Manhattan, NY – A doctor who questioned an unusually high fare is credited with touching off a widespread investigation into cabbie rip-offs.
Dr. Mitchell Lee was riding home from NYU Medical Center in Manhattan in August when he noticed an extra $2 on his usual $5 fare.
When he complained, the driver offered a discount. Instead, Lee [...]
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Manhattan, NY – NYU Doctor Credited With Exposing $8M Taxi Meter Scam
Wast Bank – Brazil’s president has placed a wreath on the tomb of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, despite criticism from Israel.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited Arafat’s grave Wednesday during a trip to the West Bank. Silva also said he supported the Palestinian struggle.
The Brazilian leader has said he would like to [...]
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West Bank – Brazil’s President Visits Arafat’s Grave
Pennsylvania – A series of US children’s textbooks on Islam contains misleading and inflammatory rhetoric about the religion, inaccurately portraying its followers as hostile and deserving of suspicion, according to a US Muslim civil liberties group.
The Pennsylvania chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is set to begin what it calls a public awareness campaign [...]
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Pennsylvania – Muslim Group Decries Textbooks on Islam as Inflammatory
Jerusalem – Hagai Ben-Artzi, the prime minister’s brother-in-law, called US President Barack Obama an anti-Semite in a radio interview Wednesday.
“When an anti-Semitic president takes office in America – that is our test to say, ‘We won’t give up’,” he told Israel Army Radio.
Ben-Artzi responded to US criticism of the construction in east Jerusalem and said [...]
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Washington – Hundreds of powerful US “bunker-buster” bombs are being shipped from California to the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean in preparation for a possible attack on Iran.
The Sunday Herald can reveal that the US government signed a contract in January to transport 10 ammunition containers to the island. According to [...]
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Washington – Scottish Newspaper: U.S. Shipping Arms Ahead of Strike on Iran
Williamsburg, NY – Flushing Avenue will sprout a protected, two-way bike lane to link cyclists between the Manhattan Bridge and Williamsburg.
In an effort to ramp up the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway project, (as was reported here on VIN News), — essentially a borough-circling greenway idealized in 1993 — Department of Transportation officials also proposed that traffic [...]
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Williamsburg, NY – Flushing Avenue to Get Two-Way Protected Bike Lane
Albany, NY – New York has stopped paying income tax refunds until after March 31, meaning hundreds of thousands of taxpayers will have to wait an extra two weeks for their money.
Gov. David A. Paterson’s budget director, Robert Megna, said Tuesday that tax refunds were suspended last Friday after they hit a $1.25-billion cap. The [...]
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Albany, NY – Governor Delays Income Tax Refund Payments Until April
Kiryat Shmona, Israel – Avner Netanyahu, the 15-year-old son of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara, won the prestigious National Bible Quiz for Youth in Kiryat Shmona on Tuesday evening.
The prime minister flew in from Jerusalem by helicopter, removing himself from duties of state for a couple of hours to watch and, later, [...]
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Kiryat Shmona, Israel – PM’s 15-Year-Old Son Wins National Bible Quiz
Brooklyn, NY – Council candidate Joe Lazar slammed the City’s response to the fallen trees and branches still blocking streets throughout his community today. After taking a tour of the extensive damage still remaining from Saturday’s storm, Lazar called the City’s clean-up effort “grossly inadequate” and a “danger to local residents”.
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Brooklyn, NY – NYC Resposne To Fallen Trees Grossly Inadequate Says Council Candidate Lazar
New York – On Sunday morning, Rabba Sara Hurwitz had her first chance to address the world at length following the recent controversy over her title. She addressed the JOFA conference in New York City, March 14, 2010
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