The Hershey candy company is under fire for producing a breath mint candy that police say is hard to distinguish from an illegal drug. Philadelphia cops are complaining that a new iteration of Hershey's Ice Breakers product looks a lot like crack cocaine. When we initially read a quote from a local Philadelphia news station––"Even veteran narcotics officers acknowledged that they could not tell the difference between a package of crack cocaine and the breath......

The person who hung a noose on the doorknob of a professor at Columbia's Teachers College the other week seems to have been a catalyst for NY metro idiots, who have been been copy-cating or otherwise emulating public displays of hateful symbols. Most recently, Parks Dept. employees were appalled to find 10" nooses wrapped around the necks of their clothes when they opened their work lockers in Queens Saturday morning. Kenny Clark and Michelle Rouse-Williams......

You may or may not have noticed that it's Fashion Week -- either way, style is saturating the city right now more than ever, and we've asked Faran Krentcil to help us figure the whole thing out. She who holds down the fort at Fashionista.com fills us in on The Tents, the trends and the tricks. Oh, and she also recently poked fun at the hipster-chic in her short parody film: I Wanna Be A......

Even Oprah is bringing out the creepy Craigslist posters. This one is offering his NYC tickets to "ladies only," as long as the lady is willing to send a photo, a trade offer and an email showing what she's got. Oh, and no "rude haters or idiots" please. C'mon Craigslist poster, know your audience! What self-respecting Oprah fan would stoop to this level?......

Many people are abuzz about New York band A Brief Smile's recent interview on 92.3's morning show. The band went on the "JV and Elvis Show" to do an interview and have their song played. Instead they got called "gay" in every way possible, over and over again, and eventually the "pansy" bassist got kicked out of the on-air room. From the band's MySpace blog: "also, we were on 92.3 on the "jv and......

Thursday April 5th at 10:30 on MTV, the world will say, "Hello," to Human Giant, but the people who go to Crash Test at the UCB every week are going to be saying, "Hey," to the familiar faces of Aziz Ansari, Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel, and Jason Woliner. The foursome have been screening selections from their show for months now and the reaction is always the same: uproarious laughter. Thanks to the Internet and to......

It's that time of the year again: When Hollywood honors its moviemaking the way it knows (and not always in equitable ways, given that Alfred Hitchcock nor Robert Altman, to name a few, have never won Directing Oscars) and America gets to watch hours of pre-show hosted by idiots. Giving commentary for Gothamist this year, Karen Wilson, Margaret Harper, and Jen Chung. 7:06PM First thoughts: Gael Garcia Bernal is so cute. Ryan Seacrest is an......

Despite winter being upon us, the hipsters of New York took to the streets yesterday with strange, creative outfits and shopping carts in this year's Idiotarod. What's the Idiotarod, you ask? It's like the annual Iditarod from Nome to Anchorage except with teams of human idiots replacing dogs. Some of the more creative costumes we noticed: Wonderwoman, the Noid (think Domino's Pizza campaign), the McDonald's mascots, the Cosbys, Ghostbusters with the Stay Puft Marshmallow......

Calling Law & Order: Parent Company Embezzlement Team, because the former treasurer for NBC Universal was arrested yesterday. The feds say Victor Jung stole $800,0000 from his employer, using it on trips, a Hamptons summer home, and private planes. And how did he do this? He created a dummy corporation, NBCU Media Productions, and funneled the money in there. Jung spent $56,000 to rent a four-bedroom Sag Harbor home last summer and used $87,000 to......

Well, if you're going to get so drunk that you pass out and then wake up and find yourself locked in the bar, we suppose it makes sense you do it at a bar named a place "to be on your worst behavior" by Citysearch. According to the Daily News, Louis Rosano passed out Monday night on the rooftop of The Eagle, a bar at 554 West 28th Street in Chelsea, and didn't wake up......

We're at the home stretch! Sunday was a bit of a quieter day for us, but by no means did the music disappoint. The plan was to make it a short day and get back to civilization that night, but due to some travel miscalculations we ended up sticking around till they kicked us out. Very glad we did. The day started with Nashville teenage kids done good Be Your Own Pet at the That......

- A funeral was held today for Amber Sadiq, who died when a bus pinned her to a Crown Heights street - A jury found the man accused of plotting to blow up the Herald Square subway station and other NYC areas guilty of conspiracy and other charges - Vampires may be immortal, but Lestat the Musical is 'closing after 30-some performances - The title says it all The East Village Idiot's Guide for......

It seems appropriate that the Yankees and Red Sox enter tonight’s showdown tied for first. After all, these teams have played seventy-one games over the past three years and the Red Sox have won 36 and the Yankees 35. The Yankees are playing well as of late, beating Toronto 4-1 on Sunday. Mike Mussina pitched six innings of one-run ball to complete one his best months as a Yankee. Mussina is 4-1 with a 2.36......

Idiots really need to be told not to talk to the press. Take, for example, subway masturbator/raw-food chef Dan Hoyt (seriously, take him!). Interviewed in this week's New York Magazine, and excerpted in todays Post, Hoyt drops such choice bons mots as "After this incident happened, I had a woman tell me, 'You know, that sounds exciting to me.' She wouldn't mind being on the other end." Even sadder, the twit tries to twist......

As there is on the last Friday night of every month, there was a Critical Mass ride last night. It doesn't seem to have been the worst CM, by far, but it still wasn't exactly a walk in the park. While we haven't seen any confirmed reports of arrests, it is still early... Suckapants reports (we loved typing that): Critical Mass was an odd one last night. the cops were in full form, helicopters,......

