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Monsey, NY – Child Struck by Vehicle in Serious Condition

By admin on September 1, 2010

Monsey, NY – Hatzolah paramedics transporting a child that was hit by a vehicle.
The child was struck and pinned under the vehicle in front of 38 Monsey Heights and is being transported with CPR in progress to Good Smarten Hospital.
Helicopter landing at Good Sam Hospital to transport the 14-month-old to Westchester Medical Center. Child in [...]

Dresden, Germany – Arson Fire Damages Jewish Cemetery

By admin on August 29, 2010

Dresden, Germany – An arson attack damaged the door of a building at the New Jewish Cemetery in the eastern German city of Dresden early Sunday, before it was spotted by an alert woman cyclist, police said.
The fire smouldered against the front door of the funeral parlour where bodies await burial. Firefighters quickly put it [...]

Staten Island, NY – Doctors Use New Database To Outsmart Addicts

By admin on August 22, 2010

Staten Island, NY – Doctors now have access to a powerful electronic database to combat prescription drug fraud — and one Island physician says he’s already used it weed out bogus patients seeking painkillers.
Dr. John McCarthy, who runs a private practice in Dongan Hills, says over the course of just a few days, he’s used [...]

Israeli Online ‘Depression Detector’

By admin on August 19, 2010

You know that the Internet is a goldmine of information, but did you know that the Web is able to diagnose your emotional states and determine whether you are depressed, in love, feeling vengeful or aggressive? A new algorithm developed by Israeli researchers can pinpoint human emotions and intentions by studying vast amounts of publicly [...]

Suddenly, He’s Mr. 9/11

By admin on August 19, 2010

They are the words 9/11 rescuers have wanted to hear for nine years. For the first time the president pledged to sign the 9/11 health bill into law. Now, if only Congress could get it to his desk.
It’s the letter that may ultimately help 9/11 responders get the aid they desperately need, a letter written [...]

New York – ‘American Schindler’ Helped 4,000 Jews Escape the Nazis

By admin on August 17, 2010

New York – Those saved by Varian Fry, known as the American Oskar Schindler, include Marc Chagall, the Jewish French-Russian artist, Claude Levi-Strauss, the French anthropologist, and surrealist artist, Marcel Duchamp.
But while Schindler, a German Industrialist, has been internationally recognised for saving an estimated 1,200 Jews – his story was made into the 1993 [...]

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UK: Online Bank Accounts Emptied By ‘Most Dangerous Trojan Virus Ever Created’

By admin on August 11, 2010

Thousands of British online banking customers have fallen victim to a sophisticated attack by cyber criminals who have stolen thousands of pounds from their accounts.
About 3,000 online banking customers have been victims of a computer virus attack that empties their accounts while showing them fake statements so the scam goes undetected.
Experts have described the attack [...]

McLean, VA – Man Who Threatened ‘South Park’ Arrested‎

By admin on July 22, 2010

McLean, VA – A man known for posting an online warning that the creators of “South Park” risked death by mocking the Prophet Muhammad was arrested Wednesday and charged with providing material support to a Somali terror group linked to al-Qaida.
Zachary A. Chesser, 20, of Oakton, Va., told FBI agents that he twice tried to [...]

Palo Alto, CA – Facebook Now Worlds Largest Online Social Network: 500 Million Members

By admin on July 22, 2010

Palo Alto, CA – Facebook, the social network created in the dormitories of Harvard six years ago, said on Wednesday that it now had 500 million members.
The company has grown at a meteoric pace, doubling in size from a year ago and pushing international competitors aside.
Each month, Facebook says, more than 30 billion photographs, [...]

New York – Facebook Installs ‘panic button’ For Children

By admin on July 12, 2010

New York – Facebook has joined forces with a child protection agency to create a “panic button” application on its site, it was announced Monday, as the social networking giant finally gave in to calls to do more to protect youngsters online.
The application allows youngsters to report suspicious behaviour to the Child Exploitation and Online [...]

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