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Albany, NY - Paterson Wants to Raise NYC Payroll Tax to Aid MTA
Today 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 it would restore about $230 million in revenue this year to the cash-strapped transit agency.
Paterson, a Democrat, recommended raising a so-called...
Dalles, TX - American To Charge $8 for Blankets, Pillows
Today 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 blanket in coach class for domestic trips and some international flights longer than two hours, beginning May 1. The international flights are to and...
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New York - NYC Mayor Bloomberg Donated $254 Million to Charity in 2009Today 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 RumorsToday 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 EverToday 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 DiscriminationToday 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 $100,000Today 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 InmateToday 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 PointsToday 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 AgriprocessorsToday 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 CodeToday 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 MalkaToday 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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Pennsylvania - Powerful Congressman John Murtha DiesToday at 02:43 PM
Pennsylvania - A spokesman says Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine Corps officer who became... |
Mumbai, India - German President Visits SynagogueToday at 01:26 PM
Mumbai, India - It was not only his first official visit to Mumbai but also the first by a German head of state to a Jewish synagogue in India and... | |||
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Jerusalem - Israel On Schedule to Inaugurate Electric Car GridToday at 12:47 PM
Jerusalem - Israel is on schedule to inaugurate a revolutionary electric car grid with dozens of recharge stations and thousands of cars on the road... |
New York - Sugary Soda Linked To Pancreas CancerToday at 12:20 PM
New York - People who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer, an unusual but deadly cancer... | |||
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Los Angeles, CA - Congresswoman: America ‘cursed’ by God ‘if we reject Israel’Today at 11:34 AM
Los Angeles, CA - At a Republican Jewish Coalition event in Los Angeles last week, Rep. Michele Bachmann offered a candid view of her positions on... |
Torrance, CA - Toyota’s Powerful Friends in WashingtonToday at 11:17 AM
Torrance, CA - The lawmakers now investigating Toyota's recall include a senator who was so eager to lure the Japanese automaker to his state that he... | |||
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Jerusalem - Approved by Rabbis Yeshiva Students Building Their MusclesToday at 11:01 AM
Jerusalem - In the evening hours, as their friends are still leaning over the Talmud pages, they leave the yeshiva and replace their hats and suits... |
Brooklyn, NY - Another Affordable Housing Proposal For Williamsburg Criticized by Community Board 1Today at 10:51 AM
Brooklyn, NY - More affordable housing could be coming to Williamsburg, but community leaders are critical of a development proposal that they... | |||
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San‘a - Yemen's al-Qaeda Calls for Jihad in Region Against JewsToday at 10:05 AM
San‘a - The Yemen-based wing of al Qaeda called on Muslims in the Arabian peninsula to wage jihad, or holy war, against Christians and Jews in the... |
Sullivan County, NY - EMS Chief: Quickway Needs Better Cell ServiceToday at 09:59 AM
Sullivan County, NY - New York Route 17, which is gradually being converted to I-86, has several cell phone dead zones in Sullivan County. Veteran... | |||
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Nashville, TN - Sarah Palin Grabs Attention By Hand Notes During Tea Party ConventionToday at 09:44 AM
Nashville, TN - Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has managed to spark a controversy as it has emerged that she had notes written on her palms while... |
Jerusalem - Bill To Allow Israeli Citizens To Vote For Knesset From Anywhere WorldwideToday at 09:19 AM
Jerusalem - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to submit a bill allowing all Israeli citizens to vote abroad. "It will contribute to the... | |||
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Bronx, NY - Family Feud That's Lasted 27 Years in Court Between Max Sakow's Children May Soon Be OverToday at 09:15 AM
Bronx, NY - A family feud over a father's will that has raged for more than a quarter-century - pitting two sisters against their brother in a Bronx... |
Miami, FL - What Proved To Be The Game Changer For the Saints?Today at 09:10 AM
Miami, FL - The hotly anticipated Super Bowl XLIV matchup between the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints, at a full house in Miami, may... | |||
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New Orleans - Saints Go Marching In to Boost Battered CityToday at 08:43 AM
New Orleans - In New Orleans, the city that has still not overcome the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, the largest natural disaster in the... |
New York, NY - Charles Barron Only City Council Democrat Without Committee SeatToday at 08:24 AM
New York, NY - In a City Council that for the first time has a nonwhite majority, black empowerment activist Charles Barron now finds himself a... | |||
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New Paltz, NY - Local Firefighters Head To Israel To VolunteerToday at 08:16 AM
New Paltz, NY - Firefighters at New Paltz get calls for mutual aid all the time.
But from Israel?
Two Israeli officials, members of the Israeli... |
Tokyo, Japan - Body Found in Wheel Well of Delta Plane from New YorkToday at 08:01 AM
Tokyo, Japan - Japanese authorities said Monday they are trying to identify a body found inside one of the landing gear compartments on a Delta... | |||
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Staten Island, NY - Meet The Big Apple's 111-year-old WonderToday at 07:55 AM
Staten Island, NY - Jane Gilsenan has lived in three centuries, seen 19 U.S. presidents, is New York's oldest resident, and one of the oldest people... |
Jerusalem - NYT Editor Defends Reporter's Israel PostingToday at 07:50 AM
Jerusalem - Can a foreign correspondent cover the Israeli-Palestinian conflict if his son is an IDF soldier?
The New York Times, in an opinion column on Saturday, answered “Yes” to that question when its executive editor Bill Keller defended the paper’s... | |||
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New York - Schumer Slams Plan to Pull Coast Guard Team from NY HarborToday at 07:44 AM
New York - Senator Charles Schumer is urging the Obama administration to scrap its plan to move an elite Coast Guard team out of New York... |
San Jose - Historic: Costa Rica Gets First Jewish Vice PresidentToday at 12:01 AM
San Jose - Citizens of Costa Rica were exercising their democratic right Sunday and participating in the election process, which is has resulted in... | |||
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