11:05AM EST: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has resigned – After 18 days of protests across Egypt, Mubarak has resigned moments ago. The announcement was made by Vice President Omar Suleiman,
After Bernard Madoff was exposed as the biggest Ponzi schemer in U.S. history, Irving Picard was named to liquidate the con man’s bankrupt firm and recover some of the $65 billion Madoff told customers was in their accounts. Two years later, Picard is about halfway to recovering the $20 billion customers invested before Madoff added […]
The injured payload operator was unable to move and lying in the dirt and water of a cavernous construction area 50 feet below the streets of Midtown Manhattan — a dark, cold ditch far from the firefighters’ grasp. Getting him out safely, and into a waiting ambulance, would take a fast, organized rescue by the […]
Fox News reports: As protesters fill Tahrir Square in another day of demonstrations, an Israeli military intelligence official told Fox News that President Mubarak has left Cairo via helicopter, and
A fiery natural gas explosion in Allentown, Pa., is the latest in a series of deadly accidents that have raised worries about a form of energy that had a good
Neither the snow nor the anger has melted in South Brooklyn, six weeks after the blizzard that paralyzed the city. Residents sounded off in Marine Park on Wednesday night, at the sixth and final city council public hearing on the city’s response to the storm. A representative from the Sanitation Department and one from the […]
New federal data released Thursday affirmed the chaotic flying conditions at major airports in late December, when heavy snowstorms swept through the East Coast and grounded thousands of flights. The 18 largest U.S. airlines canceled nearly 19,700 flights — 3.7% of 539,340 domestic departures — for the month, according to the Transportation Department’s Bureau of […]
Smokers now face another risk from their habit: it could cost them a shot at a job. More hospitals and medical businesses in many states are adopting strict policies that
The Department of Transportation is greatly expanding the number of reduced speed zones around the city. This year, the department will triple its 20 mph reduced speed zones around schools,
Major Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei warned of potential violent unrest after President Hosni Mubarak announced late Thursday he would not step down before September elections. Mubarak “is gambling with
In just 30 minutes, the FDNY had their hands full in Southern Brooklyn, with multiple incidents simultaneously. The FDNY is currently fighting two 2-alarm-fires in the Flatbush area, and an
Something happened to Apple’s (AAPL) share price Thursday afternoon that has investors still scratching their heads. The stock, which had been sailing along near its all-time high of $360 a
Misaskim has just informed YWN of the Petira of Hagon Rav Yehuda Halevi Turnauer ZATZAL, the Rov of the Shomer Shabbos Shul in Boro Park. The Levaya will take place
Ruth Madoff flew from Florida to Greenwich, Conn., to attend a private memorial service for her son Mark after his suicide last December — but was turned away by his
Months after top New York City officials expressed intense behind-the-scenes frustration at the security vulnerabilities at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, the U.N. is now planning to spend $100
Israel’s Supreme Court has given Army Radio 60 days to explain why it refused to air a Yad L’Achim advertisement warning of missionaries. “Neshama,” begins the ad, “don’t let them
Real estate mogul Donald Trump says he is seriously thinking about running for president but won’t make a final decision until summer. Appearing on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight” Wednesday night,
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak could step aside as soon as tonight and delegate his powers to his new vice president, a senior member of the Egypt’s ruling party told Britain’s
Another day, another bit of news about sky high values for a tech firm. The latest is that Twitter may be valued as high as $10 billion, based on the micro-blogging service’s recent low level sale discussions with both Facebook and Google executives. Let that news sink in. As Internet valuations climb and bankers and […]
U.S. home foreclosures jumped 12 percent last month, but the sharp divide between states suggests the industry remains backlogged by investigations into the foreclosure process. According to a report from real estate data firm RealtyTrac, lenders foreclosed on 78,133 properties in January, up 12 percent from the month before, but down 11 percent from January […]
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