16-pound Chihuahua Penny was mauled on the Upper West Side by two pit bulls last week. Instagram/directorchick27 New York State Assembly member Jenifer Rajkumar introduced "Penny's Law" this week.

Business See a penny, pick it up? In the future, probably not as often — and, some say, that matters The U.S. Treasury confirmed Thursday that it will stop making shiny new penny coins after the ...

And if they spend money unwisely, are they now dime-wise but pound-foolish? OK, maybe those are some minor, small-stakes, dare we say penny-ante concerns in the wake of the U.S. Treasury ...

In a final irony, news of the penny’s fate came out on the eve of Lucky Penny Day, no less! (Yes, there is such a thing, on May 23rd.) “We don’t have a lucky nickel day.