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New York State Governor Cuomo insisted Tuesday that passing a minimum wage hike this year would be tougher than getting gay marriage or pension reform through the Legislature. He’s come

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As Yom Yerushalayim was observed on Sunday, Jerusalem City Hall released statistics pointing to what Mayor Nir Barkat calls “positive trends” in the capital 45 years following the liberation of

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz reported on Tuesday, Rosh Chodesh Sivan 5772 that since the Second Lebanon War, Hizbullah has increased its missile arsenal tenfold, now numbering 60,000

Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Tuesday, expressed skepticism regarding the value of the apparent agreement between the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and The Islamic Republic of Iran. He

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Mitt Romney won the Kentucky primary on Tuesday, accumulating more delegates toward the already presumed goal of becoming the GOP presidential nominee. The Associated Press projected Romney’s win shortly after

In response to the recent increase in complaints and reports surrounding allegations of malfeasance against Israel’s Chief Pathologist Prof. Yehuda Hiss and the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute, Deputy Health Minister

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