Washington – Fisher Price 1 Million Toys Recalled, Manufactured In China.
Toy Recall.
Washington - Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling 83 types of toys - including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters - because their paint contains excessive amounts of lea...
West Boca, FL – Suit Against Hotmail.com Seeks E-Mail Author’s Name
West Boca, FL - The Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County is suing Hotmail.com to get the name of the person who sent a "defamatory e-mail" to the federation.The e-mail received repor...
New York – Magnets Are the Number 1 Home Health Hazards.
Consumer Safety Alert.
New York - The Consumer Product Safety Commission has identified the top home health hazards. They're products that people may be using everyday - while unaware of their danger...
Albany, NY – +Albany County DA Opens Investigation Into Troopergate.+
Albany, NY - Albany County DA David Soares - the man who brought down former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi - just announced through a blast e-mail that he is opening a preliminary investigation into t...
Brooklyn, NY – Allou Healthcare’s Third Executive Sentenced
Brooklyn, NY - In an update to yesterday's story of the Allou Healthcare sentencing trial, the judge in the case has just sentenced Jacob Jacobowitz to 7 years of prison.
Washington, DC – New Congressional Anti-Semitism Task Force Announced
Washington, DC - The Congressional Human Rights Caucus announced a task force that would deal with anti-Semitism."The Congressional Anti-Semitism Task Force will provide insights into the depth a...
Sloatsburg, Suffern, Route 17 North, Route 59 – Traffic Alert.
Traffic Alert!
Sloatsburg, Suffern, Route 17 North, Route 59 - Brief traffic stoppages along the Thruway will be necessary starting tomorrow to allow blasting for a Columbia Gas Transmission Corporat...
Wesley Hills, NY +MVA Overturned Vehicle+
Rockland County, Wesley Hills, NY +MVA Overturned Vehicle+ A motor vehicle accident with one vehicle that overturned and aided injured on Moccasin Place and Hastings Road. Monsey Hatzolah and Monsey F...
New York, NY – Wall Street Extending its Wild Ride.
Business News.
New York, NY - Wall Street whipsawed on Wednesday, extending three days of see-saw action following last week’s rout, and analysts say it will likely get worse before it gets better.
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Rockland County, NY – FAA releases executive summary on airspace redesign plan.
Rockland County, NY - The Federal Aviation Administration has released the executive summary for its New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Redesign plan, which would bring hundreds of new flights over Rock...
Vanuatu – 7.2 Magnitude Quake Rocks Pacific Ocean
Vanuatu - The U.S. Geological Survey has reported a 7.2 magnitude earthquake striking about 50 miles southeast of of the island of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean.The magnitude and location may be revise...
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY – Construction of Controversial Architect on Hold
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY - A controversial Brooklyn architect has been ordered to stop work on a luxury condo complex after neighbors complained that construction workers had drilled into L-line sub...
New York, NY – Nation’s Fifth-Largest Investment Bank: 2 Mutual Funds Are Bankrupt.
Business News.
New York, NY - Two Bear Stearns Cos. hedge funds heavily exposed to the flagging mortgage industry filed for bankruptcy two weeks after the company told investors one was essentially w...
Monsey, NY +Police Make Bust in Under Cover Sting Operation+
Rockland County, Monsey, NY - Ramapo police conducted an under cover underage sale of alcohol sting operation. One cashier at the Rockland Kosher Supermarket has been arrested for allegedly selling al...
Brooklyn, NY +Fall Victim+
Brooklyn, NY +Fall Victim+ Hatzolah responding to Dahill Road between Avenue "C" and 15th Avenue for an aided that fell a 50 feet fall off a scaffolding, BLS and ALS responding on a rush.
Baghdad, Iraq – The Last Jews of Baghdad.
Baghdad, Iraq - Baghdad was once one of the great cradles of Jewish culture and wisdom, but now there are only eight Jews left in the Iraqi capital, and their situation is "more than desperate." The R...
New York, NY – MTA Lists Elevator and Escalator Outages Online.
New York, NY - Beginning today, NYC Transit will make it easier to find out which elevators and escalators are working at subway stations, by posting the information on the agencys website.
At first...
Jerusalem, Israel – Leading Rabbis Oppose Hassidic Music Concerts
Jerusalem, Israel - Hassidic music stars Avraham Fried and Yaakov Shwekey are to perform in Jerusalem before over 10,000 Thursday night - but Rabbis say it's forbidden to participate or attend ev...
Brooklyn, NY – Mitzvah for Injured NYPD Cop
Brooklyn, NY - A team from the Hatzolah Jewish volunteer ambulance corps took on NYPD officers in a charity softball game at KeySpan Park in Brooklyn.
The Hatzolah and NYPD Highway 2 squads met to rai...
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY – Cops to Testify Against 90th Precinct Detective
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY - Two Brooklyn cops have been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury about an allegedly corrupt detective.Federal agents have ordered two of Luis Batista's colleague...