President Obama will be expanding his town-hall-style sessions to the next frontier, White House officials said on Tuesday: Facebook. Mr. Obama will hold a town-hall-style meeting with Facebook’s chief executive,
Radioactivity in fish exceeding health guidelines was detected for the first time off northern Japan as Tokyo Electric Power Co. dumped tainted water into the ocean to gain control of
Senator Sean Kean (R- 11) and Senator Robert Singer (R- 30) have announced that they will run on the same ticket in the newly configured 30th Legislative District. Singer will
Tokyo – Recovery is still a rarely-talked about concept in Japan, but with Passover quickly approaching, members of the devastated nation’s small Jewish community are making plans to celebrate the
With Tax Day approaching, wealthy Americans might want to take extra care with their returns. Government statistics show the IRS followed through in a big way last year on its
Southwest Airlines said on Tuesday that it had completed inspections of its older Boeing 737s and had found small cracks in a total of five passenger planes. The airline conducted
The following are the headlines (Tuesday 04/05/11) on FlatbushScoop.com and BoroParkScoop.com, both affiliates of YWN: Flatbush Headlines: VIDEO & PHOTOS: Fire Destroys Home On East 26th Street VIDEO: Missionary Center
Many political figures are furious with Interior Minister Eli Yishai following his decision to invite Judge Richard Goldstone to visit Israel. The minister invited the South African judge on his
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to repeal a tax-reporting requirement contained in last year’s healthcare law that was widely criticized for being too burdensome, the first significant change to
Former New York State Senator Pedro Espada Junior pled not guilty this morning to a new round of fraud charges. A Brooklyn federal grand jury last week released a revised
The following is a Fox News report: The federal government appeared to move one step closer to a shutdown after the White House indicated Tuesday that it won’t accept a
AT&T on Monday confirmed that it has bumped up the price of early iPhone upgrades by $50. Starting Sunday, AT&T customers who have not reached the end of their contract
A Brooklyn City Councilman is going after the hated neon shame stickers slapped on cars parked on the wrong side of the street. “It’s a pretty punitive form of punishment.
With the clock ticking towards Friday’s federal budget deadline and President Obama hosting congressional leaders for budget talks at the White House on Tuesday, top administration officials have instructed agency
A criminal investigation has been launched in the US into suspected privacy lapses in the applications that run on Apple and Google smartphones, says the maker of one of the
President Barack Obama heads back to New York City to raise cash on April 27, the second time in four weeks that he will come to the major money hub
The New York Times on Monday said that Justice Richard Goldstone, who compiled the Goldstone Report probing Israel’s actions during Operation Cast Lead, never submitted an op-ed regretting his findings.
Israeli transit bus Egged has won a major bid for the operation of public transportation in Amsterdam, Holland, through its Egged Europe subsidiary. The eight-year bid, which includes a two-year
New York, NY – New York City Police and first responders will be conducting a “dirty bomb” training exercise. The 5-day exercise involves hundreds of personnel from 150 law enforcement
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