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NewsNews >Israeli Planes Strike Gaza After Rocket Fire Israeli warplanes struck targets early Wednesday in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire toward southern Israel, the first air strikes launched by Israel since an informal cease-fire ended eight days of cross-border fighting between Israel and Hamas-ruled Gaza. News >Back To Bread: Israelis Celebrate Mimouna Traditional post-Passover festivities, known as Mimouna celebrations, were held around the country on Monday night and Tuesday with several politicians taking part in the lively events. News >Former RCC Chair Says Kosher Meat Scofflaw Has History Of Violations The retired former chair of the Rabbinical Council of California says he personally caught the owner of now ‘de-certified’ Doheny Glatt Kosher Meats pulling the same stunts 30 years ago. News >President Shimon Peres: Mistake To Announce Gas Flow On Sabbath President Shimon Peres acknowledged Sunday during a meeting with Chief Rabbis Shlomo Amar that to continue drilling for gas on the Sabbath and to also make the announcement of the flow of natural gas into Israel on the Sabbath had been a mistake. News >Gov. Office Denies Negotiation Of Armory Deal With The Satmars' Calling it “rumor,” and saying it is “simply untrue,” a spokesman for Governor Cuomo’s office denied allegations that a deal is being brokered which would allow the Satmar Hasidim of South Williamsburg to purchase Marcy Armory from the state. News >'Israel Spies On Russian Fleet Off Syrian Coast' Israeli espionage devices planted in artificial rocks were found on an uninhabited island off the coast of Syria, Lebanese pro-Syrian, Al Manar TV reported on Sunday. News >North Korea Says It Is In "State Of War" Against South Korea North Korea said on Saturday it was entering a “state of war” with South Korea, but Seoul and its ally the United States played down the statement as tough talk. News >Senate OKs 1st Gas Tax Increase In 20 Years The Maryland Senate has given final approval to the state’s first gas tax increase in just over 20 years. News >Israel Faces Geopolitical Tangle With Natural Gas Recent discoveries of massive offshore natural gas deposits, set to begin flowing in the coming days, are turning into a mixed blessing for Israel. News >Honda Odyssey's Latest Minivan Comes With Built-In Vacuum Stray Cheerios beware. The new Honda Odyssey minivan is here - and it has a built-in vacuum cleaner. Video in the Full Story! News >RIM Sells 1M BlackBerry 10s, Surprise 4Q Profit Research In Motion Ltd. said Thursday that it sold about 1 million of its critically important new BlackBerry 10 devices and surprised Wall Street by returning to profitability in the most recent quarter. News >North Korea Leader Orders Rocket Units On Standby To Hit U.S. Bases North Korea’s leader said Friday that his rocket forces are ready “to settle accounts with the U.S.,” an escalation of the country’s bellicose rhetoric and a direct response to the unprecedented announcement that U.S. nuclear-capable B-2 bombers had joined military drills with South Korea. News >NYPD Tells Officers To Keep Social Media Clean The New York Police Department is telling its officers to clean up their act on the Internet. News >Israel Sends More Medics To Border With Syria Israel’s military says it’s beefing up medical teams along the border with Syria following several cases of wounded Syrians crossing the frontier to seek medical assistance. News >NY Top Court OKs Tax On Online Sellers Like Amazon New York’s highest court ruled Thursday the state can collect sales tax from out-of-state retailers, rejecting claims by Amazon.com and Overstock.com that the tax law violates the U.S. Constitution’s Commerce Clause. News >Outgoing "Top Cop" Says Leiby Kletzky Case Haunts Him While reflecting on his 40 years of service yesterday, outgoing NYPD Chief Joseph Esposito told reporters that the case of 8 year-old Leiby Kletzky is one that “still bothers” him, and one he’ll never forget. News >Court: Four Years Jail For Hezbollah Man Plotting To Attack Israelis A court sentenced a member of Lebanon’s Shi’ite Muslim Hezbollah movement to four years in jail on Thursday on charges of plotting to attack Israeli interests on the island. News >Local Thugs Target Observant Jews In North Miami Beach At least two local Jews have been targeted by street thugs in attempted robberies during the Passover holiday season, causing residents to be on alert and increased patrols by local police. News >Friends And Family Of Driver Who Killed Glauber Family Speak Out In His Defense Friends and family members of the hit-and-run driver accused of killing a young Orthodox family from Williamsburg last month are speaking out for the first time. News >More Questions Arise For Crooked Cop Who Framed David Ranta More questions have arisen after a similar case has surfaced involving the same renegade detective who was responsible for framing David Ranta. News >Wrongful Conviction Of Shooting Rabbi May Weigh On Hynes' Seek Of 7th Term When District Attorney Charles “Joe” Hynes first took office in 1990, the New York City borough was one of the most violent urban areas in the United States. News >City Marks 10th Anniversary Of Anti Smoking Initiative A decade after the city stubbed out smoking in bars and restaurants, Mayor Michael Bloomberg applauded the ban Wednesday as a turning point in a movement to reduce smoking, even as he embarks on a new push to put cigarettes under wraps in local stores. News >Hamill: With gratitude, NYPD Chief Joseph Esposito Brings his Tenure to a Close: 'This is not a Job. It's a Calling' The police chief had expected to serve for just 16 months. But that was nearly 13 years ago. Now, as he hits the mandatory retirement age of 63, he reflects on his Brooklyn upbringing, how it influenced his work, the wonderful people who worked with him and his abiding love for New York City. News >President Obama Hosts White House Seder Dinner On First Night Of Passover President Barack Obama marked Monday night’s start of Passover with a private Seder at the White House. News >$338M Lottery Winner Feels 'Pure Joy,' Uncertainty A New Jersey man feels “pure joy” at winning a $338 million Powerball jackpot but has no idea what he will do with the money - except buy a car, to replace his feet as his primary mode of transportation, he said. |
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