Stamford, CT - A swimming pool company president made his first court appearance today since being charged with manslaughter in the drowning of a 6-year-old Rye Country Day School student. Shoreline Pools President David Lionetti was arraigned in Stamford Superior Court. He did not enter a plea, and his case was continued to Aug. 12. Zachary Cohn died last summer after his arm got stuck in...

Washington - Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, surprised IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Gabi Ashkenazi on Thursday by honoring him with the US military's highest award. Following the reception, the two met face-to-face and discussed the issues on the agenda for about two hours. IDF chief of staff tells reporters in Washington that Israel prefers to find...

West Hartfod, CT - The town's police chief James J. Strillacci has joined the discussion about an ongoing problem warning residents about burglars going on a crime spree in the town. The chief sent out a letter to residents about his hopes that neighborhoods will form block watches and that residents will learn how to spot suspicious people in their area and alert the police and the people...

Australia - A Melbourne-bound Qantas jet was forced to return to Adelaide's airport Monday night after a door above the one of the wheels failed to close, Australian media reported Tuesday. Civil Aviation Safety Authority spokesman Peter Gibson told The Daily Telegraph the aircraft's wheels came up after takeoff but the undercarriage door would not retract — a malfunction he deemed on the...

New York, NY - A New York City police officer was stripped of his gun and badge Monday after he was caught on video slamming a cyclist in motion to the ground for no reason apparently. The cyclist was among over a hundred other "Critical Mass" riders passing through Times Square Friday evening, when witnesses say -- and as a video posted on YouTube shows -- two officers approach him. What...

Chicago, IL - Gov. Jon S. Corzine was among the panel of advisers talking with Barack Obama about the economy today. Corzine joined investor Warren Buffett, Google CEO Eric Schmidt and former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker, among other economy experts meeting with the Democratic presidential hopeful in Washington. Corzine was a supporter of Hillary Clinton. After she dropped out...

New York City - Stocks fell sharply Monday, with the Dow plunging 240 points on renewed fears that neither the economy nor the battered financial sector would be able to recover soon. the Dow Jones industrial average closed down 240 Points At 11,131...

Jerusalem, Israel - Petitions filed with the Transportation Ministry against the Egged and Dan mehadrin segregated bus lines seem to have fallen on deaf ears as Egged opens another bus route for the ultra-Orthodox in Jerusalem. The new Egged-chartered, separate-seating bus route, 15A, operates in the capital's Har Nof neighborhood. Har Nof, a neighborhood in the far west of Jerusalem, was...

Brooklyn, NY - VIN News has confirmed that a Jewish grandmother that resides in Flatbush is a winner of 2,000 A week for life scratch off game. The name of the person can only be made public by VIN News tomorrow after 1 PM after the NY state Lotto will make an official announcement, VIN News will have an update and photos...

Brooklyn, NY - Police calling for a level one mobilization for a confirmed bank robbery at 26 Court Street and Remsen Street of the Signature Bank. ...

Cupertino, CA - In its recently created status blog for MobileMe, which has struggled with downtime since its launch earlier this month, Apple admits it lost some e-mails during a four-day period at the height of the outage. A poster on the blog identifying himself as "David G." continued to stress that restoring full e-mail access was Apple's first priority. The blog post first appeared on...

Miami, FL - Miami-Dade police officials plan to include in their 2009 handbook a note about how to respond to calls about ritual animal sacrifices. The decision comes a year after Coral Gables officers raided a home where practitioners of Santeria were slaughtering goats, chickens and pigeons. Several worshippers were held at gunpoint and detained for hours. Santeria, is a blend of traditional...

New Jersey - One auto insurance company is offering Garden State motorists discounts of up to 60 percent if they install a high-tech monitoring device. The wireless devices will tell Progressive how many miles are driven, how fast people accelerate and hit the brakes. Under the pay-as-you-drive concept, good drivers will get discounts and lead foots could face surcharges as high as 9...

New York - The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America – the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization – through its Institute for Public Affairs, applauded the awarding of $15 million in security grants to nonprofits, including many Jewish institutions, by the Department of Homeland Security. The awards, announced Friday, are an important tool to help prevent...

Trenton, NJ - Veteran state Assemblyman Neil Cohen resigned this morning, less than a week after child pornography was allegedly found on his legislative office computer. Cohen (D-Union) submitted his one-sentence resignation letter to clerk of the Assembly at 9:24 a.m., said Derek Roseman, spokesman for the Assembly Democrats. It read: "Please accept this letter as my formal resignation...