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Manhattan, NY - Insider Trader Ex-Con Sues NYU For His MBA
Today at 12:14 PM
Manhattan, NY - Ayal Rosenthal is suing NYU for breach-of-contract to reclaim his revoked MBA diploma, says the New York Post.
Three years ago, Rosenthal was convicted of leaking classified information while working as an accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He was attending NYU part time while committing the fraud. The university revoked his degree after the SEC brought charges.
He claims that the university was "excessive and unfair,"...
Washington - Newborn Blood Used in Research Angers Parents
Today at 11:55 AM
Washington - A critical safety net for babies — that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn in the U.S. — is facing an ethics attack.
After those tiny blood spots are tested for a list of devastating diseases, some states are storing them for years. Scientists consider the leftover...
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New York, NY - Council Reviewing Plan to Cut Thousands of Section 8 SlotsToday at 11:53 AM
New York, NY - New York City Council members are reviewing plans by public housing officials to eliminate thousands of housing vouchers for... |
Tokyo - Toyota Recalls 437,000 Priuses, Hybrids GloballyToday at 11:43 AM
Tokyo - Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems -- the latest in a string of... | |||
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New York, NY - Snow: NYC Public Schools To Be Closed WednesdayToday at 11:01 AM
New York, NY - New York City public schools will be closed on Wednesday due to the major snowstorm expected to blanket the region overnight, sources... |
New York - Feds Want Former NYC Top Cop To Go Directly To JailToday at 10:54 AM
New York - Federal prosecutors say former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik should go directly to jail when he's sentenced next... | |||
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California - Woman Who Give Birth After 40 Risk Having Autistic ChildToday at 10:46 AM
California - Women who give birth after age 40 face a higher risk of having an autistic child, regardless of the father's age, according to a... |
Bronx, NY - Feds Charge Prominent Councilman With FraudToday at 09:50 AM
Bronx, NY - City Councilman Larry B. Seabrook is expected to turn himself in to federal authorities in Manhattan on Tuesday to face a 13-count... | |||
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Washington - Israelis Organize Massive DC Snowball FightToday at 09:41 AM
Washington - During his three years in a Nahal infantry unit serving all around Israel, there was one type of battle the army never prepared Ami... |
New York - Major Snowstorm Set to Hit New York - and This Time It's For Real (they think)Today at 09:24 AM
New York - A nasty nor'easter could bury New York in a foot of snow starting Tuesday night.
For real this time.
The National Weather Service... | |||
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New York - A Tiny Bit of Light Can Banish a Great Deal of DarknessToday at 09:22 AM
New York - Several years ago, there was a popular book, “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff,” with a subtitle “And it’s all small stuff.” I... |
Port-au-Prince - Man Rescued From Debris in Haiti, May Have Been Trapped for 4 WeeksToday at 09:01 AM
Port-Au-Prince - A 28-year-old man was rescued from the rubble of a building in Haiti's capital Monday and it is possible he may have been trapped... | |||
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New York, NY - Audit: Lousy Record Keeping at Disability Parking Permit ProgramToday at 08:57 AM
New York, NY - Perfectly healthy scammers could fake their way to free parking on city streets by exploiting shoddy record keeping in a program for... |
Washington - Obama Gets Real Kick in New PollToday at 08:13 AM
Washington - President Obama's job approval rating has taken another dive, putting him underwater for the first time in the latest Marist poll.
Just 44% of the country approve of the work Obama is doing, while 47% don't like what they see.
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Kiryas Joel, NY - Mayor Appeals To State Police Superintendent To Delay Ticket BlitzToday at 08:13 AM
Kiryas Joel, NY - Complaints are mounting about a deluge of traffic tickets state troopers have written while patrolling Kiryas Joel to quell the... |
Barcelona, Spain - Out of Hiding, First ex-Marrano Returns to Spain as RabbiToday at 08:01 AM
Barcelona, Spain - For the first time since the expulsion of Spain's Jews in 1492, a descendant of forcibly-converted Spanish Jews who immigrated to... | |||
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Irvine, CA - 11 Arrested for Disrupting Israeli Ambassador's Talk at UC IrvineToday at 07:46 AM
Irvine, CA - Eleven students have been arrested during a raucous lecture at University of California, Irvine, where Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren... |
Forest Hills, NY - WWII Vet Crashes Into Synagogue Blames ToyotaToday at 07:36 AM
Forest Hills, Queens, NY - A World War II veteran said he and his wife became the latest victims of Toyota accelerator woes when his 2009 Camry's gas... | |||
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New York - Rabbi Dr. Bernard Lander – An Accomplished LifeToday at 07:26 AM
New York - Rabbi Dr. Bernard Lander, [Dov Berish] the founder and president of Touro College and Lander College, was a brilliant man of vision and... |
Washington - ADL Gives Obama An ‘F’ for Failing to Deliver in Middle EastYesterday at 11:22 PM
Washington - Two-and-a-half weeks after US President Barack Obama completed his first year in office, observers both in Israel and the US gave his Middle East policy largely failing grades for efficacy.
