Victoria’s oldest woman, Mary Rothstein, died in her sleep yesterday aged 110. Family and staff at the Caulfield aged home where she lived are warmly remembering the former milliner who
Concern is spreading through Wall Street about investment risks much more complex and unpredictable than those that played out in the 1999-2000 dot-com bust. Some 75% of investment bankers, who make money helping companies go public, worry that the multibillion-dollar valuations of high-profile Internet companies aren’t justified, according to a recent survey by accounting firm BDO USA. […]
The newest addition to the New York Police Department’s fleet of patrol vehicles is not built for high-speed chases, but for the stop and go of city traffic. On Monday the Police Department deployed 10 Chevrolet Volts – a mostly electric vehicle — as part of a pilot program. A spokeswoman for the Police Department, […]
Farrel Brenner is used to training tough boxers – not weight-challenged governors who only talk tough. Brenner, a certified strength and conditioning coach, is responsible for slimming down the most
[By Alan M. Dershowitz] In a recent interview, Norway’s Ambassador to Israel has suggested that Hamas terrorism against Israel is more justified than the recent terrorist attack against Norway. His
Security guards have been ordered to boost their presence outside the home of Chacham Ovadia Yosef Shlita, following the brutal murder of Rabbi Elazar Abuhatzeira in Beersheba on Thursday night.
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords returned to the floor of the House of Representatives Monday evening for the first time since she was grievously wounded during a January assassination attempt. Giffords,
The weather on Monday afternoon was unlike anything seen so far during this summer of severe weather. Parts of the Tri-State area were pounded from the sky — with wind, lightning and ice. As intense as the damage was, it was also concentrated along the Queens-Nassau line. The hail stones shattered car windows, punctured plastic […]
With summer halfway over, tens of thousands of folks are commuting to and from the Catskills each week – and the travel expenses can slap on $100s of to your (already staggering) summer expenses! Four years ago, YWN launched a ride-sharing website in partnership with “Help-A-Yid” (a free community service of Duvys Media ). Boruch Hashem, we are […]
Vice President Joe Biden joined House Democrats in lashing tea party Republicans Monday, accusing them of having “acted like terrorists” in the fight over raising the nation’s debt limit. Biden was agreeing with a line of argument made by Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) at a two-hour, closed-door Democratic Caucus meeting. “We have negotiated with terrorists,” […]
The House passed a bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling in an 11th-hour vote Monday despite grumbling from liberals and conservatives, who stretched the bounds of rhetoric to express
The assassination of the Iranian nuclear scientist in Tehran last week was the first major operation of Mossad director Tamir Pardo, the Der Spiegel website reported Monday. The article, which
[PHOTO LINK BELOW] A man and woman were injured this afternoon after a white van mounted the pavement at a bus stop on Upper Clapton Road. Police were called shortly after 4:00PM, Monday afternoon, to a report of a van in collision with two people. Both were taken to hospital by Hatzolah, and are not […]
Long Island Rail Road service is suspended on several lines because of signal problems caused by lightning strikes. Service on the Hempstead, Ronkonkoma, Huntington, Port Jefferson, Oyster Bay, Montauk and
Dealing with the details of religious ritual observance is not often the subject of public discussion by prominent politicians. Senator Joseph Lieberman, who moves confidently in the highest echelons of
Some cable viewers in New York City, Long Island, Westchester County and New Jersey can now add Al-Jazeera English to their menu of television news providers. Al-Jazeera English became available
Turns out Osama bin Laden was wanted more dead than alive. The Navy SEALs who raided bin Laden’s Pakistani compound never intended to capture the terror leader responsible for orchestrating
Fire claimed an 18-unit apartment building at about 11:00 p.m. Sunday night in Kiryas Tosh, north of Laval. The 18-unit building was located at 130 Place Andre-Ouellette. Numerous fire department
The final countdown in on! The 2nd annual Bike4Chai event will take place on August 3rd and 4th and boasts 100 cyclists from Brooklyn, Lakewood, Deal, Monsey, the Five Towns and beyond. Their efforts will benefit Chai Lifeline’s flagship programs, Camp Simcha and Camp Simcha Special, which treat 430 ailing children from around the globe […]
Visitors to the Kolel Polin section of Har Hazeisim made a gruesome discovery today. They found graves so badly destroyed that even the names could not be distinguished. Avrohom Lubinsky, Chairman of the International Committee on Har Hazeisim called this “the most grotesque and vicious destruction of tombstones to date.” He noted that the graves […]
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