New York, NY – New Yorkers can smell a con from a mile away.
Federal statistics show city residents are among the least likely to fall victim to fraud.
Scammers successfully ripped off more than 1.3 million consumers across the U.S., but the city didn’t even make the list of the top 50 complaint centers.
The most vulnerable? [...]
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New York, NY – City Residents Among Least Likely to be Scammed
Washington, DC – Step right up folks, for “The Worst Shiva on Earth!”
What was supposed to be a fond remembrance of a beloved aunt turned into a three-ring rumble when the man who runs the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus had his sister forcibly tossed out of the memorial like a Flying Wallenda, [...]
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Washington, DC – $110 Million Lawsuit for Family Circus at Ringling Bros. Shiva Services
Switzerland – The world’s largest oil traders have quietly stopped supplying petrol to Iran in a sign that the threat of sanctions and Washington’s behind-the-scenes efforts are paying off.
However, the decision by Vitol, Glencore and Trafigura is unlikely to cut Tehran off completely from the global petrol market as traders said that Iran’s long-standing suppliers [...]
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Switzerland – Three Of The World’s Top Oil Traders Cut Ties With Iran
New York – Parking attendants at a Queens mall have been caught red-handed posting phony no-parking signs on street meters that lure drivers into their garage.
The neon-hued signs were marked with an NYPD emblem and taped to meters outside the garage entrance of the Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst.
The signs may have looked official, but [...]
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New York – Queens Center Mall Steers Shoppers To Its Garage With Bogus Signs on Parking Meters
Westmoreland, NH – A New Hampshire woman certified as the oldest person living in the United States has died.
Mary Josephine Ray died Sunday at a Westmoreland nursing home at 114 years and 294 days old.
Katherine Ray said Monday that her grandmother remained spry until about two weeks before her death.
“She just enjoyed life. She never [...]
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Westmoreland, NH – Woman Believed Oldest in America Dies
MDA spokesman Yerucham Mandela, who holds a rank equivalent to an IDF brigadier-general, was taken into custody and released on erev shabbos. It appears he will be facing charges for operating his vehicle irresponsibly and impersonating a policeman.
According to police, a senior officer who was traveling on Highway 6 on Friday saw a vehicle with [...]
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MDA Spokesman Mandela Detained For Impersonating Police Officer
Passaic, NJ – Last Saturday morning, as a blizzard sputtered out its last squalls over Passaic, N.J., Chaya Leah Smolen sent her husband and several children off to synagogue. She issued the children a message that might seem to contradict the essence of winter motherhood: do not carry any tissues.
To that admonition, she added others. [...]
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Passaic, NJ – Eruvim Collide With Mother Nature
Tehran, Iran – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called the official version of the Sept. 11 attacks a “big lie” used by the US as an excuse for the war on terror, state media reported.
Ahmadinejad’s comments, made during an address to Intelligence Ministry staff, come amid escalating tensions between the West and Tehran [...]
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Tehran, Iran – Ahmadinejad Calls Sept 11 “Big Fabrication”
Washington – The United States and Israel are dickering over the price of fish – specifically, gefilte fish – while the holiday of Passover, when it is considered de rigeur for every Ashkenazi Jew to consume at least some, draws closer.
The dispute centers on a 120 percent import duty imposed by Israel on nine containers [...]
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Washington – US, Israel Dicker Over the Price of Fish
Amsterdam – A pilot suspected of flying with a forged license for more than a decade was arrested in the Netherlands shortly before he was scheduled to depart on a flight carrying 101 passengers, police said on Wednesday.
National police said the man, identified a 41-year-old Swede who lives in Milan, was arrested in the cockpit [...]
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Amsterdam – Swedish Pilot Busted For Flying With Bogus License For 13 Years
