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By SUN STAFF

BODY FOUND IN BURNING CAR

Police are investigating an early morning car fire in Pickering which led to the discovery of a dead body in the driver's seat.

Pickering Fire platoon chief Geoff Nicholson said fire crews arrived at 680 Granite Ct. in the Whites Rd. and Hwy. 401 area at 1 a.m. yesterday to find a car fully engulfed.

When the fire was put out, fire crews discovered a body in the driver's seat.

SAM'S FLAGSHIP TO CLOSE

The flagship Sam the Record Man store on Yonge St. will close next month, but the famous name is expected to live on.

Jason and Bobby Sniderman, sons of founder Sam Sniderman, announced the store, which opened in 1961, will close June 30.

"We are very open to re-establishing this brand in some other manner," Bobby Sniderman said yesterday.

There are calls to save Sam's flashy neon sign.

MORE HOV LANE USE?

City officials are looking at allowing people on motorcycles and scooters to use HOV (high-occupancy vehicle) lanes on streets such as Bay St. and Eglinton Ave.

The city's public works committee yesterday directed city officials to look at the prospect of giving motorcycles and scooters the green light to use lanes reserved for HOVs.

PAIR CARJACK AUTO

Cops are looking for a male and two females who robbed a man and stole his car.

The car-jacking happened Tuesday at about 8:45 p.m. in the Royal York Rd. and Cavell Ave. area. Police said the 42-year-old victim was about to enter his vehicle when a male and two females approached. The male took the victim's wallet and keys and all three fled in the victim's car. The victim wasn't injured.

YORKDALE MALL MUGGING

Police are hoping to nab thugs who swarmed a man at Yorkdale Mall. The victim, 24, was returning to his car in the parking lot Tuesday at 7 p.m. when he was approached by eight assailants. One of the attackers punched the victim in the face, causing him to fall. The robbers took the victim's jewelry, wallet and sunglasses, police said.