Jerusalem – New bill: Work On Shabbat? Get 350% Pay
Jerusalem - A private bill calling to raise workers' salary by 350% on Saturdays was presented by Knesset members on Monday in attempt to prevent working on Shabbat.
The bill proposes fighting the ...
Queens, NY – “Big Bad” Traffic Cop Suing Councilman For Slander
Queens, NY - Traffic agent Daniel Chu - the surly meter man disciplined for bad driving and sent to sensitivity training after a run-in with a Queens pol - plans to sue the city for $2 million.
Chu...
New York – Blind Israeli Runs Marathon For Man’s Best Friend
New York - When Israeli solider Gadi Yarkoni lost his sight in Lebanon 15 years ago, it only took a short time before he decided he wasn’t going to live in the dark anymore.
“After I got blind, ten...
Yemen – Around The World, A Race Against Time Bombs In Air
Yemen - The woman stepped off Hadda Street into a pair of courier offices in Yemen's capital. In FedEx and UPS storefronts tucked along shopping centers and travel agencies in San'a, she mailed two He...
Israel – Officials Bent Rules In Order to Win Guinness Chess Record
Israel - Israeli officials bent the rules in order to ensure the breaking of a Guinness chess record, Yedioth Ahronoth revealed Friday in a special investigative report.
Last month, local chess gra...
Washington – Rep. King Wants to Expand the Power of House Homeland Security Committee
Washington - Rep. Peter King of Long Island is two months away from becoming chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, but he already has designs on how he wants to expand the power and scope...
Rome – Nazi War Criminal Seifert Dead at 86 In Italy
Rome - Michael Seifert, a former Nazi SS prison guard known as "the beast of Bolzano" for his cruelty, died Saturday in an Italian hospital at age 86, officials said.
The Ukrainian-born Seifert was...
Washington – Officials: Saudis Tipped 3 Weeks Before Attack
Washington - U.S. intelligence officials say a Saudi tip about a possible al-Qaida effort to bring down airplanes was relayed to U.S. authorities in early October, nearly three weeks before the group'...
Washington – Standard Time Returns, Set The Clock Back Saturday
Washington - It's time to reclaim that hour of sleep you lost last spring.
That's right, the clocks are turned back in most of the country.
The majority of folks will do the switch before hittin...
San’a, Yemen – Yemen Orders US-Born Cleric Found ‘dead or alive’
San'a, Yemen - A Yemeni judge ordered police Saturday to find a radical U.S.-born cleric "dead or alive" after the al-Qaida-linked preacher failed to appear at his trial for his role in the killing of...
New York – The Man Who Made the NYC Marathon
New York - If Fred Lebow, founder of the New York City Marathon, could see the 43,000 runners crowding together on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on Sunday morning, he would surely allow himself a sligh...
Washington – Israeli Prime Minister to Visit US on Sunday
Washington - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to arrive in the United States on Sunday to address a conference of Jewish leaders and meet with US leaders to discuss the Middle East pea...
New York – Democrat of Long Island House Race Up for Grabs After Vote Error
Long Island, NY - A congressional election on eastern Long Island that had appeared to end in victory for a four-term Democrat, U.S. Rep. Tim Bishop, is now up for grabs after authorities discovered t...
China – Bloomberg: People Elected to Congress ‘Can’t Read’ and Don’t Know Where China Is
China - Mayor Bloomberg, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal while in Hong Kong and Shenzhen for the C40 climate summit, had some rather harsh words about members of Congress:
"Mr. Bloombe...
Israel – Hamas Leader : Jews Will Soon Be Expelled from Palestine
Israel - The Jews will soon be expelled from Palestine that same way they were kicked out by France, Britain, Belgium, Russia and Germany, Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar said over the weekend.
“The onl...
New York, NY – Bloomberg Called President Obama the Most Arrogant Man He Ever Met
New York, NY - You may recall that during President Obama’s vacation at Martha’s Vineyard, on August 27 he took in a round of golf at the Vineyard Golf Club in Edgartown, playing golf with New York Ci...
India – Obama in Mumbai Praises Taj Manager Kang, Moshe’s Nanny
Mumbai, India - Searching for help half a world away, Fresh off a political trouncing at home, President Barack Obama on Saturday was determined to show tangible, economic results on his long Asia tr...
Israel – Arabs Dressed as Hareidim Nabbed in Jerusalem Neighborhood
Jerusalem - Residents of the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood of Jerusalem were reeling Friday night after an attempt by Arabs to break into Jewish homes in the neighborhood – dressed as Hareidi Jews.
The...
Los Angeles, CA – White ex-Transit Officer Given 2-year Prison For Killing Unarmed Black Man
Los Angeles, CA - A judge sentenced a white former transit officer to two years in prison Friday in the shooting death of an unarmed black man on a California train platform, angering friends and fami...
New York – Chilean Miner Scopes Out Route Before NYC Marathon
New York - Edison Pena has gone from a half-mile underground to 1,050 feet above it.
The rescued Chilean miner visited the Empire State Building on Friday. While he was there, he scoped out the rou...