The center tube of the Lincoln Tunnel is closed, Thursday morning, because of a crash involving a motorcycle and three buses. Port Authority spokeswoman Jennifer Friedberg says the crash occurred
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has pledged to change New Jersey’s reputation for high taxes. Judging by a report released Wednesday by the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation, the state has
President Barack Obama condemned the “outrageous” crackdown by Libyan security forces on protesters and said Washington would work with international partners to hold Muammar Gaddafi’s government accountable. “The suffering and
A judge ruled Thursday that Britain can extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden for questioning over allegations unrelated to Wikileaks. Assange has seven days to appeal the ruling. Assange
Super-fast “fourth generation” networks carry data at speeds of up to 1 Gigabit per second. But the new network from LightSquared may take the high-flying GPS network to zero Gbps
The following is a Ynet article: As real estate prices in central Israel rise, the ultra-Orthodox public is eyeing the periphery’s outer circles – areas which have miserably failed in
An alleged killer accused of murdering four people in Brooklyn before slashing a commuter on an uptown No. 3 train was arraigned Wednesday via video feed from the psychiatric ward
NYC Councilman Steve Levin in cooperation with the United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg (UJO) hosted a tax assessment seminar in Williamsburg for people to learn about the process of appealing
On the coming Monday, February the 28th, the final hearing in the appeals case for Yaakov Yosef ben Raizel will take place at the Tokyo High Court, at which the
1:40PM EST: U.S. crude futures briefly crossed the critical $100 mark Wednesday, the first such move since October 2008, as escalating violence in Libya shook crude markets and extended supply
A Libyan plane reportedly carrying the daughter of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya’s leader, has been turned back from Malta after it was denied permission to land. “The [crew] initially said they
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Over 200 dignitaries, community leaders, and members of the Jewish community gathered at the Condor Hotel in Williamsburg to honor the Executive Team of NYU Medical Center for their consistent
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Moammar Gadhafi’s regime controls $32 billion in liquid assets around the world, including hundreds of millions of dollars invested in US banks, according to a confidential cable written by the
President Obama has determined that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional, and that the Department of Justice should no longer defend the measure, which severely limits the potential of
Police reported Wednesday that they have completed their investigation of the stabbing incident that occurred two weeks ago in Jerusalem, during which 24-year-old Hussam Rawidi was killed. Four Jewish teenagers
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