There are a lot of hit-and-run incidents in the city, but it seems like there are have been a lot more than normal. Could it be holiday traffic? Darker evenings? Or people are just more careless? A Brooklyn man was killed in Clinton Hill, leaving a restaurant where he watched soccer (the NY Times reports that Lucino Galindo had said if he died, he would want a soccer ball in his coffin). But there are......

Getting in or out of your car on the traffic side of the street is a terrible idea. But to do so, while double parked might be even worse: An SUV ran into a man getting into his double parked car in Brooklyn yesterday. The victim got an estimate for new tires on 20th Street and Third Avenue before being hit, and a worker at Rapid Tire Service Shop said, "I heard something like a......

- New Yorkers have more diseased hearts than we should. Is it the stress, dirty water dogs, and sloth-like existence or are doctors misattributing the problem. - The police chased a car all the way from Hamilton Heights to the Lower East Side, where the suspected carjacker was stopped by crashing into a cab. Too bad the traffic copters couldn't follow this during its journey. - The loss of the Hard Rock Cafe on West......

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The MTA says there's gold, or at least green, in those used Metrocards: Millions of dollars on expired Metrocards with values of less than a full fare have been tossed because owners haven't realized they can transfer the balance to a new card. The MTA's financial reports list money from "forfeited fares," which was over $20 million last year. Newsday called the MTA's policy where you can mail in your expired Metrocard to the MTA......

The next time the NY State Legislature takes forever to do something (which will be next time), consider this: The Idaho Legislature has passed a resolution commending the vision of indie sleeper film Napoleon Dynamite and what it stands for. Seriously. See the resolution here, but here are some highlights of the reasons:- WHEREAS, the friendship between Napoleon and Pedro has furthered multiethnic relationships - WHEREAS, Rico and Kip's Tupperware sales and Deb's keychains and......

It's been over a week, and the Fire Department still doesn't know what caused the signal room fire at the Chambers Street station two Sundays ago. The FDNY says there's no conclusive information at this time, and the police say there's no evidence that backs up the initial "it was a homeless person with a shopping cart full of kindling" theory (although that theory hasn't been ruled out); officials were able to say that......

More proof that we live in a nation of idiots, it seems that NY state picked the wrong John Kerry in the official electoral college document. Last week, NY State filed its 31 electoral votes for John Kerry, but for John L. Kerry. Who is not John F. Kerry, the Senator and Presidental candidate this year. Humorously, the document's typo was only caught when it was posted on the National Archives website. NY State admitted......

*Look, Gothamist wants to talk about The Apprentice. So there are spoilers. Stop reading.* Last night, as Gothamist watched the finale of The Apprentice, we kept thinking that both Kelly and Jen M. were complete idiots and that both should be fired. Kelly couldn't manage his employees, whereas Jen seemed to miss the big picture of being the face of the project. And we hate to admit it, but Jen did a pretty good job......

In the grand tradition of badmouthing former opponents/teammates on reality shows, The Apprentice's Katrina Campins went on WPLJ and was talking about how Amy Henry has been involved with two cast membersl: "My question to her [Amy] is, well, you're a 'ruthless businesswoman,' yet it seems like your emotions for two separate men are getting in the way of this job. She's denying it now, of course, and I'd be denying it if I slept......

Today marks the first year New York City's smoking ban has been in effect, and the Post reports that health inspectors swing by bars past midnight to make sure ban-flouting bars get nabbed. Famous smoker Fran Leibovitz scoffs, "[The ban is] riddled with hypocrisy...If you're really concerned about air quality and you're living in New York City, then you're an idiot." Yeah, Gothamist gets the idea, but then we're happy to be idiots for being......

Oh, The Donald. You got lucky by teaming up with Mark Burnett to create The Apprentice. You got lucky that America wants to see some hateful idiots get put through the Trump reality wringer. You got lucky by the fact that most everything else on network television sucks, therefore your show is the "new hit" as NBC tells us over and over again. But buddy, don't press your luck. You know how it is, owning......

Move over, Soup Nazi Ali "Al" Yeganeh, there's a new perfectionist who doles out stern ministrations to guests, Masa Takayama. Takayama, who has just opened the city's most expensive sushi restaurant, Masa, and smaller bar, Bar Masa, at the Time Warner Center, is profiled by Alex Witchel and it seems Takayama's "my way or the highway" approach to food is just what sniveling foodies in New York need. Takayama describes some of the early interest......

Gothamist had been desperately hoping that bikini model Larissa's secret on Average Joe: Hawaii was that she was a man. Unfortunately, it wasn't, but it was pretty close in terms of stupid things to call a secret on TV: Her ex-boyfriend is Fabio. Yes, that Fabio, the big boobed (okay, they're supposedly pecs, but come on) bodice ripper novel cover model. So when Larissa told the hunk she chose over the Average Joe, the hunk......

The Sun has a hilarious comparison of Madonna, provacateur (or is that provacateuse?) who is adding "children's book author" to her repertoire, and Enid Blyton, beloved British author of countless children's books: TYPICAL PLOT Madonna's The English Roses: Four politically correct girls with ordinary human failings find spiritual enlightenment and vow to become better people. An Enid Blyton book (like a Famous Five): Middle-class white youngsters sneak off for a few days of good......