Washington – Don’t Stop With Clunkers, Just Bail Everyone Out
Washington - Cash for Clunkers a way to sell cars and supposedly help the environment -- is working so well for auto dealers that, heck, why not extend it to other products?
I have a couple of idea...
Paterson, NJ – First In New Jersey: Hospital to Offer Emergency Care, Restraining Orders
Paterson, NJ - The emergency room meets the courtroom in a joint venture being launched this week between St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center and the Passaic County Courthouse to better help domestic...
New York, NY – 57% of City Hospitals Below National Average in Patient Satisfaction
New York, NY - More than half the Big Apple's hospitals fall "significantly below" the national average in terms of patient satisfaction.
Of 43 hospitals surveyed in the five boroughs, 24 do not meet...
New York City – Probe of Phone Response at NYPD Stationhouses Gets New York Elected Officials Up in Arms
New York City - Elected officials reacted with outrage Monday to a Daily News probe that found it nearly impossible to get through to many police stationhouses by telephone.
City Councilman Simcha ...
Jerusalem – Accused ‘Child-starving’ Mom Indicted Under Threats Of New Riots
Jerusalem - An indictment was served Tuesday in the Jerusalem District Court against a haredi woman suspected of starving her three-year-old child over a period of two years. The woman's internment sp...
Koh Samui, Thailand – Plane Skidded Off Runway Killing Pilot Injuring 41 Passengers, Israelis Escape
Koh Samui, Thailand - A pilot was killed and 41 passengers were injured, seven critically, when a commercial aircraft skidded off a runway and crashed into the air traffic control tower at the airport...
Washington – Report: Obama Faces 30 Death Threats a Day
Washington - US President Barack Obama is the target of more than 30 potential death threats a day and is being protected by an increasingly over-stretched and under-resourced Secret Service, accordin...
New York, NY – City Hall Broke Rules Funneling Millions to Jewish Groups
New York, NY - For years, aides to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg routed hundreds of thousands of dollars in city money to at least two politically connected nonprofit groups in violation of government co...
Washington – 1 in 10 Americans Are On Antidepressant
Washington - Use of antidepressant drugs in the United States doubled between 1996 and 2005, probably because of a mix of factors, researchers reported on Monday.
About 6 percent of people were pre...
West Orange, NJ – Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Meets With Orthodox Jewish Leadership
West Orange, NJ - Today, Chris Christie, the Republican nominee for New Jersey governor met with Orthodox Jewish leadership from around the state in an issues roundtable facilitated by the Orthodox Un...
Tel Aviv – Top Cop: Gay Center Shooting May Not Have Been Hate Crime
Tel Aviv - Police Commissioner David Cohen called on the public not to blame specific sectors of the community for the attack Saturday night on a gay community center. Two people were killed in the ar...
New York, NY – Candidate Mike Promises Free Crosstown Bus Service
New York, NY - Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled a mass transit reform plan -- complete with subway countdown clocks and free crosstown bus service – as part of his campaign platform for a third term i...
Melbourne, Australia – Terror Suspects Arrested after Bomb Plot Uncovered
Melbourne, Australia - Police have arrested a number of suspected terrorists during raids across Melbourne.
Police swooped about 4.30am, executing 19 warrants on homes in Glenroy, Carlton, Meadow H...
Queens, NY – Last Of Gedolei Ha’dor Rav Zelik Epstein, zt’l Passes Away At 97
Queens, NY - The loss is most profound, and it will be deeply felt by those who knew who he was. He was truly a rosh yeshiva’s rosh yeshiva. He was a ba’al eitzah to thousands of people. He was the l...
Tucson, AZ – FBI Investigating Chemical Device, Firebomb Placed at Jewish Home
Tucson, AZ - Deputies are investigating what they believe to be a racially motivated hate crime that was also hazardous.
According to the Pima County Sheriff's office, the home of two Jewish people...
New York – Lost Story of a Jew Who Rescued Jews During the Holocaust
New York - Of the countless tragic stories told in Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem, the official commemoration institute of the Holocaust, not one is about the Jewish rescuers of Jews. But today, the memory of...
Spring Glen, NY – Judge Delays Decision on Skver Girls Camp
Spring Glen, NY - A staff attorney in the state Attorney General’s office Monday called the former Homowack Lodge “far too dangerous” to allow children to remain any longer and asked a judge to issue ...
Jerusalem – Prosecutor: ‘Child-Starving’ Mom to be Charged Tuesday
Jerusalem - The haredi woman who is suspected of starving her three-year-old child over a period of two years, and whose internment sparked riots in Jerusalem which last nearly a week, will be charged...
Jerusalem – 25 US Republican Congressmen On Six-Day Israel Trip
Jerusalem - A delegation of 25 US congressmen began a six-day trip to Israel today in the largest ever Republican mission to visit the Jewish state, the US embassy said.
They held talks with Foreig...
New York – Juice Firm Floods NYC Trash Bins With 7-Foot Straws As Marketing Campaign
New York - With a limited marketing budget at its disposal, Purity.Organic wanted to raise awareness of its organic fruit juices in a way that would garner maximum attention, the juice maker placed gi...