Five convicted shoplifters are learning what Lindsay Lohan already knows: getting caught stealing is a great way to attract fame. For the fourth consecutive Christmas, the Staten Island Mall is showing a digital ad featuring the mugshots of five convicted shoplifters, running on a loop on kiosks in the mall. The thieves aren't named, but on New Year's Day they'll be herded into stocks outside the mall, where shoppers will be encouraged to throw rotten eggs and moldy fruit at them. CORRECTION: That's not true. However, the thieves are featured in this video, which uses a soundtrack that will sound familiar to fans of the shoplifter porn genre. more ›

Can Twitter tame the parsimonious proclivities of East Village landlord Jakobson Properties? Fed up with the slow pace and miserable quality of repairs, one tenant created the Twitter account @Jakobson_Fix_It and started a Tumblr to document the company's alleged misdeeds. "I've talked to so many people, and everybody is complaining about things," John, the man behind the Twitter account tells the Post. And surprise: it seems that Jakobson is responding to issues a little faster these days. more ›

Democratic New Jersey county official Louis Magazzu resigned yesterday after nude photos that he took of himself surfaced on a Republican blogger's website. The Daily News reports that the 53-year-old freeholder for more than a decade has been separated from his wife for two years, and sent the pictures to a woman in Chicago who he met online, but has never seen in person. "I did not know that she was working with an avowed political enemy to distribute these pictures," Magazzu said. The pol will be sentenced to 3 years in prison for didn't actually break any laws but apparently it's tough to govern when people have seen your naughty parts. At least if you don't show them around the old fashioned way. more ›

Hear that—nothing may be affixed via twine! Years ago, as the city was moving towards its shiny new newsstands, operators complained it offered less room for selling items. more ›

Oracle exec Charles Phillips picked the wrong woman to two-time when he took up with billboard mistress Yavaughnie Wilkins. New information shows that the public embarrassment she inflicted on her former beau was payback for big lies he told during the 8 1/2 years they dated seriously. "They lived together for the majority of their relationship. She thought she was in a long-term, monogamous relationship," said Wilkins's cousin Misha Davila. "It never occurred to any of us that he was still married." more ›

Arnold Diaz, who famously exposed the Drunken Negro Cookie baker in his engrossing Fox 5 SHAME segment, is back to send another victim into a shame spiral. This time it's the president of the United Homeless Organization, which sets up tables on seemingly every street corner soliciting donations for the homeless. If the operation had ever seemed a little shady to you, well, it probably is. Diaz digs up the questionable tax filing from the group's president, Steven Riley, and confronts him in Union Square about it. Things get shamelessly physical. more ›

It's not surprising that MyFox News has a four part series (so far) dedicated to broken subway escalators (though perhaps they should also shame the MTA for lack of elevators for the disabled). This time around they report from two locations, including 53rd Street, which sports a lovely escalator behind a glass wall that's been "under repairs" for months. To make matters worse, they even closed off the stairs. Watch to find out how straphangers work that puzzle out: more ›

Gianna Vigliotti was swept up in Nassau County's DWI crackdown and campaign to publicly announce DWI arrests (with arrestees' names, hometowns and mugshots) in order to deter drunk driving, but it turns out the 17-year-old resident told the police her Memorial Day weekend DWI was all a mistake. more ›