U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today urged the Egyptian government to allow peaceful protests to continue and not to block social media sites like Twitter Inc. and Facebook used
The Department of Homeland Security is junking its color-code terrorism threat alert system after eight years of mockery. The system, put in place by the Bush White House a few
Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook fan page seems to have been hacked, with the hacker posting a message calling on the company to transform into a “social business”. The message, seemingly posted
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At the direction of the Mayor, the public is hereby advised that significant snowfall has been forecast for the evening rush hour tonight, through tomorrow’s morning rush hour. The snow
A fire has been extinguished aboard a commuter ferry on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River. Coast Guard spokesman Charles Rowe says the New York Waterway vessel Moira
The Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed over 12000 as investors cheered a wave of corporate earnings and President Barack Obama’s call for corporate tax cuts and a spending freeze. The
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The sixth storm of the season will hit the Tri-State Wednesday. The National Weather Service issued Winter Storm Warnings until 6 a.m. Thursday. A period of snow in the morning
According to the Daily News, lawmakers are considering a plan to charge drivers $10 to enter Lower Manhattan on weekdays. It’s similar to Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s defeated congestion pricing proposal
Toyota on Wednesday announced recalls involving more than 1.5 million vehicles worldwide for issues that could result in fuel leakage, the company said. One recall involves about 1.2 million units
Franklin Zimring, a law professor from the University of California at Berkeley, says when it comes to recording crime statistics police departments are a little like an umpire officiating a
11:25PM EST: Lakewood Hatzolah is on the scene of a serious car accident on New Egypt and Whitesville, with multiple patients injured – some seriously. Arriving members have requested Paramedics
A Jewish hockey player sued the National Hockey League’s Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday, claiming that coaches of one of its affiliate teams subjected him to harassment and anti-Semitic remarks. Jason
LIVE WEBCAST HAS ENDED: President Obama, on the defensive as Congressional Republicans press to rein in spending, will propose to extend for another two years the three-year partial freeze of
It’s official: Verizon is going to offer iPhone buyers a $30 unlimited data plan. The carrier’s heir apparent and chief operating officer, Lowell McAdam, told us the news ahead of
A New Jersey legislator has introduced legislation that would reinstate the death penalty in New Jersey. The bill, introduced by Sen. Robert Singer (R-Ocean), would reinstate the death penalty for
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