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Mitt Romney is poised for a win in Florida Tuesday night as voting is under way in the Sunshine state. Polls close at 7 p.m. for Florida’s presidential primary, but
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Amid Israel Radio reports that he sold out and signaled the PA (Palestinian Authority) that Israel is willing to give away the Jordan Valley to reach a peace agreement, Prime
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Today Councilman Fidler’s campaign for State Senate called on his opponent, Mr. Storobin, to release all writings, interview transcripts, and links to white supremacist and skinhead sites that have been
It is not all that unusual for Breslov chassidim to visit Kever Yosef without coordinating the event with security forces. Such a case occurred in recent weeks and the mispallalim
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New York – Councilman David G. Greenfield (D-Brooklyn) is urging drivers to take advantage of the city’s parking ticket fine-reduction program, which ends at midnight tonight. Since 2007, New York
Prosecutors say Anthony Graziano confessed to continuing to throw firebombs inside a rabbi’s home despite hearing screaming inside, but his defense attorney said the admission shouldn’t be taken seriously due
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yonah Metzger Shlita has suggested to dayanim of the Rabbinical Supreme Court to walk off the job in a protest move against the court’s overloaded schedule. The
The first time a rabbi stopped into the newly opened Freehold Kia, offering freshly baked challah and a chance to put on tefillin, no one was more surprised than dealership
Newt Gingrich predicted the battle for the Republican presidential nomination would continue until “June or July” and then took a dig at rival Mitt Romney, adding “unless Romney drops out
Clueless TSA agents found two possible pipe bombs in a passenger’s luggage yesterday at La Guardia Airport — and kept them in a public area for six hours without notifying
The dati leumi community has decided to launch its own hashgacha, a hechsher that intends to compete with the top-of-the-line chareidi hechsher, Badatz Eida Chareidis. Orot HaKashrut will be under
Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly announced today the promotion of Arnold S. Wechsler to Deputy Commissioner, Personnel. The appointment marks the first time in 40 years a civilian member of
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