Former Vice President Walter Mondale said on CNN that President Obama relies too much on teleprompters — which Mondale called “idiot boards” — when speaking to the American people. In

The MTA yesterday announced a 10-year agreement with AT&T and T-Mobile to provide cell and WiFi service in several Manhattan subway stations by the end of 2011 — a year earlier than expected. The first stations, all in Chelsea, include: 14th Street and Sixth Avenue on the F, M and L lines; 14th Street and […]

Given the news about Verizon Wireless overcharging its customers by about $50 million, mobile phone users may be smart to examine their bills more closely. About 15 million of Verizon’s

The New York City Police Department says the two men found dead inside an SUV on a Manhattan street early Monday morning were potential witnesses in two separate murder cases,

Just hours after burying 8-year-old Avigdor Krasny A”H, who was tragically killed in the Shmini Atzeres fire in Flatbush, the parents are asking Klal Yisroel to please be Mispallel for their son, 4-year-old Yitzchok Issac ben Chana. Yitzchok Issac was transferred on Sunday night from the burn unit in Staten Island, to Long Island Jewish Children’s Hospital, […]

The following is a Chicago Tribune article: Some might assume that the idea of a Rahm Emanuel candidacy for mayor would be cause for celebration along Devon Avenue, the longtime

Israeli Police have arrested Rabbi Yisrael Ariel and Rabbi Doc Stein, both members of the organization ‘Sanhedrin,’ that called upon settlers and right-wing activists not to recognize the authority of

Closing arguments are set to begin today in the trial of four men accused of plotting to blow up synagogues in the Bronx and shoot down military planes upstate. After

Verizon Wireless said Sunday it will give refunds to about 15 million of its customers because the company incorrectly charged them for data sessions. Over the past few years, some

Among the possible targets in the suspected European terror plot are pre-security areas in at least five major European airports, a law enforcement official told ABC News. Authorities believe terror

It turns out that New York City’s streets actually are paved with gold—its tens of thousands of parking meters could be worth $5 billion or more if privatized. City officials are looking at how other cash-strapped municipalities have already auctioned off the long-term rights to their meters for hundreds of millions of dollars—and say the […]

A million times a year, fire trucks are driven into the streets of New York City, usually at breakneck speeds with lights and sirens blaring. The rush is often critical: Firefighters converge on fires, douse the flames and save lives. The same response applies in less serious situations — calls that are not life-threatening, which […]

Andrew Cuomo has been spending much of the afternoon meeting privately with the different leaders of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sets, including the two factions of the Satmars and with the

Israel’s Chief Rabbinate suspects that a mohel from the north performed hundreds of Brisim in recent years that did not comply with Halacha. Some of the children circumcised by the

The Ground Zero mosque appears to be covered in Stars of David. Architectural renderings of the controversial Park Place community center and mosque released this week show the exterior dressed

The U.S. State Department has issued a travel alert for U.S. citizens in Europe, based on information that suggests that al Qaeda and affiliated organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks.

Counterterrorism officials think Osama bin Laden was involved in the latest terror plot that caused a lot of anxiety this week in Europe. Officials say that plot, which was disrupted