Oil prices are falling once again, and relief at the gas pump is likely on the way too. But be careful what you wish for. Low gas prices can sometimes
The following statement was issued by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, and European Union): The Quartet condemns the attacks in southern Israel on 18 August, 2011 and all acts of terrorism in the strongest terms. These are cowardly acts of premeditated terrorism. The Quartet hopes those involved in the planning […]
Health agencies and drug counselors are warning of a dramatic and dangerous rise in the abuse of medicines containing the narcotic hydrocodone, including Vicodin, Norco and Lortab. Around the country,
Michelle Obama Thursday traveled separately from President Obama to Martha’s Vineyard, costing taxpayers thousands in additional expenses to get her a few hours of extra vacation time. Mrs. Obama and her daughters arrived just before 2 pm Thursday on a U.S. government jet, according to the Martha’s Vineyard Times, which got its information from the […]
Over the course of this afternoon and early evening, IAF aircraft targeted terrorists as they were preparing to launch rockets at Israel from three separate locations in the northern Gaza Strip. Hits were confirmed. In a statement the IDF said they “will not tolerate any attempt to harm Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers, and will respond […]
Former New York City Mayor Koch, a Democrat who crossed party lines to endorse Queens businessman Bob Turner for Congress, today blasted career politician David Weprin (D) for lying to Queens and Brooklyn senior citizens through direct mail and telephone calls about Mr. Turner’s position on Social Security and Medicare. Mr. Turner has firmly pledged […]
Thursday’s terror offensive in southern Israel overshadowed the celebration – but a circumcision ceremony must take place, even when the newborn’s grandfather is none other than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The new grandson, David Roth, is the second son of Noa, 32, Netanyahu’s oldest daughter from his first marriage, and her husband Daniel Roth. […]
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has voted to raise tolls $1.50 at its bridges and tunnels. A $0.25 increase on the PATH train system every year
[PHOTO LINK BELOW] While 10 people were injured after a Grad rocket hit an Ashdod yeshiva’s courtyard, a much bigger disaster was averted just several blocks away. A rocket which landed near a synagogue where several worshippers prayed failed to explode on Friday. “No doubt our prayers saved us,” one of the yeshiva students […]
The following is from the Daily Mail UK: A peculiar German inferiority complex allied to a lust to ‘get on’ led to the country’s collective moral collapse which allowed the Holocaust of six million Jews to happen, a new book in Germany claims. Götz Aly, an esteemed historian and social commentator, says their berserk social […]
[PHOTO LINK BELOW] A rocket fired at Ashdod on Friday exploded in the courtyard of a Gur Shteeble and left 10 people injured. Magen David Adom emergency services said two men were seriously injured. Their names for Tehillim are Shmuel Zev ben Esther, and Yitzchok Meir ben Malka Leah. Eight others were lightly injured […]
Authorities say a woman’s body has been recovered from the Niagara River, not far from where a 19-year-old Japanese student was swept over Niagara Falls after tumbling into the water. New York State Park Police say the body was spotted around 10 a.m. Thursday by an employee at the Cave of the Winds, a tourist […]
Community members in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood are gathering to mark the 20th anniversary of race riots there. The riots tore through the neighborhood in 1991, stoked by tensions between the Jewish and black communities living side-by-side. The rioting began Aug. 19 of that year after a 7-year-old black boy, Gavin Cato, was struck and […]
For Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the U.S. is a “parasite” because its rising debt weighs on the global economy. For his government, the same debt is the safest possible investment. Russia, the world’s largest energy producer, has boosted its holdings of U.S. debt by more than 1,600 percent since September 2006, according to U.S. […]
Bank of America is set to eliminate at least 3,500 jobs in the coming months, as the beleaguered financial giant seeks to cut costs and restructure amid deepening shareholder dissatisfaction.
For eight years, Alfred Buono had made it a twice-weekly occurrence: He would drive his car across a bridge from New Jersey to Staten Island and not pay the toll — doing so a total of 998 times, authorities said. By taking advantage of gateless E-ZPass toll lanes, Mr. Buono failed to pay a total […]
The department’s commissioner, Jonathan Mintz, has called for new laws that would triple fines for the store and require payment to overcharged customers. “What I fear is that the supermarkets
President Barack Obama may be taking heat from Republicans for going on a two-week summer vacation, but at least he can count on support from Mayor Bloomberg. “Look, everybody deserves
The following is a Politico article: At Wednesday’s town hall in Atkinson, Ill., a local farmer who said he grows corn and soybeans expressed his concerns to President Barack Obama about “more rules and regulations” — including those concerning dust, noise and water runoff — that he heard would negatively affect his business. The president, […]
The man who unknowingly helped transfer cash to the Times Square car bomb terrorist pleaded guilty Thursday to running an illegal money transfer business. Mohammed Younis admitted he passed on cash, without knowing, to terrorist Faisal Shahzad, who then used that cash to fund the failed terror operation. “Mohammed Younis engaged in illegal activity that, […]
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