Top New York City Police Department brass and and the New York City Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association are butting heads. Over the past week, the police officers’ union has flooded city

Pfizer Inc. (PFE)�s antibiotic Zithromax and its generic competitors carry a �small increase� in the risk of cardiovascular death compared with another common antibiotic, a study found. The pills, which are used to treat infections, caused a �small absolute increase in cardiovascular deaths� among patients, particularly those who had a higher chance of heart problems, […]

The U.S. has plans in place to attack Iran if necessary to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons, Washington’s envoy to Israel said, days ahead of a crucial round of

The Justice Ministry is seeking to significantly expand the number of government agencies authorized to track the moves of citizens for investigation purposes, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Thursday. The new legislation would grant the Antiquities Authority, the Nature and Parks Authority and the Environmental Protection Ministry, among others, permission to tap Israelis� phones and computers. The […]

Trayvon Martin, the Florida teen shot and killed by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman in February, had traces of marijuana in his system at the time of his death, according to

Rush Limbaugh on Thursday accused Vice President Joe Biden not only of being “deranged” during a recent speech criticizing Mitt Romney, but also of committing the “destruction” of America’s economy.

Mark Zuckerberg can skip sending an invite to Eduardo Saverin for any IPO parties. By relinquishing his American citizenship, the Facebook co-founder likely won�t be allowed back into the United States after the IRS and State Department look into his case, according to legal experts. �Anyone who relinquishes their citizenship always has a non-tax related […]

One of the problems faced by many shochtim in Eretz Yisrael is their day begins very early, before most people are awake, and for those shochtim who wish to toivel before work find themselves in a difficult situation. Seeking to meet the challenge, a mikve was built in Israel�s largest poultry slaughter house, Ohf Ohz […]

Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon responded Thursday, to the letter he received from International Olympic Committee President, Jacques Rogge rejecting his request to hold a minute silence in memory of the members of the Israeli Olympic team murdered at the Munich Olympics in 1972 during the upcoming London Olympic Games. �Unfortunately, this response is unacceptable […]

The Postal Service announced on Thursday that it would begin consolidating 48 mail processing centers beginning in July, the first phase of a cost-cutting plan that is intended to save

Iran is taking on one of the world’s biggest Internet giants, threatening to sue over something that is not on its maps. On state-run Press TV, the Iranian regime warns

and over 20,000 cellular subscribers have already signed up. Orange and Cellcom are expected to lay off at least 1,000 employees each, as well as closing some of their service centers as a result of Israel�s cellular revolution. Orange and Cellcom, the old times that dominated the market in recent years are taking the blows, […]

When one hears the name Israel Land Fund, one does not expect to see its director arrive on a scooter but that is how Aryeh King gets around. King, who is undoubtedly a �doer� and not an office person, began redeeming portions of Eretz Yisrael quite a few years ago, leading to the formation of […]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday he hopes to attend this summer’s Olympic Games in London but that the British authorities were reluctant to allow him. “I would like to

While relief organizations accuse Interior Minister (Shas) Eli Yishai of inciting to racism for his calls to lock up and get rid of illegal aliens from Africa, MK (Kadima) Avi Dichter told Israel Radio �We must begin getting tough and preventing them from entering the country�. Dichter added �The IDF has become an absorption center […]

For a guy whose job is all about intelligence, FBI chief Robert Mueller showed a stunning lack of it Wednesday when he blithely told a Senate panel that he still hasn�t bothered calling NYPD�s top cop about the latest terror threat. Never mind that New York lost thousands of people on 9/11 and the city […]

Zaka�s Yehuda Meshi-Zahav is calling upon Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman to fire the nation�s chief pathologist, Prof. Yehuda Hiss. Meshi-Zahav points out that if anyone else in Israel has just 5% of the convictions against him that Hiss had, he would have been sent home a long time ago, admittedly puzzled as to why […]