Staten Island

is stuck across the river. Some believe it should be next to south Jersey.



Though not attached to the other four boroughs, Staten Island is so close.


Mob boss assassinated by four men in matching Russian fur hats.


Vinnie Russo, second from left, on leaving his New Dorp home at 6 am to watch the Giant's Super Bowl parade: "The early bird gets the worm."

The hats, priced at $30 apiece, were the most popular apparel choice in the store. Why?

"A hat lasts forever," declared a fan who had been waiting on line for nearly six hours to get his.

"You get sauce on one of those white Super Bowl shirts, it's the end of it. [But] even if you get fat, the hat still fits."