St. Petersburg, FL – Police: Man Kills 2 Florida Officers in Shootout
St. Petersburg, FL - Authorities say two Florida police officers were fatally shot while trying to arrest a suspect hiding in an attic.
St. Petersburg Chief Chuck Harmon confirmed the deaths Monday...
New York City – Legislation To Give NY’ers a ‘Fair’ Warning
New York City - New Yorkers fed up with unanticipated street closures because of outdoor fairs could get relief this summer.
Councilman Dan Garodnick (D-Upper East Side) has proposed legislation th...
Washington – Official: Giffords Intern To Attend Obama Address
Washington - A White House official says an intern to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords who helped the congresswoman after she was shot will sit with first lady Michelle Obama Tuesday night for President Barack...
London – The Guardian Presents: Story Behind Leaked Papers Between Israel, Palestinian Negotiations
London - British newspaper The Guardian, which cooperated with Al Jazeera in publishing the papers, illustrated the tensions between Palestinian negotiating elements in an attempt to outline the reaso...
Moscow – Dozens Killed In Moscow Airport Explosion [video]
Moscow - Up to 35 people have been killed in an explosion at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport according to the airport spokesperson. Some 130 more are said to have been injured in what the Investigative Co...
Israel – Chief Sephardi Rabbi Defends Decision on IDF Conversions
Israel - Chief Sephardi Rabbi Shlomo Amar defended on Monday his decision to approve the military conversions which are undertaken according to orthodox Jewish law. His reaction came in the wake of cl...
New York – Arctic Air Grips Tri-State
New York - Bone-chilling cold is prompting some schools around the area to delay openings and some to cancel classes all together as organizers cancel winter festivals and meteorologists warn resident...
Washington – WikiLeaks: U.S. Army Presence in Iraq Protects Israel
Washington - Former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice reassured Israel that the US military presence in Iraq should calm any Israeli security concerns "from the east," minutes from a 2008 trilate...
New York, NY – Weird Weather Patterns Perplex Scientists
New York, NY - Judging by the weather, the world seems to have flipped upside down.
For two winters running, an arctic chill has descended on Europe, burying that continent in snow and ice. Histori...
Jerusalem – Israel FM Confirms Interim Palestinian State Plan
Jerusalem - Israel's foreign minister confirmed Monday that he has drawn up a plan for the creation of an interim Palestinian state with temporary borders in the absence of a full peace agreement.
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Israel – 61% of Charedim Prefer Separate Communities
Israel - Sixty-one percent of the ultra-Orthodox living in Israel prefer to live in towns segregated from the secular population, a new comprehensive study focusing on the haredi sector conducted by P...
New York, NY – Record Number of Tickets for Lawbreaking Bicyclists
New York, NY - The NYPD is "sick" of brazen bicyclists -- and has started a major campaign to slam the brakes on riders' out-of-control behavior.
Early this month, the police began a ticket blitz ...
New York, NY – After Storms A Risky Season to Be Near a Manhole
New York, NY - After the storm comes fire. Or, more exactly, fires.
On Tuesday, manhole fires in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx prompted evacuations of nearby homes.
Wednesday night, there was a...
Myrtle Beach, SC – Disabled Jewish Mother Gets Precious Time With Kids
Myrtle Beach, SC - Abbie Dorn is confined to a wheelchair and hasn't held her triplets since the day they were born. Last month her children, who live in L.A., spent time with her in South Carolina.
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Pittsburgh, PA – Loudmouthed Jets Silenced by Steelers, 24-19
Pittsburgh, PA - The Pittsburgh Steelers found a fitting way to shut down the New York Jets' season.
What started with "Hard Knocks," ended with hard knocks.
For the third time in six seasons, T...
New York – Apple App Store Hits 10 Billion Downloads
New York - Apple says that its app store has hit the 10 billion downloads mark. The milestone, announced on Apple Inc.'s website Saturday, arrives as the company's hugely popular smart phone is likely...
New York, NY – Mayor Lashes Out at Judge Who Temporary Prevented Layoffs
New York, NY - Mayor Michael Bloomberg lambasted a state Supreme Court judge for blocking the city's sheriff's office from moving forward with a cost-saving series of layoffs and demotions, accusing t...
Manhattan, NY – Washington Heights Residents Dialed 311 Most in City
Manhattan, NY - Wow, Washington Heights can whine.
The upper Manhattan neighborhood logged the most complaints to 311 since the program started tracking them in 2005, data obtained by the Daily New...
Bridgeport, CT – Suspect in 1987 NYC Kidnapping Surrenders to Police
Bridgeport, CT - A North Carolina woman who raised a child kidnapped 23 years ago from a New York hospital surrendered to authorities on a probation violation charge Sunday, days after a widely public...
Central Islip, NY – Mother Sentenced In Craigslist Retaliation Post
Central Islip, NY - A Long Island woman has admitted she posted a suggestive Craigslist ad about a 9-year-old girl.
Margery Tannenbaum of Hauppauge (HAW'-pawg) pleaded guilty to aggravated harassme...