New York, NY – Where Do All the Cabs Go in the Late Afternoon?
New York, NY - Ever feel as if you can't get a cab around 5 o'clock? Now there's scientific proof that you're right.
For the first time in the annals of taxi history, new data can confirm what gene...
Israel – Heavy Snowstorms Disrupt El Al Flights to U.S.
Israel - Intercontinental air travel between Israel and the United States has been disrupted by heavy snowstorms in the northeast, affecting thousands of travelers.
El Al Airlines has canceled fli...
New York, NY – Verizon Wireless to Offer iPhone 4 on Feb. 10
New York, NY - Verizon Wireless made the long-awaited announcement Tuesday that it will start selling a version of the iPhone 4 on Feb. 10, giving U.S. iPhone buyers a choice of carriers for the first...
Los Angeles, CA – New U.S. Spy Plane Tested In Calif. Desert
Los Angeles, CA - An unmanned spy plane that could stay in the air for days and survey an area larger than Afghanistan at one glance has been tested in the Southern California desert.
The Los Angel...
Santiago, Chile – Ties Make Palestinian State a SAmerican Priority
Santiago, Chile - Five South American nations have recognized Palestinian statehood in recent weeks, and several more are expected to do so soon.
The Palestinians are increasingly lobbying nations ...
Tuckers Town – Blizzard Puzzle Solved? Bloomberg Plane Seen in Bermuda
Bermuda - On the day after the last big blizzard, a request came into the Bermuda airport: a private plane needed to be pulled out of its hangar and readied for takeoff.
The pilots seemed a bit anx...
New York – A Tragedy in Tucson, And More Arguing On Talk TV
New York - In the wake of the Arizona shootings, conservative talk-show host Glenn Beck issued a challenge to all Americans to reject violence.
Liberal talk-show host Keith Olbermann voiced his own...
New York, NY – Wal-Mart Opens Major Campaign to Take New York With Launch Of Web Site
New York, NY - In its bid to open its first stores in New York City, Wal-Mart has begun a full-court-press publicity campaign, complete with advertisements, mailers and a New York-specific Web site th...
New York – Learning Loud in Brooklyn? Downsizing the Classroom Works
New York - Sixty children in a first-grade class can get loud — sometimes too loud for a teacher to explain a lesson.
But the large class size is the norm in the early stages of an audacious public...
Goshen, NY – Growth Spurs Upstate N.Y. Chabad Center to Seek New Digs
Goshen, NY - For the past seven years, Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston have been operating Chabad-Lubavitch of Orange County, N.Y., and its vast array of Torah classes, teen programs, women get-togeth...
Geyserville, CA – More Than 100 Dead Birds Found Off Calif. Highway
Geyserville, CA - California wildlife officials are trying to figure out what caused the death of more than 100 birds found clustered together just off Highway 101.
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat re...
New York, NY – City Officials Admit Mistakes in Response to Blizzard
New York, NY - As city officials scrambled to prepare for another snowstorm slated to begin Tuesday night, a top deputy to Mayor Michael Bloomberg testified on Monday that an emergency declaration mig...
Beijing – Gates: North Korea Pose Direct Threat To U.S.
Beijing - North Korea's development of nuclear weapons and long-range missiles poses a direct threat to the United States, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday, a blunt assessment of the risk p...
Jerusalem – Strains Emerge Between Netanyahu, Foreign Minister
Jerusalem - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rebuked his combative foreign minister on Tuesday for attacking members of the Israeli leader's Likud party, pointing to growing strains within Israel's c...
New York – 7-11 Plans To Open 100 Stores In Manhattan
New York - 7-Eleven is taking Manhattan by storm. The Dallas-based convenience store operator recently opened two outposts in Murray Hill and has signed leases for another two locations elsewhere in t...
New York, NY – Dry-Cleaning Scam Targets Restaurants
New York, NY - A dirty con man with an appetite for fraud is cleaning up at the expense of Manhattan restaurant owners -- and federal agents want to serve him his just desserts.
Several days before...
Tehran – Iran Says More Than 10 Suspects Linked To Mossad
Tehran - Iran's intelligence chief said Tuesday that more than 10 people arrested in connection with last year's killing of a nuclear physicist were linked to the Mossad and he warned that Israel's sp...
Albany, NY – B’klyn’s State Sen. Kevin Parker Booted from Top Dem Post
Albany, NY - Hothead state Sen. Kevin Parker's conviction on two misdemeanor charges has cost him his leadership post, the Daily News has learned.
The Brooklyn Democrat had been the Democratic conf...
Jerusalem – The ‘Chabar’ – A Chabad Bar With Concerts, Torah Classes
Jerusalem - Chabar – a bar combined with a Chabad house in the center of Jerusalem's Nachlaot neighborhood.
Behind the inventive idea are secular businessman Moshe Adhan and Chabad envoy in the ar...
Tucson, AZ – Top Lawyer to Represent Accused Gunman
Tucson, AZ - The attorney for a 22-year-old loner accused of trying to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has a low-key style and a record of saving high-profile clients from the death penalty.
J...