Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, the rav of the Kosel and holy sites, has turned to senior Muslim leaders asking them to ensure the Monday evening re-dedication of the Churva Shul in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City passes without Islamic violence.
In his request, the rav pointed out the Old City is a symbol of dual [...]
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Sullivan County lawmakers and officials are making it clear they are not locked into building a new $80 million jail, or even a smaller facility, at lower cost, until all possible options are explored.
County Manager David Fanslau updated legislators during committee meetings, Thursday, detailing meetings in the past week with officials in neighboring Orange and [...]
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Sullivan County Looking Hard At All Jail Options
A special court ruled Friday that there is insufficient evidence to demonstrate that vaccines caused autism in three cases.
The cases, brought by the children’s parents, all alleged that vaccines containing thimerosol, a mercury preservative, caused or contributed to autism spectrum disorders in the children.
Thousands of parents of children with autism have filed petitions seeking compensation [...]
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US Court Rules Again Against Vaccine-Autism Claims
Wireless Internet may soon be coming to commuters on Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is asking developers to submit plans on how the service would be installed and operated.
The MTA is also looking to make Grand Central Terminal and Pennsylvania Station wireless, but it is unclear whether the service would be [...]
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MTA Considers Wireless Internet For Trains
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was admitted to a hospital in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday with a stomach virus.
“He is getting hydration and holding his food down,” Dr. John Linton of Yonsei Severance Hospital told CNN. “All his signs are normal. We hope to send him on his way tomorrow, but he [...]
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Henry Kissinger Admitted To S. Korean Hospital
Two Givati Brigade combatants are facing charges for their actions in Operation Cast Lead, Israel’s counter-terrorism offensive against Hamas in Gaza launched in December 2008.
The soldiers are alleged to have compelled a 9-year-old Arab boy to open a bag they suspected may contain a bomb. The soldiers are facing charges of endangering the young civilian’s [...]
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Givati Soldiers Indicted for Actions During Cast Lead
Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin on Thursday stated we cannot speak of “peace” if such a peace involves the division of Yerushalayim.
Responding to remarks made earlier in the day by US Vice President Joe Biden in a Tel Aviv University Address, the speaker stated that while Mr. Biden is a friend and supporter of Israel, his [...]
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Speaker Rivlin: We Cannot Talk of a Peace that Divides Yerushalayim
Federal authorities are investigating a New Jersey man suspected of being an al Qaeda member and going on a deadly rampage at a hospital in Yemen.
The FBI is investigating Sharif Mobley, a 26-year-old from Buena, New Jersey, said Rich Wolf, a spokesman at the agency’s Baltimore, Maryland, office. He wouldn’t comment further.
Mobley had worked at [...]
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Al Qaeda-Linked NJ Man, Arrested In Yemen, Worked In Nuclear Power Plants
Is your smart phone smart enough to save your life?
Future cellphones may be tricked out with James Bond-like technology capable of alerting users to fires, carbon monoxide or toxic chemicals, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
The genius phones will likely hit stores in a year or two, with as many as 40 prototypes ready [...]
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Smart Phones To The Rescue
While enforcement of the 10-month construction ban throughout Yehuda and Shomron appears to remain a high priority for Defense Minister Ehud Barak, it appears a Knesset committee does not share his enthusiasm.
The minister’s request for an additional NIS 12 million in funding to hire an additional 29 Civil Administration inspectors was rejected. Coalition chairman (Likud) [...]
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Bad News for Barak and His Inspectors
