me – your life is gonna be a LOT worse than that.

An NYPD detective was arrested this morning by federal agents for allegedly using his work computer to hack into the email accounts and cell phones of former and current officers. According to the FBI, 42-year-old Edwin Vargas paid $4,050 to email hacking companies for usernames and passwords of at least 30 people, 21 of them current or former NYPD employees. Vargas also allegedly accessed the National Crime Information Center to research two current NYPD officers without authorization. [ more › ]

Hugh Mangum, the man behind Mighty Quinn's is one of the pioneers of what Josh Ozersky is calling "The New 'Cue." Barbecue, Ozersky says, was only invented as a way to use up cheap meat and "break down tough, gnarly cuts via long, slow cooking." But now chefs like Magnum have come along and started using heirloom Berkshire pigs for their pulled pork, changing the state of barbecue as we know it. [WSJ]

The first NYC Style slice, so promising... [Photographs: Kelly Bone] Clover Takeaway 8384 West 3rd St West Los Angeles, CA 90048 (Map); 213-763-6123; the-churchill.com www.cloverjuice.com Pizza type: NY-Style Oven type:Wood-fired The Skinny:Great ingredients that sometimes yield a good slice, but usually fall short. Price:$2 for a slice, +$1 per topping In March, an odd and unused window on the side of The Churchill took on new life as the food and cold-pressed juice purveyor, Clover Takeaway, set up shop. Tucked away at the bottom of their menu is the NYC Cheese Pizza Slice, at a tempting $2.00—a steal given the talent and ingredients on hand in The Churchill's kitchen. For another dollar, you can add a topping of pepperoni, mushrooms, or extra cheese. And while the up-charge is on the steep side for a single slice, it's still one of the best deals in town. That is, if you get one of the good slices. My very first slice of "NYC Style pizza" was fantastic. It's not quite NY-style—the sponge-started, overnight-fermented crust has more finesse than your average New York doughs, and the simple DiNapoli tomato sauce is free of dried herbs. But tucked under a blanket of bubbling aged mozzarella, covered in a light oily sheen, the slice hits an even balance of crispness, sweet acidity and oil. The bottom of the slice didn't droop, folding easily into a that classic New York pose. Even better, Clover Takeway is cooking up these pies in The Churchill's wood-fired oven. I slipped on my shades and leaned back on the hood of my car, casually enjoying my NY-style slice in the California sun. It was a perfect moment of cultural fusion. Sadly, my next visit told a completely different story. For starters, my order was clearly forgotten. Left standing on the sidewalk for 40 minutes, I sustained myself on apologetic Clover juice samples until someone finally slapped together some dough, sauce and cheese into a pizza-like blob. It felt like the kitchen was giving the Clover Takeaway window the shaft. They generously offered me the entire pizza, but the pale, misshapen slices were completely off balance. Worse, the lava-like flow of extra cheese—which, to be fair, I did request on one of my slices—turned out to be a nauseating sight. If my prior visit hadn't been so promising, I would have cut my losses and walked away. But I was determined to relive that first wonderful slice, so I kept on trying. Thinking that perhaps a $1 topping would improve the pizza, I got a slice of pepperoni and a slice of mushroom. The Zoe's pepperoni delivers some decent heat, once you plod through the puddles of paprika-colored oil. But if you're going to spend the extra money on a topping, the wild mushrooms are far and away the best choice. Tender chanterelles, generously applied, offer a delicate flavor that helps cut through the blubber of cheese. But on the topped slices, the moisture and oil caused the sauce and cheese to meld into a glossy pink base. It still tasted good, but it was a wholly unappetizing sight. When the pies are on point, Clover Takeaway's NYC Slice is one of the best pizza bargains in town. The crisp-tender crust holds up to gently sweet tomato sauce and a smattering of mozzarella. But when the execution flounders, the pizza is quickly downgraded to a sloppy if affordable lunch. If you have the time—and enjoy a good gamble—it's worth your $2. But if you want guaranteed success, you'll have better luck dining at The Churchill and ordering a whole pie. About the author: Los Angeles native, Kelly Bone writes The Vegetarian Foodie and spends the rest of her time designing office cubicles... you might be sitting in one right now! Follow her on Twitter at @TheVegFoodie