“Since there are no prospects of talks on the horizon, and in... | |||
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Brooklyn, Y - B44 Bus Route Gets Federal Stimulus Money For New InitiativeYesterday at 09:42 PM
An infusion of federal stimulus dollars could provide the jolt to get the Nostrand Avenue Select Bus Service (SBS) project jump-started.
That... |
London - Teacher Fired for Complaining Muslim Students Called 9/11 Hijackers 'Heroes'Yesterday at 08:52 PM
London - A British teacher was fired from his job after complaining that some of his Muslim students were celebrating the Sept. 11 hijackers as... | |||
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Albany, NY - Paterson Wants to Raise NYC Payroll Tax to Aid MTAYesterday at 07:28 PM
Albany, NY - New York Governor David Paterson proposed changes to a payroll tax aimed at assisting the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, saying... |
Dallas, TX - American To Charge $8 for Blankets, PillowsYesterday at 06:50 PM
Dallas, TX - If you want a pillow and blanket in coach on American Airlines, it's going to cost you.
The airline will charge $8 for a pillow and... | |||
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New York - NYC Mayor Bloomberg Donated $254 Million to Charity in 2009Yesterday at 06:14 PM
New York - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave $254 million of his fortune to philanthropic causes in 2009.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy... |
Albany, NY - New York Governor David Paterson Lashes Back at RumorsYesterday at 05:56 PM
Albany, NY - New York Gov. David Paterson is lashing back at what he calls an orchestrated, scandalous assault on his character that includes... | |||
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Miami, FL - Super Bowl Was Most Viewed TV Program EverYesterday at 05:41 PM
Miami, FL - The Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of M-A-S-H to become the most-watched program in... |
Stockholm - Court: Punishing Muslim for Refusal to Shake Hands With Women is DiscriminationYesterday at 05:23 PM
Stockholm – Sweden's unemployment agency has been found guilty of discrimination for expelling a Muslim man from a job training program because he... | |||
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New York, NY - Huge Jump in City Workers Making More Than $100,000Yesterday at 05:15 PM
New York, NY - The number of city workers pulling down $100,000 or more jumped more than tenfold in the last decade, largely because of hefty raises... |
Tallahassee, FL - Supreme Court Refuses to Halt Execution of Jewish InmateYesterday at 04:32 PM
Tallahassee, FL - The Florida Supreme Court has refused to halt the execution next week of a man convicted of murdering a state wildlife officer 26... | |||
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New York - U.S. Stocks Keeps on Sliding: Dow Down 100 PointsYesterday at 04:04 PM
New York - The Dow slipped Monday, with financials leading the retreat, as concerns about the economic recovery and Europe's debt problems kept... |
Manchester, IA - Zoo Gets 41,000 Pounds of Chicken Wings from AgriprocessorsYesterday at 04:01 PM
Manchester, IA - The big cats at the Cricket Hollow Zoo in Manchester like their chicken wings raw.
The zoo has scored about 41,000 pounds of... | |||
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New York, NY - City Gets New Area CodeYesterday at 03:37 PM
New York, NY - New Yorkers better think twice before screening calls from area code (929) -- the digits have recently be assigned to the existing (718) and (347) area codes serving the city's outer boroughs.
The code, which is already in effect, serves mainly the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. Forecasters estimate that... |
Brooklyn, NY - Council Candidate Lazar Tells Story of Reb Yoel of Satmar Zt'l at Belzer Melava MalkaYesterday at 02:48 PM
Brooklyn, NY - As the March 23rd race for Simcha Felder’s vacated city council seat heats up, the candidates are spending their time drumming up as... | |||
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