Friday, March 29, 2024

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Washington – FTC Plans Crackdown On Bloggers Who Accept Payment To Post Reviews Of Products And Services

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Washington - Savvy consumers often go online for independent consumer reviews of products and services, scouring through comments from everyday Joes and Janes to help them find a gem or shun a lemon. ...

New Jersey – NJ Measure Targets Volunteer Emergency Responders

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New Jersey - Firefighters, rescue squad members and other volunteer emergency responders in New Jersey may soon get some assistance of their own from state lawmakers. The Assembly Budget Committee ...

Newport Beach, CA – The Nation’s Most Influential Financier Bill Gross on Speed Dial By The White House

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Newport Beach, CA - Every day, Bill Gross, the world’s most successful bond fund manager, withdraws into a conference room at lunchtime with his lieutenants to discuss his firm’s investments. The blin...

Tehran – Ahmadinejad Warns U.S. And Britain To Butt Out Of Iran’s Affairs

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Tehran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned the United States and Britain Sunday to stop meddling in Iran's internal affairs, the ISNA news agency reported. "Definitely by hasty remarks y...

Washington – Minneapolis Jewish Attorney Named Envoy to Morocco

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Washington - President Obama named Minneapolis attorney Sam Kaplan on Friday as ambassador to Morocco. Kaplan, a top cash "bundler" for Obama's 2008 campaign finance committee, had been widely vett...

Heidelberg, Germany – Rabbi Chaplain Looks to Build Links in Jewish Community

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Heidelberg, Germany - One of the U.S. Army’s newest chaplains in Europe is trying to build a congregation and a sense of community for a faith that has relatively few numbers compared to other religio...

New York City – Working For Free: On the Campaign Trail for Billionaire Mayor Bloomberg

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New York City - Mayor Bloomberg has already spent at least $18.6 million on his quest for a third term. The same city records show his Democratic rival, city Controller William Thompson, has spent ...

New York City – Imam Chaplain Arranged Preferential Treatment In Prison For Black Female Rapper

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New York City - It's a jailhouse crock. City prison officials acted like an entourage of fawning valets for a female rapper when she was locked up on Rikers Island, hanging out in her cell, bringin...

Ofra Settlement, Israel- Lawsuit Brings Murky West Bank Land Deals to Light

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Ofra Settlement, Israel - It reads like a standard real estate contract between a Zionist institution and an Israeli couple. But it offers a rare glimpse into the bureaucratic smoke screen that helps ...

Laguna Niguel, CA – A Child’s Book, Looted by Nazis, Finds Its Owner

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Laguna Niguel, CA - Locked in a safe is about all that remains of Walter Lachman's youth. A musty old cap. Unwashed and unworn in 66 years. He removes it from a bag and lets his fingers run over...

Montreal – Palestinian File Lawsuit against Canadian Companies for Building in the West Bank

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Montreal - Members of a tiny Palestinian farming community will be in Quebec Superior Court Monday claiming two Canadian construction companies are committing war crimes by building condominiums and r...

Beit Shemesh, Israel – Rabbis’ Committee Issue Detailed Modesty Booklet for Women

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Beit Shemesh, Israel - A rabbis' committee in Beit Shemesh distributed over the weekend a detailed booklet instructing female residents to dress modestly in the city's ultra-Orthodox areas. In the pam...

Bangkok, Thailand – El Al Cancels Flight to Prevent Sabbath Desecration

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Bangkok, Thailand - El Al airline passengers in Bangkok, Thailand were ordered off the plane due to the company's commitment not to desecrate the Sabbath. The 120 passengers, some of whom already w...

Yemen – Appeals Court Sentences Muslim to Death for Killing Jewish Teacher

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Amran, Yemen - A Yemeni court of appeals on Sunday sentenced a former air force pilot to death for the murder of a Jewish man, court sources said. The court in the north-western province of Amran con...

Riverdale, NY – Orthodox Students Make Arabic a Cultural Bridge

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Riverdale, NY - Several years ago, six teenagers at the SAR yeshiva high school in Riverdale came to the principal with a request: They wanted to study Arabic. It was an unusual appeal in this heav...

New York, NY – Brooklyn Heights Braces For BQE Renovation

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New York, NY - The state is looking to renovate the section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway major near Brooklyn Heights over the next 10 years, but locals are concerned about the construction's impa...

New York City – Prosecutors Reduce Madoff’s Ponzi Scheme Total to $13B

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ew York City - Federal prosecutors Friday night said swindler Bernard Madoff scammed an estimated $13 billion from investors, much less than the original estimates of $50 billion to $65 billion - but ...

New York – NY Times Reporter Held Hostage By Taliban For 7 Months Escapes

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New York - David Rohde, a New York Times reporter who was kidnapped by the Taliban, escaped Friday night and made his way to freedom after more than seven months of captivity in the mountains of Afgha...

Albany, NY – Two Mediators Appointed to Help Settle Senate Gridlock

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Albany, NY - Governor David Paterson is appointing two statesmen to mediate the two-week-long power struggle that has gridlocked New York's Senate. Paterson also announced that the state's top judg...

Israel – IDF To Use Freeze-Dried Blood Powder

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Israel - An Israeli biotechnology company is working with the army to turn soldiers' blood into a freeze dried powder. Blood samples from newly enlisted soldiers into a freeze-dried powder - like c...