The evil geniuses at Northrop Grumman successfully completed the first flight of its X-47B unmanned stealth bomber a few days ago at Edwards Air Force Base in Edwards, California. In
Over the past few days both ABC News.com and The Guardian have run articles claiming that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s wealth could be as high as $70 billion. (On Feb. 7 the New York Post joined the hyperbolic noise about Mubarak’s supposed megafortune with its silly, copycat “Hosni richest in world“–its main source being the […]
Sion Setton, a fourth-year rabbinical student at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Thelogical Seminary (RIETS) and a Yeshiva College graduate, had no idea that over the course of his short vacation to
Supervisor Christopher P. St. Lawrence has announced that the Town of Ramapo has contracted with an emergency communications network to alert residents in times of crisis. Called CodeRED, the system
In the past two weeks there has been a very high volume of ATM (Cash Machine) fraud taking place in the North West London area. This has become a daily occurrence and we feel it’s our Achrayus to inform the Kehilla. With this article we will try and make you aware what to look out […]
Attorneys for former governor Rod Blagojevich have asked a federal judge to order prosecutors to produce two phone calls his lawyers say are mysteriously missing from evidence. In a motion
The city yesterday ended its two-week suspension of alternate-side parking rules and slapped drivers with tickets for not moving their cars so plows could clear the snow from curbsides —
The military’s technology research arm — the same group that helped create the Internet in the early 70s — is asking hackers for help keeping it secure. Called “Cyber Fast Track,” the new program from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will fund independent security researchers and experimental programs, emphasizing unconventional solutions and unusual […]
The new chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said Monday that he planned to call mostly Muslim and Arab witnesses to testify in hearings next month on the threat
Today is the last day to use unlimited MetroCards purchased last year before the fare hike. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says 30-day unlimited cards purchased before the December 30th fare
Apple has the pieces needed to build an iPhone model that can connect to just about any cellular network. The evidence was found under the hood of a new iPhone
Strongman Hosni Mubarak is laughing all the way to the casbank. The most hated man in Egypt, where anti-government protests rages on, is likely the richest man in the world, a bombshell report reveals. The teetering tyrant’s family fortune is worth about $70 billion — stashed away in Swiss and other foreign bank accounts and […]
It was supposed to be an “ah ha” moment for Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan — an admission that changes had to be made to the controversial Columbus Avenue bike lane. Unfortunately, it turned into more of an “oh no” moment. One of the changes the commissioner is considering is to allow cars to park in […]
President Obama’s health care law — already embroiled in fights on Capitol Hill and in federal courts across the country — picked up a new challenge Monday when 21 Republican governors sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius outlining how they believe the law will cripple their states. The group proposed […]
Amtrak announced plans on Monday for a $13.5 billion commuter rail project connecting New York City and New Jersey, reviving an idea rejected late last year by New Jersey Governor
3:10PM EST: [ALL UPDATES IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Newark Liberty International Airport is experiencing a power outage, according to numerous reports via Twitter. The outage has caused a shutdown of the
Celeste Katz of the NY Daily News Politics Blog reports the following: The city’s Conflict Of Interest Board has slapped Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz with a $2,000 fine for using his top aide as a lawyer for a home closing. The Daily News first reported the questionable transaction after Markowitz and his wife Jamie […]
In an historic move that further solidifies a growing bi-partisan coalition that is urging the White House to free Jonathan Pollard, former Vice President Dan Quayle sent a letter to President Obama in which he called for a commutation of Pollard’s sentence (the full text of the letter appears below and is attached). Quayle, who […]
The mastermind of the theft in 2009 of a sign from Auschwitz was handed over to Sweden today to serve his prison sentence, local media reported Monday. A Polish court
Everybody has heard the national Emergency Alert System (EAS). Those familiar “duck calls” that reassure listeners “THIS is a test…this is ONLY a test…” The FCC is planning an upgrade
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