Fallsburg, NY - The town has overhauled the garbage law, giving more power to code enforcement officers to issue tickets for not recycling and other violations. Recycling is now mandatory for all residents and businesses with curbside pickup. Fallsburg also banned the burning of cardboard and trash. Shop owners can also now be fined for failing to sweep their sidewalks or leaving bundles of...

Queens, NY - NYPD of the 112th Pct were requesting ESU with the Air-Bag to respond for a jumper on the ledge of the building at 62-27 108th Street, but the 79-year-old man jumped from the 4th floor before they arrived and was transported by EMS in traumatic arrest to North Shore Hospital of Queens, where he was pronounced dead, Chesed Shel Emes responding...

St. Louis, MO - The vice presidential candidates, Democratic Sen. Joe Biden and Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, debated in St. Louis, Missouri, Thursday night. Gwen Ifill of PBS was the debate moderator. A replay of the entire debate can be viewed below Here is a transcript of that debate: Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin debate the issues Thursday night. Sen. Joe Biden and...

Toronto, Canada - Ontario health officials are looking for 27 people who were exposed to tuberculosis during a Greyhound bus trip from Toronto to Detroit in late August. "There is a very low chance any of them were infected, but we are trying to identify them to let them know the risk," said Mark Nesbitt, a spokesman for the Ontario Ministry of Health. The scare is bad news for Greyhound...

Recklinghausen, Germany - An elderly convicted German war criminal was fined $2,300 by a court for a hold-up at a Belgian pharmacy. The man, who had been paroled after 22 years in prison for murdering six Jews in Gorlice, Poland during World War II, said he pointed a toy gun at a shop-owner in Eupen, Belgium as a protest against his 1968 conviction. The 91-year-old former member of the SS...

Williamsburg, NY - A motor vehicle accident with a child that was struck on Division Avenue and Bedford Avenue, Hatzolah BLS and ALS responding due to numerous calls...

Montreal, Canada - There will be no referendum on whether a Hasidic sect in the Plateau Mont Royal borough should be given the green light for a $400,000 project to renovate its synagogue at 5363 Hutchison St., in the midst of a residential neighbourhood. Only 81 local residents signed a registry at the borough council headquarters to oppose the Gate David of Bobov project, far short of the...

New York - In the wake of the collapse of major investment banks and the government's proposed bailout of financial institutions, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is reporting a dramatic upsurge in the number of anti-Semitic statements being posted to Internet discussion boards devoted to finance and the economy. Hundreds of anti-Semitic posts regarding Lehman Brothers and other institutions...

New York - Stocks declined Thursday as a fresh batch of dismal data agitated a market already on edge about a freeze in the credit markets and the bailout bill as it heads to the House tomorrow. "Congress is dragging its feet to get this passed," said Tom Schrader, managing director for U.S. equity trading at Stifel Nicolaus Capital Markets in Baltimore. "I think economic worries are starting...

St. Petersburg, FL - The Tampa Bay Rays’ three top executives have extra reason to hope the team takes care of the Chicago White Sox quickly in their American League division series, which begins Tuesday afternoon. Team owner Stuart Sternberg, Matt Silverman, the president, and the general manager Andrew Friedman are all Jewish, and Game 5 of this series, if necessary, would be played...

Fallsburg, NY - A Sullivan County grand jury has handed up felony indictments against Fallsburg’s fire chief and his uncle in connection with an Aug. 29 arson at the Skopps bungalow colony on Laurel Avenue. James Smith, 33, a longtime volunteer fighter, and his uncle, Edward Smith, 44, face charges of third-degree arson and burglary and fourth-degree conspiracy. James Smith has been...

Postville, NY - Attorneys with a Des Moines-based law firm have filed and been granted motions to withdraw from two cases in which their former client, Agriprocessors, is the defendant. In one of the two cases, a primary reason for seeking release was an unmet financial obligation by Agriprocessors. On May 20 Creative Source Group, a graphic design firm previously contracted by Agriprocessors...

New York, NY - The city is the most dangerous place to be a computer user, according to a new study by online security software developer PC Tools. "The first half of the year we did a study of 450,000 PC Tools Threat Fire community members, and we analyzed the number of attacks that hit those computers over the course of the first six months," explained Michael Greene of PC Tools. "And what...

New York City - Standing on the sidewalk outside the Park Avenue Synagogue after attending a service on Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, Joel Beeler said, “I feel troubled.” Mr. Beeler is a real estate investor who has been trying to line up financing for a shopping center project. He said that an hour on the phone with a banker before the service had been fruitless. But he said he was...

New York City - An increasing number of apartment complexes face possible foreclosure and thousands of city renters could be the next victims of the mortgage crisis, housing advocates warn. At least 580 buildings, containing 40,000 units, have one or more factors that could lead to mortgage default, Crain's New York Business reported Sunday on its Web site. Private equity firms bought at...