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JASON SZENES/EPA An accordion player accompanied the slow turning and loop-the-loops of the Reaper. Nothing’s certain but death and taxes… and a new Banksy work every day for the rest of the month. The secretive British street artist bucked tradition Friday night, debuting a bumper-car riding Grim Reaper at dusk, much later than his usual 11 a.m. reveals. PHOTOS: BANKSY ...

Corcoran Group Galina Anisimova is selling her Mill Basin mansion for $ 30 million, the most any individual property has ever come on the market for in Brooklyn. The house, at 2458 National Drive, features a 15,000-foot main house and 8,000-foot guest house, four kitchens, half-a-dozen boat docks. Anisimova for all of $ 3.7 million in 1996. For $ 30 ...

Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News A former Burger King CEO became head of Heinz in June after the company was bought by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital, which also owns Burger King. Heinzsight is always 20/20. When Heinz hired former CEO of rival fast-food chain Burger King, McDonalds lost its taste for the condiment king. PHOTOS: CLASSIC MASCOTS GET MAKEOVERS ...

Albans, Mike There’s controversy brewing over the Episcopal church’s plan to lease some of its property at W. 113th St. and Amsterdam Ave. in a bid to generate much-needed money for the financially troubled Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The Cathedral of St. John the Divine is in financial tatters, but officials from the Episcopal Diocese of New York ...

AP/Johns Hopkins Medicine Dr. Deborah Persaud of Johns Hopkins’ Children’s Center in Baltimore is the author of a new study investigating the case of a girl, now 3, who was infected in the womb with HIV. Doctors now have convincing evidence that they put HIV into remission, hopefully for good, in a Mississippi baby born with the AIDS virus — ...

UNIT 728 at Rutherford Place has an efficient duplex layout, walnut Poggenpohl cabinetry in the kitchens and 12-foot-high windows overlooking Second Ave. from the double-height dining room — all amenities one would expect in a modern Manhattan condo building. But it also comes with a few special features: Wesley Snipes and David Lee Roth used to live across the hall. ...

Google Doctors say it’s especially surprising that the patient woke without any brain damage. A Colombian man thought fatally stabbed in the heart shocked doctors when he woke up 45 minutes later. The 39-year-old, who has not been named, was brought into Kennedy Hospital in Bogota after suffering the stab wound. RELATED: OHIO MAN DIES FOR 45 MINUTES, THEN COMES ...

Stephen Stickler/Getty Images “I have picked up more used condoms (in dressing rooms) than I would care to count,” an unnamed retail worker said. Some shoppers leave behind more than unwanted clothing in dressing rooms. An unnamed retail veteran spoke to AllOverAlbany.com about some of the disgusting, disheartening and disturbing things she has come across in her 16-year career. During ...

Christopher Polk/Getty Images Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are definitely over – Pattinson put the home he shared with his ‘Twilight’ co-star on the market. Robert Pattinson has officially put the Los Feliz home he shared in California with ex-girlfriend and “Twilight” costar Kristen Stewart on the market. The 27-year-old actor put the sprawling mansion up for grabs with an ...

Jeanne Noonan for New York Daily News A cook at Hahm Ji Bach Korean restaurant in Flushing prepares Dol Samgyupsal  — Pork Belly barbecue — at the eatery. The first-ever Korean Restaurant Week in New York City runs now through Nov. 3. It’s all about barbecue and kimchi as the first Korean Restaurant Week hits New York City. The showcase ...