The $30 Hot Dog Man Is a New York City Hero

Metropolitan hot dog vendor Ahmed Mohammed is in hot water—he’s been fired after he was found to be charging tourists $30 for a hot dog. So... when are they giving him the key to the city? DeBlasio?
Creflo Dollar Getting More Into Satan
Something—the sneaky finger of Jesus, perhaps—seems to have taken down the web page where His Holiness Pastor Creflo A. Dollar was asking followers to give him $65 million to buy a new private jet.
Unethical Billionaire Will Pay a Tiny Bonus to Ethical Employees
You may remember Steven A. Cohen as the billionaire who just barely escaped total destruction after it became clear that his hedge fund was rife with insider trading. Now he has a new identity: paragon of business ethics!
Women Being Given the Mistaken Impression that Self-Defense Should Be 'Fun'
Muggers, drunk street harassers, and violent sociopaths of all stripes are applauding the new trend of women being taught "fun" self-defense classes, rather than those downer "how to potentially save yourself from a life-threatening attack" self-defense classes that women used to take. "I firmly believe that women's…
Hung Actor Used to Be a Gay Prostitute
Thomas Jane, who plays a heterosexual prostitute on HBO's Hung opened up his past as a gay hustler in his younger days to the L.A. Times. Talk about going method! Strangely enough, this is probably the first time gay men are going to get all upset about a hunky actor talking about having man-on-man action.
Glenn Beck Launches a Groupon Knockoff
Paranoid crybaby Glenn Beck is leaving Fox News, but don't you worry, world's biggest suckers Glenn Beck fans: you can still get your "giving money to Glenn Beck fix," in the form of coupons, for chocolate!
Broke Blagojevich Charging $50 Per Autograph
Temporarily liberated Illinois ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich appeared at Chicago's Comic Con this weekend, ostensibly to play with Batmobiles, but mostly to refill his legal coffers. He was charging $50 per autograph and $80 per photo. Wouldn't you pay that much?
Jewish 'Michael Jackson' Gets One Year in Jail for Hustling
50-year-old Michoel Streicher, a singer who calls himself "The Michael Jackson of Jewish music" was sentenced yesterday to a year in jail for swindling a woman out of $36,000 he said he would use to buy a torah.
Hiring a Rentboy: A How-to Guide
Thanks to Christian anti-gay activist George Rekers and his Boy Friday, Lucien, everyone is talking about male prostitutes. What should you do if you want to hire a hustler? A handy guide below!
Japan's Bad Neighborhood Still Bad
Tokyo's struggling to "clean up" its Roppongi neighborhood, where Nigerian hustlers steer suckers into shady bars where they're drugged and robbed. You'd think that business would fall off naturally, right? But this next drink might be the un-spiked one! [LAT]
Deadly Gun Battle Wows Appreciative Tourists
The NYPD shot and killed a CD vendor in Times Square this morning who was not only scamming tourists, but also packing a Mac-10, for chrissake. The reaction of tourists: Awesome!
Scams We Wish We Thought Of: College Admission Counseling
The spectrum of Fake Ass Jobs extends from jobs that are totally useless and made up (branding consultants, "generational consultants") to, on the other end, jobs that sound useful, but are actually borderline-criminal scams. Hello, "Independent College Counselor"!
'Generational Consultant' Holds America's Fakest Job
The fakest job corporate America ever created was "Branding Consultant"—until now. Meet Anne Loehr, a "business coach" who will (for a small fee) explain the mysteries of "Generation Y" to a corporate audience. She knows your soul, kids.
Cruel Loser Loses More
You might remember Peter Arnell from his embarrassing rebrandings of Pepsi and Tropicana, or maybe for being an evil, foot-rub demanding boss. Now the branding wizard owes HarperCollins $100,000, for sucking, at books.
Kari Ferrell, Hipster Grifter: The Illustrated Life
Kari Ferrell: pathological liar, con artist, hipster grifter, fugitive from justice. She left quite a trail. And we're on it! Today, we have pictures, video, and stories from ex-friends and (maybe) family.
Rudy Giuliani's Bullshit Advice Now Half Off
Is it possible that in the midst of a recession, companies are thinking twice about paying outrageous fees for advice from some underling hired by America's most comical Presidential campaign failure, Rudy Giuliani? It's possible.
Peter Arnell: Assistant-Abusing Bad Driver
Time to hear more about Peter Arnell! Turns out the pistol-packing 'branding' wizard truly screwed Tropicana with his (momentary) redesign of their juice cartons. He's also traumatized his employees, we hear (again):
Wall Street Frauds Come Out Like Snakes in a Flood
You know how when all the water finally evaporates from your dirty, clogged sink, you get to see how many roaches were really drowned in there? That's how Wall Street is now, with frauds!
