Postville, IA – The Ku Klux Klan, an organization that started as a men’s social club more than 144 years ago in Pulaski, Tenn., has found footing in the Cedar Valley.
In a November interview with KGAN TV’s Chris Jose, Brother Douglas, Imperial Wizard of the Fraternal White Knights of the KKK, said the FWKs have [...]
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Postive, IA – Nazi Group KKK Claims It Helped Bringdown Agriprocessors
London – British Airways PLC cabin crew announced plans Friday to strike for seven days this month, potentially disrupting thousands of travelers ahead of the Easter holidays.
The walkouts — scheduled for three days from March 20 and another four days from March 27 — are the latest move in a long running and increasingly acrimonious [...]
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London – British Airways Crews Plan Strike
Vienna – Austrian government officials say they have identified at least two mass graves of Nazi victims on property used by the army.
Interior Ministry spokesman Rudolf Gollia says talks will be sought with the owners of the site to discuss possible exhumation. He said Friday he did not know whether the army owns the property [...]
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Vienna – Austrian Govt Finds Mass Graves of Nazi Victims
New York, NY – Former City Councilman David Yassky has been tapped to head the Taxi and Limousine Commission, Mayor Bloomberg announced today.
Yassky will replace current chief Matt Daus, who is going to the private sector.
During his time on council, Yassky spearheaded the Mayor’s initiative to make every cab greener and get more miles-per-gallon. The [...]
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New York, NY – Bloomberg Names Yassky New TLC Boss
Alberta, Canada – The city’s only strictly kosher deli was kept alive for six weeks by volunteers when both its owners were ill.
“They are a group of angels,” Denise Kavin, the 58-year-old co-owner of Haifa Deli in the city’s southwest, said of the more than 20 volunteers. “How do you thank them all?”
Her husband, Ivor [...]
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Alberta, Canada – Orthodox Kosher Deli Kept Open Thanks To ‘group of angels’
Monticello, NY – Police have charged two teenagers with felonies in the rash of gang related graffiti that appeared on several storefronts on Wednesday morning.
A total of 14 separate locations including postal vehicles and the Jewish War Veterans of the United States memorial were vandalized with spray painted graffiti.
Police charged Anthony Laudadio, 19, of Monticello [...]
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Monticello, NY – Two Sullivan Teens Charged in Defacing Jewish War Veterans Memorial
Jerusalem – Israel is moving to amend the country’s planning procedures on sensitive political decisions following an embarrassing diplomatic flap during a visit this week by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, a Cabinet minister said Friday.
The change endorsed by a parliamentary legislation committee Thursday will require a representative of the prime minister to be present [...]
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Jerusalem – After the Biden “Mishap” Israel Moves to Change Law
Manhattan, NY – On the road to eternal peace, a body left inside a funeral home minivan wound up at hell on earth: the city tow pound.
The unscheduled stop came after a police tow truck hooked the illegally parked vehicle outside Redden’s Funeral Home on W. 14th St.
The dearly departed was soon heading for a [...]
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Manhattan, NY – Funeral Home Van With Body Inside Towed by NYPD Traffic Agent
San Francisco, CA – A federal appeals court panel ruled today that the Pledge of Allegiance does not violate constitutional rules separating church and state.
The opinion, written by Judge Carlos T. Bea, stated that “the phrase ‘one Nation under God’ does not turn this patriotic exercise into a religious activity.”
“Not every mention of God or [...]
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San Francisco, CA – Federal Court Approves ‘Under God’ in Pledge of Allegiance
London – Hackney Council has ordered the closure of a 260-pupil strictly Orthodox girls’ school in Stamford Hill.
The council has issued an enforcement notice against Beis Trana School in Upper Clapton Road, giving it until August to stop using the school and play area and to remove play equipment and portacabins.
Five years ago, the council [...]
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London – Orthodox Girls’ School Ordered To Close
