New York – Brooklyn High School to Sow Own Urban farm, For Fresh Food
New York - Students at one Brooklyn high school won't learn about farming from textbooks in the near future.
They'll learn directly from the soil.
Students at the High School for Public Service ...
Washington – 8,000 NY’kers Scheduled to Stop Getting Unemployment Checks Tomorrow
Washington - Unless Congress intervenes, 8,000 New Yorkers will stop getting their unemployment checks on Monday, March 1st.
On Saturday, Republican Senator Jim Bunning of Kentucky blocked a move t...
Chicago, IL – Farrakhan: ‘White Right’ Will Continue Trouble for Obama
Chicago, IL -Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan claims the "white right" is trying to make Barack Obama a one-term president.
The 76-year-old says the stalling of health care legislation is p...
Melbourne – Australia Changes Israel Vote in UN
Melbourne - Australia has softened its traditionally staunch support for Israel in the United Nations but denied this was linked to tensions over Israel's apparent use of forged Australian passports ...
New York, NY – Alternate Side Parking Back In Effect for Monday
New York, NY - Alternate side parking rules will be back in effect on Monday despite the recent snow storm.
"I have to use my car to go do something for work. So you had no choice? I had no choice,...
Brooklyn, NY – Bus Crash Victims Win 7.5M in New York City Transit Suit
Brooklyn, NY - New York City Transit was ordered to pay a staggering $7.5 million in damages to a pair of Brooklyn women last week for a bus accident, their lawyer said.
Brenda Whaley and Amanda Wa...
Santiago – Chabad Celebrates Purim As Devastating Chile Earthquake Spares Pacific Jewish Communities
Santiago - Jewish communities bordering the Pacific Ocean emerged largely unscathed after one of the largest earthquakes on record sent buildings and bridges crashing down to their foundations through...
Washington – President Obama Still Smoking? Doctor’s Note May be Smoking Gun
Washington - President Obama's doctors hinted Sunday that he still might be sneaking smokes when Michelle and the kids aren't around to yell at him.
Obama's routine physical at the Bethesda Naval M...
Washington – Lawmakers tweet for Purim
Washington - Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) used the Jewish holiday of Purim to make a point about the need for Israel's security.
Ros-Lehtinen, who is one of Israel's foremost defenders in Cong...
Israel – Rabbi: With Mishloah Manot You Could Show Love to a Hassid, a Lithuanian or a Proselyte
Israel - Hours after The Book of Esther was read throughout the country, Rabbi Yosef retold the tale, while adding his own interpretation and humor. He added that the people of Israel were rescued by ...
Concecion – Looters Surface in Quake-Torn Concepcion, Chile’s Second-Largest City [video]
Concepcion - Widespread looting has broken out in Chile’s second-largest city a day after a devastating 8.8 magnitude earthquake.
Television images showed people running from supermarkets in Concep...
New York – NY Daily News: State Police Boss Corbitt Sounds Like A Mob And Should Resign
New York - The experts say that witness intimidation is most common in domestic violence and in organized crime.
So maybe we should not be shocked that the head of the New York State Police sounded...
Concepcion – Death Toll in Chile Quake Rises to More Than 400
Concepcion - In Chile, more than 400 people are known to have died in the huge earthquake that rocked the city of Concepcion.
While relatively few people were killed, the damage is widespread and a...
New York – Photo Of Satmar Rebbe With Diplomat Is Story Of A Man Who Helped Saved 1000’s Of Jewish Lives in The Holocaust
New York - It took Ina Polak 35 years to discover the dusty piece of paper that probably saved her and her family in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
It wasn't until she was cleaning her mother's ...
United Arab Emirates – Dubai: Hamas Operative Drugged, Suffocated
United Arab Emirates - Dubai police says forensic tests show a Hamas commander was drugged and then suffocated in his hotel room.
Police officials say tests showed a substantial amount of a fast-ac...
Jerusalem – Rabbi Ovadia Yosef: Drunkenness is Abominable
Jerusalem - Shas' spiritual leader, Rabbi Ovadia, Yosef said that "drunkenness is an abominable and nefarious act" and that in Purim one must drink very little wine, only as a symbolic act to remember...
Manhattan, NY – 10 Hurt at Purim Party By Falling Ceiling
Manhattan, NY - Shards of glass rained down on hundreds of revelers — including actor Chris Noth and "Jersey Shore" cast members Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Vinny Guadagnino — at a Midtown party last ...
Luxor, Egypt – Pharaoh’s Massive Stone Head Unearthed
Luxor, Egypt - Archaeologists have unearthed the massive head of one Egypt's most famous pharoahs who ruled nearly 3,400 years ago, the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities announced Sunday.
The...
Jerusalem – Israeli Police Storm Har HaBayis to Quell Masked Palestinian Protesters
Jerusalem - Israeli police forces stormed the most contentious holy site in Jerusalem on Sunday to disperse masked Palestinian protesters hurling objects at visiting foreign tourists.
The incident ...
Santiago – Chile Was Ready For Quake, Haiti Wasn’t
Santiago - The earthquake in Chile was far stronger than the one that struck Haiti last month — yet the death toll in this Caribbean nation is magnitudes higher.
The reasons are simple.
Chile is...