After Nassau County authorities claimed that a 19-year-old took SAT exams for other students for pay and also charged the students with misdemeanors, lawyers are the accused have been taking exception to the allegations. According to WCBS 2, the students apparently had already worked with Great Neck High School officials and the DA's office: "They had their privileges revoked and served suspensions, but now claim they are victims of broken promises, that investigators allegedly led them to believe if students cooperated, they would face no further repercussions from the cheating scandal." Wait, there's immunity for SAT cheating? more ›

Al Capone. Jeff Dahmer. Ted Kaczynski. All subway fare-beaters.* Put aside the fact that jumping the turnstiles is cheaper even if you're caught, and that folks from all walks of life pass through an open emergency exit every now and then. Cheating the MTA is a gateway to a life of inequity and sorrow, or so implies the Daily News' Pete Donahue, who interviewed a 17-year-old freeloader. more ›

Great news for Tiger Woods, Jesse James and Eliot Spitzer: a new study suggests that cheating may have more to do with your biology than your greedy penis. Justin Garcia, a researcher from SUNY Binghamton, recently took DNA samples from 181 college students for his study. He examined the DRD4 gene, and found a variable of a person’s D4 gene makes them prone to one-night stands, infidelity and uncommitted sex. Garcia plans on doing a larger study to back up the research, but he doesn't think this lets cheaters off the hook: “It is not an excuse. There is never an excuse for bad behavior in terms of relying on our biology." Pshaw, the First Wives Club may agree with that, but they're fictional. Try telling that to the Cheaters' Club. more ›

This past Sunday was National Pickle Day (happy belated), and last week, in anticipation, we posted a pickle poll to determine who had the best pickle in the city. Well, we regret to report that something smells sour in Pickletown. Above are two screenshots from our sophisticated polling platform—two of the many examples that suggest both The Pickle Guys and Horman's Best turned to cheating to edge out the competition, logging in hundreds upon hundreds of votes at a time from the same IP address. Shockingly, from the looks of that Switzerland IP address, it looks like Horman's also outsourced their dirty work, sending coveted ballot-stuffing jobs overseas! more ›

Fair warning to celebrity scoundrels: Despite your insistence that your relationships are a private matter and have nothing to do with your work, you are a public figure, and are therefore vulnerable to mass scrutiny over your every mistake (hello, Mel!). Some may make comebacks on the scale of the 2004 Red Sox, but others will probably end up like Tiki Barber, the former Giants star, who left his eight-months pregnant wife for a 23-year-old former intern earlier this year. Now, to complete the circle of backlash-ery, cycling fitness chain Flywheel Sports is filing a $1 million lawsuit against him, alleging that his scandal enraged their "core clientele," and rendered him "worthless overnight" as their celebrity spokesman. Well, Tiki, at least you're not quippy rape suspect. more ›

And they're off! Over 40,000 runners are on their way to finishing the 2009 New York City Marathon, which snakes across all five boroughs before its dramatic — and surprisingly hilly — finish in Central Park. All eyes are on three-time winner Paula Radcliffe, the British champ who this summer won the NYC Half Marathon. On the men's side, the Brazilian runner Marílson Gomes dos Santos is fighting for his third NYC Marathon victory against a field of formidable contenders including Kenyans James Kwambai and Robert Cheruiyot. more ›