The recent trend of discussing the proliferation of dog crap in Harlem has uncovered the work of one woman, Millie Gonzalez, who has spent the last six months patrolling the neighborhood with her beagle and picking up animal waste that other residents refuse to retrieve. It remains unclear whether it's the new gentrifiers or old people who can't bend over to grab the stuff. more ›

Cat scat can drive a roommate to crack, but dog poo can apparently break the bonds of brotherhood! A Staten Island man and his wife have gotten so sick of stepping on the dog crap left outside the house they share with the husband's brother that they are trying to force a court-ordered sale of the structure. But when the Advance sent reporter Frank Donnelly to see all that poop he found that "no dog feces was immediately evident." more ›

What story ranks as high as, oh, the United States nationalizing financial institutions' debts, essentially privatizing profit but socializing risk? Why, P. Diddy stepping into dog poo! more ›