Budapest, Hungary - Prosecutors investigating a Hungarian man wanted by Nazi hunters as a war criminal are considering expanding their investigation to Serbia. Efraim Zuroff, head of the Israeli office of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, claims that 94-year-old Sandor Kepiro took part in the killings some 1,200 Serb and Jewish civilians in Novi Sad, Serbia, in early 1942. But the Budapest...

New York - Stocks staged a big comeback late Friday, with the Dow erasing most of the 600-point decline it suffered in the afternoon in a vertigo inducing session. Credit markets remained tight, although short-term lending showed some improvement from recent days. Treasury prices fell, raising the corresponding yields. The dollar gained versus the yen and fell against the euro. Oil, gas and...

New York - Who is running for president? In an upstate New York county, hundreds of voters have been sent absentee ballots in which they could vote for "Barack Osama." The absentee ballots sent to voters in Rensselaer County identified the two presidential candidates as "Barack Osama" and "John McCain." In the United States, the best-known person named Osama is Osama bin Laden, leader of...

Savannah, GA - Fort Benning officials say a trainee has been punished in the beating of a Jewish soldier, but won't face military proceedings. Fort Benning spokeswoman Monica Manganaro said today privacy restrictions prohibited the Army from releasing further information such as the soldier's name and the specific punishment he will receive. Pvt. Michael Handman of Atlanta said he was attacked...

New Jersey - It's going to cost more to drive on New Jersey's toll roads. The New Jersey Turnpike Authority voted to raise tolls in two phases on the turnpike and Garden State Parkway. The first hike comes in December, and the second comes in 2012. Gov. Jon Corzine has already signed off on the increases, which were opposed by many citizens and trucking groups. A drive along the full...

London - A man facing extradition to the United States on terrorism charges has spoken of his nightmare at being linked to attacks on coalition troops in Iraq. Farshid Gillardian, 39, [a/k/a "Isaac Gillardian] from Hendon, North-West London, is accused by US authorities of being part of a network that allegedly supplied components used to make roadside bombs which have killed soldiers in Iraq...

Williamsburg, NY - Once is an unfortunate accident, but twice does make one start to wonder what the heck is going on at 184 Kent? We're not sure what fell, but since the building is undergoing a massive rehab, we have to say that it was very big, fell from a great height, or both! And last week there was another shattered back window right outside the building. Whatever is going on, the...

New York - You drive by it in the morning. You see it in Far Rockaway, you see it in Flatbush, and you see it in Boro Park. You wonder about the Halacha. You see a Sukkah built on public property. Your thinking is that it is pretty near impossible to even contact the authorities to get permission to build on public property. And so you wonder.. Is it a Kosher Sukkah? Even if it is a Kosher...

Lav Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chief Executive Sheldon Adelson's net worth declined $4 billion from Aug. 29 to Oct. 1, the steepest drop among Americans who lost $1 billion or more during the credit crisis, according to Forbes magazine. The magazine, in its Oct. 27 issue, recalculates the effect of September's financial news on the wealthiest Americans, those who make up its Forbes 400...

Adirondack, Northway I-87 - A monopole hidden in the pines will bring cell service to one section of Adirondack Northway in under two weeks. Suggested ringtone for the next trip to North Hudson: "It's Been a Long Time Coming." But any ring will be welcome around mile marker 94 for about four miles north and south of Exit 29. The tower, a tall piece of Verizon Wireless technology, was...

Borough Park, NY - Multiple Boro Park Hatzolah members are on the scene on 16th Avenue and 63rd Street for a vehicle that overturned and a patient trapped inside the vehicle. Fire department is putting the Hurst Tool to work to free the patient, Hatzolah requesting two ambulances and paramedics to respond to the scene. ...

London - A man has been charged for conning money out of people going to synagogue. Police confirmed Bradley Silver, 40, of Gainsborough Road, Finchley, was charged with fraud by false representation. A letter was sent to members of Borehamwood and Elstree Synagogue, in Croxdale Road, warning of a con man approaching people who claimed to be working for Elstree Studios and asking for...

New York - One Sunny day in late August, Andy Kastner made the short drive from his apartment in Riverdale, in the Bronx, to Yonkers First Live Poultry Market, a narrow cinder-block shop that sells live chickens, pigeons, quail and rabbits stacked in ancient-looking metal cages. At Yonkers First, workers usually slaughter and butcher the animals for customers, but Kastner was there because he...

New York - General Motors Corp. (GM) said Friday it isn't considering bankruptcy protection in the face of declining sales and credit market woes that have sent the auto maker's shares to their lowest levels in nearly six decades. "Clearly we face unprecedented challenges related to uncertainty in the financial markets globally and weakening economic fundamentals in many key markets," GM said in...

New York - If ever there was a setup for a Black Friday on Wall Street, this is it. We can hope it doesn’t happen. But better that investors are realistic about the risks. Global markets and the world economy are at a dangerous point in this debt-fueled debacle, and anyone who says otherwise is a liar. On Thursday the U.S. stock market suffered its seventh straight loss, and the 7.3% drop...