Ex-con Jaquan Vaughn was arrested on Friday for an August 10th mugging of rabbinical student and rabbi's son, Baruch Halberstam. However, the crook profited just $5 from the crime. The 25-year-old father of four fought back when Vaughn confronted him on South 9th Street and was shot once in the stomach. Vaughn swiped the five bucks and drove off in a van with his accomplice. Halberstam remains hospitalized, but in stable condition. Vaughn had been on parole for another robbery; it's unclear if his chosen career of crime had been any more profitable in the past. more ›

With Barack Obama finally clinching the Democratic nomination for president, we’re now off to the racists. Last week a Staten Island woman noticed that a 5 dollar bill in her wallet was stamped with the above message: “LETS [sic] KEEP THE WHITE HOUSE WH!TE!” The slogan was positioned next to the Lincoln memorial on the back of the bill, according to the Staten Island Advance. more ›

We've seen expensive pancakes, hams and who can forget the $25,000 frozen haute chocolate? But now overpriced sodas are hitting the scene, and there aren't even gold flakes floating in them. Or refills! more ›