The New York Mets are being sued for $300 million for their involvement in the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme. Details of the lawsuit filed by the trustee for Madoff’s victims
Failure to use a hands-free device will be a 2-point moving violation�starting later this month, NYTickethelp.com�reports. The NY State Dept of Motor Vehicles (DMV) gave their official notice of the rule change in the New York State Register on Dec. 15, 2010. This will mean more licenses will get suspended and more points-based Driver Assessment […]
Montreal – Police investigating last month’s string of overnight attacks against Jewish religious and community centres are examining whether there are links with a series of similar crimes 12 months
The president has become more centrist, which makes him easier to work with, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Thursday. Speaking with Bloomberg Television a day after a private meeting with
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg�s job rating took a major hit in the aftermath of the post-Christmas blizzard, but he is starting to recover, according to a new poll released Thursday night. In the latest NY1/YNN-Marist Poll, 44 percent of New York City voters rated Mr. Bloomberg�s job performance as either excellent or good, up from […]
It has become evident that when the OU Kashrus Department visits Orthodox communities through its Harry H. Beren ASK OU Outreach program, the reaction in those neighborhoods is amazing. Following
Verizon Wireless, the biggest U.S. wireless carrier, sold through its initial inventory of Apple Inc. iPhones in less than a day after starting to offer the device to its current
A vehicle carrying a Charedi family from Yerushalayim to Teveria, has overturned, leaving their 12-year-old son R”L dead, and 6 others injured, YWN Israel has learned. The vehicle was reportedly travelling on Route 90�(Kvish Habikah), when it overturned in the area of Tziporah. Hatzolah & MDA Paramedics were rushed to the scene. Many of the […]
The Township Committee on Thursday named the section of Third Street along the entrance to the township police department in honor of slain Officer Christopher Matlosz. The street now will be called ceremoniously Matlosz Way. �Chris (Matlosz) did not die in vain,� Mayor Menashe Miller said. �The unity brought about by Officer Matlosz�s death will […]
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, says recent anti-government riots in Tunisia and Egypt are “a sign of the awakening of Islam inspired by the Islamic Revolution’s victory in Iran.”
Ever since Barack Obama announced his intentions to run for US president, he was seen as a mere effigy of former President Jimmy Carter. Parallels were drawn linking their message,
Today, the New Jersey Assembly Commerce & Economic Development Committee voted 5-0 to support A.2810, the Opportunity Scholarship Act, which would establish a pilot tax credit scholarship program in some
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is suing six Web-site operators, accusing them of illegally selling cigarettes to New Yorkers and costing the state hundreds of millions in lost sales-tax revenue.
Virginia’s attorney general has asked the Supreme Court to fast-track his state’s legal challenge to the federal health care overhaul, saying state governments and businesses deserve to know the fate
Nearly a year and a half into the economic recovery, some 43.6 million Americans continued to rely on food stamps in November. More than 14% of the population drew food
The�Senate tonight passed a bipartisan resolution from a pair of influential lawmakers calling on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to immediately start transferring power to an interim government. The Senate resolution was offered by John Kerry, the Democratic chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, and John McCain, R-Ariz. A handful of other senators, including Lindsey Graham, […]
The worst of the winter storm that slammed the United States this week may have passed, but flights remained a mess across much of the nation for a third day
Senior executives at JPMorgan Chase expressed serious doubts about the legitimacy of Bernard L. Madoff�s investment business more than 18 months before his Ponzi scheme collapsed but continued to do business with him, according to internal bank documents made public in a lawsuit on Thursday. On June 15, 2007, an obviously high-level risk management officer […]
Christiane Amanpour of ABC News just posted the following on ABC: I’ve just left the presidential palace in Cairo where I met for about 30 minutes with president Mubarak. He
A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that found an Ohio judge’s courtroom display of the Ten Commandments unconstitutional. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled
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