Yearly Archives: 2007
Borough Park – Police Search For Suspect In Brooklyn Bank Robbery
Borough Park - Police are asking for the public's help finding a man who robbed a Brooklyn bank last month.
They say the suspect demanded cash from a teller at the North Fork br...
New York – Thruway Offers Motorists Free Coffee for New Year’s.
New York - Free coffee and tea will be offered to Thruway motorists on New Year’s Eve and Day.
The free beverages will be provided at all 27 travel plazas along the Thruway from ...
Los Angeles, CA – Spinka Case Bail Set, Defendent Being Held Due To Flight Risk
Los Angeles, CA - Bail was set late Friday for an Israeli man accused of tax fraud, but a federal magistrate judge then delayed granting bail until the government could appeal his ...
Chicago, IL – Court Reverses Judgment Against Islamic Organizations
Chicago, IL - A federal appeals court overturned a $156 million judgment against several Southland-based Islamic organizations - three years after they were found liable for a 1996...
Brooklyn, NY – Man in Fatal Hit-N-Run Arrested
Brooklyn, NY - Clues left at the scene of a deadly Brooklyn hit-and-run that was reported here on Vos Iz Neias, led to the arrest of a 20-year-old man.
Sergey Satyr was nab...
Cairo, Egypt – Bin Laden Issues Warning on Israel
Cairo, Egypt - Osama bin Laden vowed to expand al-Qaida's terror group's war to Israel in a new audiotape.
"We intend to liberate Palestine, the whole of Palestine from the (Jorda...
NY, NJ – Port Authority To Vote On 33% Toll Increase Coming Week
NY, NJ - Every day commuters between New York and New Jersey by car or PATH train could get an unwanted New Year's gift.
The board of the Port Authority of New York and New Je...
Newark, NJ – IDT Sues Touro College Over Deal.
Newark, NJ - IDT Corp. has accused Touro University, the nation's largest Jewish university, of failing to pay the Newark-based telecommunications company $38 million from the sal...
Providence, RI – Court: Painting Auctioned by Nazis Belongs to Jewish Man’s Estate
Providence, RI - A painting auctioned by Nazi authorities and now held by an elderly German baroness rightfully belongs to the estate of a late Jewish art dealer who was forced to ...
Israel – Kosher Internet Will Quadruple Hareidi Communications
Israe - A new Internet service customized for the hareidi-religious public will lead to a 300% rise in the volume of computer and communications activity in the sector, according t...
New Square, NY – Several Homes Without Water; Source of Problem Unknown
Rockland County, New Square, NY - Reports are coming in to United Water that several parts of Rockland County are without water this morning.
"We haven't identified the s...
Washington – FBI to Post Criminals Mug Shots on Digital Billboards
Washington - The FBI will install 150 digital billboards in 20 major U.S. cities in the next few weeks to show fugitive mug shots, missing people and high-priority security messag...
Cleveland, OH – Non-Jewish Neighbors Restore West Side Jewish Cemetery
Cleveland, OH - From my earliest childhood, I have memories of walking by the Fir Street cemetery,” recalls Judge Raymond L. Pianka of the Cleveland Municipal Housing Court.
The ...
Washington, DC – IRS Refunds to be Delayed For 3 Million People
Washington, DC - More than 3 million people will have to wait until February to get their tax refunds because of Congress's late fix to the alternative minimum tax.Congress pu...
Hebron, Israel – Two Israeli Hikers Shot Dead
Hebron, Israel - Two Israeli hikers, Ahikam Amichai (20), David Rubin (21), were shot dead on Friday near the city of Hebron, Magen David Adom ambulance service confirmed that two ...
Los Angeles, CA +Defendant In Spinka Rabbi Case To Surrender+
Los Angeles, CA - Diamond Merchant Moshe Arie Lazar from Los Angeles, is accused by the US government to be part of the 8 men in the Spinka charitable organization's tax fraud and ...
Crown Heights, Brooklyn NY +Judge Rules In Chabad 770 Case+
Crown Heights, Brooklyn NY - The New York State's Supreme Court ruled today on the long-standing battle over the legal owners of 770 and 784-788 Eastern Parkway.
Judge Ira B. Ha...
Washington, DC – Motive a Mystery in Slaying of Architect
Washington, DC - Friends, clergy and police all remain mystified by what may have motivated a young marine recruit to kill his father in North Potomac.Police have charged 18-year-o...
Pakistan + All International Pakistan Flights Cancelled +
Pakistan - All international flights to and from Pakistan have now been cancelled due to growing unrest caused by the assasination of opposition leader, Benazir Bhutto. Paramilita...
New York, NY – NYC Officials Increase Security At Pakistani Sites
New York, NY - The city has stepped up security at Pakistani sites after the assassination of Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto during a campaign rally in her homeland.
M...