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
FIRST REPORT 12:35PM EST: The following is a letter from Hatzolah of Los Angeles to the entire community: Hatzolah of Los Angeles has been responding to the emergency medical needs
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 Standard & Poors and Moodys Investor Service, said the U.S. would maintain its coveted AAA rating because of the ability of its broad and diverse […]
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.
New Yorkers can already set programs to DVR with their cell phones — and they may soon be able to feed the parking meter that way, too. The city plans
A federal judge has ruled against a New York City plan to deactivate 15,000 fire alarm boxes, saying it would discriminate against the deaf and hearing-impaired. The fire department last
Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM), maker of the BlackBerry smartphone and PlayBook tablet computer, may have the most to lose from Google Inc. (GOOG)s deal to acquire Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. Googles proposed $12.5 billion acquisition would leave RIM a smaller player relative to rivals, which may force it to strike an alliance with another […]
Iowa President Obama got into a heated back-and-forth Monday with a Tea Party activist who demanded to know at the end of a town hall meeting here whether Vice President Biden had called Tea Partiers terrorists during the debt ceiling debate on Capitol Hill. In public, Obama did not directly answer the question from […]
New York City officials are defending their decision to build a garbage plant less than a half-mile from LaGuardia Airport, disputing opponents who contend the facility will increase the number
A two-year-old girl was R”L struck and killed by a vehicle Monday evening. The tragic accident happened in the area of 150 Clinton Lane in the Village of New Square.
New York – The F.B.I. has assigned a new counterterrorism chief to its New York field office. John Giacalone, who spent the 1990s investigating the mob, started on Monday as
President Obama is traveling the Midwest on a new $1.1 million bus purchased by the Secret Service, an impenetrable-looking conveyance the size of a cross-country Greyhound, painted all in black,
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