Image of defaced bill courtesy Staten Island Advance. 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. Mutilating or......

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! The Brooklyn Paper reports on Myrtle Avenue restaurant Five Spot, an establishment that is now charging $5 per pop (a huge change from their old price of $1)! To put it in perspective, meals there cost about 8 bucks (as do their......