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Multiple media reports state that disgraced former Queens State Senator Hiram Monserrate has surrendered to federal authorities. Monserrate is facing charges related to an investigation into a not-for-profit agency that
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Canadian police have arrested a suspect in the assassination of a Hamas terrorist in Dubai but offered Dubai police no information on the matter, the Gulf emirate’s police chief said
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Please be Mispallel for the Tosher Rebbe Shlita, who has been admitted to the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal. The Rebbe was taken by Hatzolah to the hospital on Monday
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Four men accused of planting bombs outside synagogues in the Bronx and plotting to fire missiles at military planes were convicted on Monday, in a case that was widely seen
[LIVE WEBCAST LINK BELOW] Rachel Imeinu was a cup half full kind of person. It sounds chutzpadik to talk that way about one of our Imahos, but if we want
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