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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s job approval rating among New Yorkers has hit its lowest point in six years, with residents conveying widespread anxieties about the city’s economic prospects, according to
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Rabbi Yaacov Gaissinovitch, a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary, doctor and mohel who sometimes performs up to five circumcisions in a single day, presided over his 4,500th circumcision last week, the Jewish community
The Jerusalem light rail will begin operations on Friday, August 19, the Ministry of Transport announced today. The opening comes after eight years of permits, earthworks, construction, and test runs.
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Shortly after YWN published the last story – which says that Weprin gave himself a raise while making $100,000, we recieved the following response from the Weprin campaign: “Bob Turner’s
Career politician David Weprin was making at least $100,000 as a Wall Street banker when he voted to hike his own salary as a part-time City Council Member from $90,000
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that victims of financial swindler Bernie Madoff are not entitled to recoup more money than they actually put into the Ponzi scheme. A trustee
Recently, STAR-K Certification held its Eighth annual Kashrus Training Seminar for men. The successful program is limited to 25 men–Kollel members studying Yoreh Deah, as well as those in pursuit
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Rep. Pete King is reexamining whether an American imam turned top Al Qaeda recruiter played a role in the 9/11 attacks. New Mexico-born Anwar Al-Awlaki, now on the run from
One-one thousand. Two-one thousand. Three-one thousand. And just like that, it can happen: From the front row of a passenger airplane, a group of hijackers leap from their seats and
Fitch Ratings on Tuesday, citing the “exceptional creditworthiness” of the U.S., reaffirmed its highest AAA credit rating for U.S. debt. Fitch, one of the ‘big three’ ratings firms along with
President Obama’s reelection campaign isn’t running against the specter of former President George W. Bush, said a top voice for the president’s 2012 campaign. Robert Gibbs, the former White House
An IDF officer who boarded a bus in Bnei Brak on Monday claims he and two other soldiers were humiliated by Charedi passengers and an Egged bus comany employee, who
Authorities searching for the remains of a Japanese woman who fell into the water at Niagara Falls were surprised to find the body of a man instead. The unidentified male,
Americans’ approval of Congress tied an all-time low in a new Gallup poll released Tuesday, underscoring the sour opinion facing lawmakers during their August recess. Just 13 percent of U.S.
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