With budget talks intensifying, Governor Christie on Friday ordered his Cabinet to begin planning to shut down state government July 1 if there is no deal by the constitutional deadline.
President Obama urged reluctant lawmakers Saturday to quickly approve nearly $50 billion in emergency aid to state and local governments, saying the money is needed to avoid “massive layoffs of
According to a Dir Spiegel report, shortly after an Israeli national [reported by the foreign media as being an alleged Mossad Intelligence Agency agent] was arrested in Poland, Israeli diplomatic
That’s so not kosher. A kosher-food company is suing the Mets, claiming that it has lost a half-million dollars in profits because the team has forbidden its stands to sell
It does not take too much for Israel to succumb to international pressure these days and once again, the enemies of the Jewish state can chalk up a victory. Israel
As Gov. Paterson yesterday put a new round of more than $300 million in budget cuts on the table, he and legislative leaders played a high-stakes game of chicken over
Spirit Airlines has canceled all Sunday flights as a result of its pilots walking off the job in a pay dispute on Saturday, and the airline has issued refunds to
Saudi Arabia has conducted tests to stand down its air defences to enable Israeli jets to make a bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities, The Times can reveal. In the week that the UN Security Council imposed a new round of sanctions on Tehran, defence sources in the Gulf say that Riyadh has agreed to […]
The Weekly Standard has learned that senior Obama administration officials have been telling foreign governments that the administration intends to support an effort next week at the United Nations to
This past Monday a Black Hawk County jury rendered a unanimous verdict of acquittal in State of Iowa v. Sholom Rubashkin involving 67 counts of child labor violations. This was
Postville, IA – The issue of who pays the delinquent property taxes left by Agriprocessors apparently wasn’t addressed in the company’s bankruptcy, leaving Allamakee County and the new owner to argue over a $577,872.73 bill. Allamakee County said in a statement this week that the kosher meat processing plant property in Postville is listed to […]
Adding a little more flair to his Facebook page , which debuted last week, former President George W. Bush updated his wall yesterday with a short video thanking the more than 140,000 people who have already “liked” his page and providing viewers with an update on what he has been doing since leaving office. “I […]
In the early morning hours on May 31, 2010 Members of Israel’s elite Navy Special Forces, Shayetet 13 commenced Operation Sea Breeze. The six ships making up the “Freedom Flotilla” that were intent on breaking Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip were boarded by Israeli commandos after disregarding numerous orders to divert to the […]
The following is a report by CrownHeights.info: A prohibition era law banning the sale of alcohol stronger then 160 proof in New York has been lifted on the 1st of
Drivers in the Lakewood area are being advised to seek alternate routes because of road closures related to funeral services for New Jersey State Trooper Marc K. Castellano, who was fatally struck by a vehicle while assisting in a search for an armed suspect on the Interstate 195 . Sign boards have been in place since […]
Rudy Giuliani rolled back into the New Hampshire glare last night, lavishing praise on the first-in-the-nation primary state whose voters he infuriated in 2008 by turning his attention to Florida,
Fire marshals are investigating a blaze in a chareidi community center in Haifa that erupted during the morning hours. On Friday morning, no one seemed to know if the blaze
On Tuesday June 8, 2010 at about 3:30 PM, Sullivan County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to a report of suspects stealing copper pipes from the Lake Side Bungalows in Kiamesha Lake. Arriving deputies chased the suspects through the woods and called in a State Trooper K-9 unit to assist in apprehending the suspect. A short […]
Hundreds of city students could walk out of class today to protest the proposed elimination of their student MetroCards. Organizers are hoping as many as 2,400 students from 23 high
The protests at the Nazareth Israel Antiquities Association (IAA) site have halted for now, but IAA officials have already set their sights on the next ancient cemetery, this time in
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