New York, NY – Thieves Remove 20% of Traffic Surveillance Cameras from City Streets
New York, NY - Two oddballs have been busted for swiping nearly 20 percent of the city's red-light cameras right under Big Brother's nose.
They allegedly drove around town in a pickup truck with a ch...
Netivot, Israel – Cops Probe ‘Modesty Patrols’ Targeting Merchants
Netivot, Israel - Ultra-Orthodox modesty patrols are threatening local business with boycotts unless they conform to strict religious standards. The group's actions are stoking religious tensions in t...
Brooklyn, NY – Frum & Fit Triathlon Group for Orthodox Jews
Brooklyn, NY - If you regularly run laps around Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on Sunday mornings, or Thursday evenings, you might pass a pack of bearded men, with one striding confidently in front. This is...
Albany, NY – Appointment of New Lieutenant Governor Blocked
Albany, NY - A judge has issued a restraining order blocking Richard Ravitch from serving as New York Gov. David Paterson's lieutenant governor.
State Supreme Court Justice William LaMarca in Nassau ...
Sullivan County, NY – Matching Grants To Beautify Seasonal Communities
Sullivan County, NY - Four seasonal communities in Monticello, Woodridge and Liberty are improving the appearance of their properties this summer as part of a Sullivan Renaissance program that helps f...
Manhattan, NY – Chase Employee Looted Client Account by Duplicating ATM Card
Manhattan, NY - A Chase bank financial planner looted $110,000 from a wealthy Manhattan client's private account to pay off her personal bills, law enforcement officials said.
Robin Katz, 25, worke...
Little Rock, AR – Huckabee To Air TV Show From Disputed East Jerusalem Site
Little Rock, AR - Former U.S. presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee plans to broadcast his weekend show on Fox News from the site of a disputed Israeli construction project in East Jerusalem.
New York...
Jerusalem – El Al to Introduce Low-cost Economy Class
Jerusalem - Israeli airline El Al announced Monday that as of next week it will offer its passengers a low-cost economy class on flights to Europe. If the new service proves successful, it may also ex...
Vilnious – Lithuania Won’t Repay Full Value of Jewish Properties’ Seized at World War II
Vilnious, Lithuania - Lithuania will not amend a plan to compensate the loss of Jewish property seized during World War II, despite criticism from Jewish organizations that it fails to repay the prope...
Scottsdale, AZ – Survey: Stutterers Suffer from Discrimination
Scottsdale, AZ - A U.S. survey indicates speech therapy helps the majority of people who stutter but those who stutter are discriminated against.
Thirty percent of parents participating in the surv...
New York, NY – Driven Mad by Park Tix Blitz! Councilman Says Enough is Enough
New York, NY - Merchants and elected officials are blasting what they call a parking ticket blitz in the borough that's driving customers away from local businesses.
But the NYPD says ticketing has ...
Washington – Obama Authorizes Extended Secret Service Guard for Former VP Dick Cheney
Washington - Former Vice President Dick Cheney's Secret Service protection has been extended for at least another six months, beginning Tuesday.
Normally, ex-veeps only get six months of protection...
Jerusalem – Religious Large Families Are Joy, Ignore The Evil Feminist Anti-Motherhood Terror
Jerusalem - The evil winds of secular, anti-motherhood terror are blowing in our sector. "Taliban mom" and the "starving mother" are just twigs in a fire that has been burning for a while. During the ...
Dearborn, MI – Univ. of Michigan Has More Than 300 on-line Holocaust Survivor Testimonies
Dearborn, MI - With some 300 interviews in its collection--more than 100 of which are online at http://holocaust.umd.umich.edu--the Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive at the Univers...
Spring Valley, NY – Gilman Health Center Reopens Following Violations
Spring Valley, NY - A health center for the poor that was closed nearly two months ago because of unsanitary conditions reopened yesterday.
Patients were told yesterday that they could start seeing...
India – Mumbai Massacre Judge Confronts Hard Choices
India - A day after a stunning confession by the lone surviving gunman from last year’s terrorist attacks here, the judge presiding over his trial confronted some tough choices on how the court should...
Lakewood, NJ – Biking For a Mitzvah, Chai Lifeline
Lakewood, NJ - It is an inspirational story. One sees a family in turmoil. Cancer has taken hold of a child or of a loved one. We see their agony and want to do something. But we are powerless. C...
New York, NY – $100 Gets You Bed on Top of Williamsburg Building
Williamsburg, NY - Just my luck. It rained buckets on the night I decided to sleep on the rooftop at Hotel Toshi in Williamsburg.
Luckily, the hotel had put up a tent.
"It only keeps out some of t...
Russia – Kosher Chicken Supply for S. Petersburg Jews
Russia - Thanks to arrangements made by the Jewish community of S. Petersburg with a nearby farm, there are now kosher chickens for local Jews. The Roskar Farm agreed to have a team of 30 people come ...
Israel – Chief Rabbi: Obama ‘Settlement’ Stance Opposes Torah
Israel - Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar called on American Jews to explain to the Obama administration the religious obligation of every Jew to live in every part of the Land of Israel.
The Jerus...