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Monticello, NY +MVA Rollover+

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Sullivan County, Monticello, NY +MVA Rollover+ A motor vehicle accident with vehicle that overturned on Cold Spring Road and Meldoy Lake Drive, Fire Department on the scene reporting aided out of the ...

New York, NY – Bronfman, WJC File Suits Against Singer

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New York, NY - The former president of the World Jewish Congress Edgar Bronfman and the organization have filed a civil suit against veteran group leader Israel Singer. The legal action comes five ...

Wurtsboro, NY +MVA Car Into Tree+

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Sullivan County, Wurtsboro, NY +MVA Car Into Tree+ A motor vehicle accident with a vehicle into a tree on Route 209 in front of the Sky Blue Manor in the area of the Wurtsboro Airport. Fire Department...

New York, NY – City To Spend $14M on Subsidized Housing Repairs

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New York, NY - Dilapidated housing that is subsidized by the federal government is poised to get a $14 million facelift, city officials announced today. The City Council has set aside the funding to ...

New York, NY – Dow Manages Comeback.

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Business News. New York, NY - Stocks staged a comeback Monday afternoon, recovering from an earlier selloff sparked by renewed worries about the credit and mortgage markets. The Dow Jones industria...

Israel – Israeli Parliament Apologizes to Holocaust Survivors For Neglecting Their Needs.

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Israel - Israel's Knesset (parliament)apologized to Holocaust survivors for neglecting their conditions. The apology came a day after Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reached a partial agreement wi...

Lima, Peru – Israel Extended Aid to Victims of the Peruvian Earthquake.

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Lima Peru - An Israeli medical team departed Monday for Pisco, Peru, in order to assist the victims of a devastating earthquake that rocked the city and the surrounding area last week. The Israel Fo...

Sydney, Australia – Complaints for Anti-Semitic Remarks by Flight Attendant, Ignored by Airliner

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Sydney, Australia - A Qantas flight attendant allegedly made anti-Semitic remarks to a Jewish passenger on a flight to Australia. Sydney executive David Moses has lodged a complaint with the airline,...

Queens, NY – Comptroller: Queens Home To Most Sewer Floods In The City.

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Queens, NY - The city comptroller’s office says Queens – which is already known for flooding when rainy weather hits – is now also home to the most sewer floods in the city. The comptroller's office...

Brooklyn, NY +Bank Robbery+

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Brooklyn, NY +Bank Robbery+ NYPD calling for a level one mobilization for a bank robbery at the Doral Bank at 1608 Kings Highway and East 16th Street. NYPD and Flatbush Shomrim are searching perp 6&#...

New York – Probe Into $100M Fraud in Health-Care Industry

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New York - The state Attorney General's Office is in the midst of an investigation into widespread Medicaid fraud in the home health-care industry. The probe, dubbed "Operation: Home Alon...

Israel – US Officials: Head Of Interpol Accused Of Mass Fraud.

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Israel - Head of the Interpol branch in Israel, Chief Superintendent Asher Ben-Artzi, was sent on forced leave after an investigation was launched against him on suspicion of fraud and breach of trust...

New York, NY – Famed Jewish Real Estate Mogul, Leona Helmsley, Dies

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New York, NY - Leona Helmsley, Jewish and born as Lena Rosenthol, the hotelier who went to prison as a tax cheat and was reviled as the "queen of mean", died Monday at age 87. Helmsley and her husba...

Washington, DC – Mom’s Codeine May Pose Risk to Breast-fed Infants

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Washington, DC - The Food and Drug Administration issued an advisory to physicians and nursing mothers about codeine, the painkiller most widely used after childbirth. The agency still backs use of th...

New York, NY – Fines for Tossing Garbage in Public Bins To Double.

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New York, NY - Fines for tossing garbage from a home or business into a public trash bin are about to double. The City Council is expected to approve a bill on Wednesday to increase fines for illeg...

Brooklyn, NY – Jeweler Sues Bklyn DA for Confiscating More Than Half a Million from its Bank Accounts

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Brooklyn, NY - A Diamond District jeweler has filed a $5 million lawsuit against the Brooklyn DA, claiming prosecutors seized more than half a million dollars from its bank account but never charged i...

Manhattan, NY +Suspicious Package on FDR Drive+

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Manhattan, NY +Suspicious Package on FDR Drive+ NYPD ESU on the scene for a suspicious package on the northbound lanes of the FDR Drive at the ramp to the 34th Street Exit near the Ferry, NYPD Highway...

Brooklyn, NY – Blaze-Site Developer Unscarred by Penalties Pushes for New Development

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Brooklyn, NY - The Brooklyn landlord who owns the Greenpoint Terminal Market that burned down under mysterious circumstances last year continues to push new development projects even while facing mill...

Parkville, MD – Suicidal Man Fatally Shot by Police

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Parkville, MD - Baltimore County Police fatally shot a suicidal man in the precinct 8/ Parkville area today. Adam Benjamin Rothstein, 24, of the 8600-block of David Avenue called Baltimore County 911...

United States – Add Another Potentially Deadly Import From China

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