Thursday, November 14, 2024

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Ft. Lauderdale, FL – AmEx Plans Mortgage Rewards.

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Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Don't leave home without it. American Express is rolling out what is likely the first program in the country to let homeowners charge their monthly mortgage payments to a credit c...

Scranton, PA – Sale of School Challenged in Court

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Scranton, PA - The head of a local taxpayer organization is asking Lackawanna County Court to reject the proposed sale of the former East Scranton Intermediate School. Robert E. Quinn, president of t...

Washington – United Airlines Makes Safe Emergency Landing.

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Washington - A United Airlines jet has landed safely at Dulles International Airport outside Washington after 1 of its engines caught fire on take off. Flight 897 had just started on its way to Beiji...

Belmar, NJ – Councilman Says Rodent Complaint Near Yeshiva Unfounded

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Belmar, NJ - Councilman Matthew J. Doherty, a Democrat, said that he spent the past several days going door to door in the neighborhood around Mesivta Keser Torah School on 11th Avenue. Doherty said h...

Fort Lauderdale, FL – Chabad Congregation Sues Cooper City for Religious Discrimination

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Fort Lauderdale, FL - An Orthodox Jewish congregation filed a federal lawsuit against Cooper City today, saying city laws prohibiting houses of worship from operating in commercial districts are a for...

Ottawa, Canada – Former Nazis Stripped of Canadian Citizenship

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Ottawa, Canada - Two men who hid their pasts as wartime Nazi collaborators have been stripped of their Canadian citizenship by the federal cabinet. Helmut Oberlander and Jacob Fast now face deporta...

Manchester, England, UK – Mum Fights Lunch Ban

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Manchester, England, UK - For two years a mother has travelled to her children's school every lunchtime to feed them. Ester Lyndley took action after King David's School in Crumpsall banned ...

Moscow Russia – Rabbis in Russia Face a Battle Over Burial

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Moscow Russia - When Rabbi Shmuel Kuperman knocks on the door, some people don't answer. Kuperman has the tough job of dealing with bereaved families. He tries to persuade them to provide a proper Jew...

West Plains, MO – DOJ Investigates Air Ambulance Company For Fraud Billing.

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West Plains, MO - A front-page article in The New York Times in 2005 claimed that Air Evac Lifeteam a large operator of medical helicopters was apparently sending out helicopters — and charging insure...

New York, NY- Verizon Business Upgrades 911 System.

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New York, NY - Verizon Business has begun work on implementing a new Enhanced 911 system designed to provide the city's police, fire and emergency medical personnel with updated technology to help the...

Manhattan, NY +Boat Rescue+

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Manhattan, NY +Boat Rescue+ Federal Park Police are on the scene for a boat near the Statue of Liberty that got stuck in low water and is taking on water, people on board have their life vests on and ...

Blooming Grove, NY – Residents Can’t Stop Plan For Cell Towers.

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Blooming Grove — The residents came looking for a fight. They left with a flagless flagpole. A handful of homeowners who live along Routes 94 and 208 came to a Planning Board hearing Wednesday night ...

Brooklyn, NY – Borough President Markowitz Free Trip Raises Eyebrows.

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Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz has raised eyebrows for accepting a free trans-Atlantic cruise on the mammoth Queen Mary 2 - after lobbying hard to get the ship to dock in Re...

Ramapo, NY – Town Gets Plans for School, Dormitories on Camp Hill Road

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Ramapo, NY - The town is reviewing plans for a high school with dormitory rooms for 100 students on the former Burgess Meredith estate, a property with links to the American Revolution. Mesifta Bet...

Geneva, Switzerland – Short Circuit May Have Triggered Fire At Synagogue on Shavuous Holiday

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Geneva, Switzerland - The cause of a fire that damaged the largest synagogue in Geneva on the second day of the Shavuous Holiday is still under investigation, but wiss police are now backtracking on t...

New York, NY – Bloomberg Cracking Down for ‘Blocking the Box’

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New York, NY - Here's another way to get a ticket in New York City. The city is cracking down on "blocking the box'' violations. The city plans to hire 117 additional Traffic En...

New York – N.Y. Drivers Worst in Nation

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New York - New York drivers are among the worst in the country, a new survey found. The 2007 GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test found that one in six drivers on the road would not pass their writte...

North Korea – Several Short-Range Missiles Fired

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North Korea - North Korea has fired several short-range missiles towards the Sea of Japan on Friday, say Japanese and U.S. sources.

Freehold, NJ – Keen Realty Chosen to Sell Dwek Properties

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Freehold, NJ - Keen Realty LLC has been chosen to sell the holdings of embattled real estate mogul Solomon Dwek, who triggered the collapse of his property empire last year by depositing a bogus $25 m...

Krasnokumsky, Russia – Perps Arrested for Vandalizing 40 Armenian Gravestones

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Krasnokumsky, Russia - Police in the Stavropol region have detained four perps in connection with the vandalization of 40 Armenian gravestones in the Stavropol Region.The accused vandals painted swast...
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