Don't forget to look both ways -- and run for your life. If you need any more proof that city pedestrians are in the crosshairs of drivers, a new study shows that a staggering 31 percent of traffic fatalities in the Big Apple involve people on foo... Full Story »
The No. 1 New York state tax deadbeat is a Queens man who owes an eye-popping $19 million on cigarette taxes, newly released records show. Gui Hong Chen, an Elmhurst man according to state records, tops the list of 200 corporate tax deadbeats, whi... Full Story »
Drop the Bazooka and come out with your hands up! There's a crime wave in Connecticut: sticky-fingered thieves are stealing chewing gum at stores statewide. In one of the biggest recent heists, a 21-year-old man was charged with shoplifting a... Full Story »
The former wife of the star witness against John "Junior" Gotti yesterday lashed out at the feds for helping her "liar" ex-husband skip out on more than $30,000 in child support. Carol Alite told The Post that John Alite hasn't paid her since he b... Full Story »
The 50 Labrador retrievers and golden shepherds that make up the MTA's K-9 unit are moving upstate -- to a multimillion-dollar, 71-acre training facility. The agency is prepared to pay $1 million for a swath of green in Stormville. The total cost ... Full Story »
PARIS -- A French prosecutor says investigators have found $14.25 million in cash believed stolen from a Lyon branch of France's central bank last week. Lyon Prosecutor Xavier Richaud said yesterday the money was found in a storage space near a rai... Full Story »
Have a Blowenbrau. A charred bottle of beer that survived the explosion of the Hindenburg will be auctioned off this month for an estimated $7,500. Although its contents are undrinkable, the unopened bottle of Lowenbrau would be the most expen... Full Story »
Manhattan A pervert sexually abused a woman in a bathroom at a Greenwich Village watering hole, sources said yesterday. Junior Loarte, 29, allegedly followed the victim into the bathroom at Slane Public House on MacDougal Street early Saturday.... Full Story »
LONDON -- British scientists began a study today to consider how human DNA is used in animal experiments and to determine what the boundaries of such controversial research should be. Scientists at the Academy of Medical Sciences want to make sure ... Full Story »
A new auction site aimed at the super rich is just another clearinghouse -- for $10 million yachts and $25 million mansions. The minimum bid on Billionairexchange.com is $1,000, but asking prices can run up to $50 million, for a Mexican resort. "... Full Story »
The city's teetering Off-Track Betting Corp. will seek permission to close as many as two-thirds of its 68 branches when it files a bankruptcy reorganization plan, The Post has learned. Sources said the plan also calls for eliminating half of the ... Full Story »
The self-proclaimed Sports Illustrated magazine cover king is no super athlete. He's a super collector who, over the last three decades, has amassed 2,584 signed copies of Sports Illustrated magazines out of 2,793 published. "Some people want to b... Full Story »
At 8:30 p.m. tonight, Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad will shower in his Virginia cell and begin his countdown to death. The 48-year-old former Gulf War marksman will be led next door at 8:50 to the death chamber at Greensville Correctional Cen... Full Story »
Did Sammy Sosa throw fans a curve? Many who have seen Internet photos of the disgraced former slugger's shocking new look at last week's Latin Grammys in Las Vegas can't help but wonder: Why is his skin getting lighter? "He's not trying to be M... Full Story »
A Bronx youngster pulled from his school's basketball team because of poor grades jumped 23 floors to his death yesterday, officials said. Judah Aghemang, 13, a student at Our Lady of Angels in Norwood, returned home from the small K-8 Catholic sch... Full Story »
It's a tall order for a 2-foot-4-inch Kentucky woman who may be the world's smallest mom -- she's expecting her third child. Doctors have warned Stacey Herald, 35, that the pregnancy could kill her -- but she shrugged off their earlier warnings an... Full Story »
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is close to a final decision to add 30,000 to 40,000 more troops to the 68,000 already in Afghanistan -- a move that likely will enrage much of his anti-war, liberal base. The troop surge would likely begin in Januar... Full Story »
BERLIN -- As her country celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday thanked former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for making change possible in East Germany. Merkel visited what was o... Full Story »
ALBANY -- A labor boss had special favors in mind when he invested the union's pension funds in a financial firm that paid former Senate leader Joseph Bruno, according to testimony yesterday at the ex-lawmaker's federal corruption trial. Convicte... Full Story »
HACKETTSTOWN, NJ -- Those green M&M's really are getting greener. The New Jersey candy factory that produces M&M's flipped the switch yesterday on a new solar array that provides clean energy. The 18-acre field of solar panels in Hackettstown is ca... Full Story »
The social networking Web site Tagged.com has adopted reforms on the use of invitation e-mails after being accused of essentially stealing the e-mail addresses of some 60 million Internet users, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday... Full Story »
Four city homeowners have filed a lawsuit charging they were denied access to a federal home-refinancing program. The plaintiffs are Brooklyn and Queens homeowners who have mortgages serviced by Aurora Loan Services. They are charging that Aurora d... Full Story »
Facing a storm of criticism, a newly minted city councilman who practices a "neo-heathen" religion apologized for how he characterized Greek Orthodox Easter celebrations as he discussed animal sacrifices in his own faith. The move by Councilman Da... Full Story »
A globetrotting Edinburgh opera buff willed a $7.5 million windfall to New York's Metropolitan Opera, stunning family and friends who didn't realize she was so rich. The generous gift amounted to nearly half the $16.5 million fortune of music love... Full Story »
Levi Johnston is reportedly going to file for joint custody of the baby son he shares with Sarah Palin's daughter, Bristol. Johnston, 19, told the TV show "The Insider" yesterday that he decided to take legal action after he had trouble seeing his... Full Story »
A morning moonset peeks through the autumn foliage near Bradfordton, Ill. AP Photo/Seth Perlman
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