After retiring the floppy disk in March, Sony has halted the manufacture and distribution of another now-obsolete technology: the cassette Walkman, the first low-cost, portable music player. The final batch
A Brooklyn lawmaker is trying to extend the city’s indoor smoking ban to hookah bars. City Councilman Vincent Gentile says he will press this week to have the legal herbal
In a surprise move, over a dozen of the most influential leaders of the Chasidic sects of Satmar, Bobov, Munkatch, Klauzenberg, Boyan, Belz, Krasna and Ger have dumped their preferred
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New York City’s bedbugs have climbed out of bed and marched into landmarks like the Empire State Building, Bloomingdale’s and Lincoln Center, causing fresh anxiety among tourists who are canceling
Israel’s Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger said the Vatican “doesn’t have to teach us about interpreting the Bible”, in a comment to remarks by a archbishop who said that the theme
Former British PM Tony Blair’s sister-in-law has converted to Islam after having a ‘holy experience’ in Iran. Broadcaster and journalist Lauren Booth, 43 – Cherie Blair’s half-sister – said she
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Residents of Selden, LI, have been swamped with fliers denouncing the expansion of the Islamic Association of Long Island. The fliers list a litany of complaints, including calls to prayer
The number of suspected Medicaid-fraud cases handled by state investigators — ranging from dirty dentists and druggists to millionaires illegally on the dole — more than doubled last year, according
Nearly 200,000 city drivers may park their cars for good with the MTA’s next toll hike, AAA New York estimates. The organization says drivers already pay too much in MTA
A top Israeli official on Sunday criticized a new statement from Catholic bishops on the Middle East and blasted the remarks of a Catholic archbishop who spearheaded the statement as
New York City – Today, in a letter to YouTube CEO Chad Hurley, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D – Queens and Brooklyn) called for the removal of terrorist videos featuring Anwar
Following what can only be described as a major flop to his campaign, Carl Paladino is once again visiting the Chasidic community of Williamsburg this Sunday afternoon, only this time
Sullivan County, NY – George Phillips Republican challenger to incumbent Democrat Maurice Hinchey campaigned today in upstate Sullivan County. Phillips spent Sunday morning with activists from the Catskills Homeowners Alliance,
Republican Dan Donovan has received the Daily News’ endorsement in the race for NYS Attorney General. In backing the Staten Island District Attorney, the paper cites Donovan’s legal abilities and
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Lincoln University History Professor Kaukab Siddique is in the eye of a new storm in the United States, after several statements he made calling for the destruction of Israel prompted
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office has sued FedEx, saying the delivery giant has cheated its drivers out of overtime and other benefits. Cuomo’s lawsuit, filed Friday, alleges FedEx uses an
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