Baghdad, Iraq +Deputy PM Hospitalised After Attack+
Baghdad, Iraq - Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zobaie was wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a hall where Zobaie was attending prayers.Two guards Zobaie, a member of the main Sunni...
Brooklyn, NY – Councilman Wants A Bill That Would Close a Zoning Loophole.
Brooklyn, NY - City Councilman Lewis Fidler is set to introduce a bill that would close a zoning loophole that enables homeowners in southern Brooklyn to expand their houses beyond the normal code - e...
New York, NY – Religious Lobby Posts Ad Touting Spitzer Tax Plan.
New York, NY - A coalition of religious groups is sponsoring a billboard along the Prospect Expressway promoting Governor Spitzer's proposed tax deduction for private school tuition. The deduction wou...
Brooklyn, NY +Tunnel Closure+
Brooklyn, NY +Tunnel Closure+ Due to a motor vehicle accident with one vehicle on fire at the outbound lanes at the toll plaza of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, PD has closed down the tunnel for out goi...
Washington – CIA Wants Agent to Disguise Him Self at Trial.
Washington - The U.S. government wants a covert CIA operative to wear a wig, eyeglasses and facial hair to disguise his identity when he testifies about a critical piece of evidence against terror def...
Brooklyn, NY – Woman Sues NYC For Tripping On a Broken Traffic Sign.
Brooklyn, NY - A Bensonhurst woman is hoping that the city ponies up $2 million in damages for injuries she allegedly incurred from tripping over a “one-way” traffic sign that was carelessly left on a...
Brooklyn, NY – Developers Fear Exclusionary Zones & Tax Abatement Changes will Hurt Business
Brooklyn, NY - At a round table meeting focusing on real estate topics, developers expressed concern about changes to the city's tax abatement policy for new construction, contending that propose...
Israel – El Al Airline Shows $44.4 Million Loss in 2006
Israel - El Al Israel Airlines published its financial report for the fourth quarter of 2006, and they ended 2006 with a loss of $44.4 million.
The airline attributed the results to a number of facto...
Munich, Germany- New Jewish Museum Opens At Nazi Birthplace.
Munich, Germany - Considered the birthplace of the Nazi party, the Bavarian capital Munich is welcoming a new Jewish museum which opens Friday. It's another sign of a renaissance of the Jewish commu...
Brooklyn, NY +Pedestrian Struck+
Brooklyn, NY +Pedestrian Struck+ A motor vehicle accident in Borough Park with a pedestrian that was struck at 13th Avenue and 49th Street. Hatzolah responding.
New York – New Census Shows Orange County Tops in Growth
New York - New census estimates show that some of the fastest-growing areas in New York are in the Hudson Valley. Orange County was tops in growth statewide from 2000 to 2006. It added about 35,000 pe...
United Kingdom – Arrests Made In The Deadly Train Attacks From 2005.
United Kingdom - British counter-terrorist police said they have arrested three suspects in the deadly suicide attacks on the London transit system in 2005. The arrests were the first in the July 7, 2...
Brooklyn, NY – Lubavitch Matzo Bakery, Kosher Questions Arise Over Matzo.
Brooklyn, NY - A handmade matzo factory in Brooklyn is facing questions over whether some of the ritual flatbread it produced is kosher enough for observant Jews to use at Passover seders. At issue is...
Bucharest, Romania – Jewish Organizations Protest Partial Exoneration of Romanian WWII Leader
Bucharest, Romania - Two Romanian Jewish organizations protested a court ruling that cleared the country's wartime pro-Nazi leader, Ion Antonescu of charges of starting a war against the Soviet Union....
Miami, FL – Feds Willing To Cut lobbyist Abramoff’s Prison Sentence.
Miami, FL - Federal prosecutors took the first steps toward reducing the prison sentence of disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who is currently scheduled for release in 2011 on a Florida fraud c...
Trenton, NJ – Bill to Ban Motorists From Texting
Trenton, NJ - Assemblymen Paul Moriarty (D-Gloucester) and David Mayer (D-Gloucester) are sponsoring legislation that would fine those who drive while texting $250. The pair say it's dangerous t...
Albany, NY – The Outcry to Demolish the APA Is Gaining Momentum.
Albany, NY - When the park agency was created, cell phone technology was not even imagined. Cell phone technology, if allowed along the Northway, could save lives. It's absence has already cost lives....
Adelaide, Australia – Rabbi Appeals SA Court Order
Adelaide, Australia - Ousted Adelaide Hebrew Congregation (AHC) Rabbi Yossi Engel will appeal a March 6 decision by the SA District Court that his contract with the shul expired at the end of last yea...
Chapel Hill, NC – Friends Say: John Edwards is Suspending His Campaign.
Chapel Hill, NC - Close friends have said that John Edwards is suspending his campaign for President, and may drop out completely, because his wife has suffered a recurrence of the cancer that sickene...
Spring Valley, NY – Lodging House Fined for Invalid Permit
Rockland County, Spring Valley, NY - The Rockland Board of Health held its regular meeting and assessed fines to businesses and individuals who violated codes.
Fines were issued by the Department o...