Tucson, AZ - Genetic technology developed to identify the remains of those killed in the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, will be enhanced in a University of Arizona genomics laboratory to solve a more complex puzzle — identification of families separated for generations after the Holocaust. In addition to possibly reuniting families, the DNA Shoah Project will collect a database that will...

Boston, MA - If you have a pacemaker and like listening to music, take note. Earphones used for portable music players may interfere with pacemakers if they're held close to the device, a new study suggests. Researchers have found that neodymium, the magnetic substance found in most earphones, can temporarily stop defibrillators from detecting abnormal heart rhythms. Defibrillators send either...

Lakewood, NJ - Hatzolah responding to a serious motor vehicle accident with a pedestrian student who was struck on County Line Road and Cederview. Lakewood Hatzolah is transporting the teenager to Jersey Shore Hospital with CPR in progress. The 16-year-old male victim is in tramatic arrest. U/D: 02:05am Boruch Dayan H'Emes, The teenage yeshiva student Eliyaha Goldworm the son of Rabbi Yisroel...

Manhattan, NY - After an overall renovation, courtesy people working day in and day out and donations poring in from all quarters, the USS Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum is back in business. It is thrown open to the public with a two-day celebration at Pier 86 in Manhattan. The museum on the Hudson River was renovated at a cost of $120 million. The refurbishment took a couple of months...

Washington - On November 9-10, 1938, Nazi storm troopers throughout Germany and Austria ransacked Jewish homes, marauded through the streets, broke windows of Jewish-owned stores and looted merchandise, set fire to synagogues, randomly attacked Jewish men, women and children and arrested thousands of men. When the violence ended, at least 96 Jews were dead, 1,300 synagogues and 7,500 businesses...

New York - For the rich, the party is over - as promised. Despite speculation to the contrary, President-elect Barack Obama will act on his campaign promise and roll back the Bush administration's tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, an Obama senior adviser told The Daily News. The Obama camp rejected the overnight analysis by some pundits who speculated the language at his first news...

Israel - First International Bank of Israel is expanding its activity in the haredi (ultra-orthodox) community through subsidiary Bank Poalei Agudat Israel Ltd. Bank Poalei Agudat Israel will issue its customers a branded credit card, PAGI Plus, which will offer discounts at businesses areas frequented by haredim, such as Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, and Ashdod. Bank Poalei Agudat Israel also...

Albany - Governor Paterson introduced a new website that will keep New Yorkers up to date as the state tries to work through a massive budget deficit. Reducenyspending.gov has several features that will let residents have say in what the state's spending priorities should be. The website gives information about the state's financial condition and the governor's initiatives to try to resolve...

Manhattan, NY - The NYPD's plan to have 5,000 cameras trained on every sidewalk crack south of Canal Street has begun in a space-age hub that will be operating by the end of the month. The "Ring of Steel" command center - which will keep 24-hour watch on high-profile targets like the World Trade Center site, the Stock Exchange and the Brooklyn Bridge - is on the 28th floor of a nondescript...

Wurtsboro, NY - A Long Island developer plans to build a community of mansions on top of the Shawangunk Ridge. Shalom Lamm, under his Black Creek Holdings LLC development company, says he is planning an exclusive gated community of 49 luxury homes on 650 acres. Prices will start at $2 million. The model house, which has soaring cathedral ceilings and panoramic views of the valley, is 8,300...

New York - It is known as the Citizen's Service Center in the halls of New York City government. It is a quick and anonymous way to report anyone who is ostensibly doing something illegal. Is someone running an illegal business next door to you? No problem. Dial 311. The problem is that, from a Torah perspective dialing these three harmless-looking digits can also be an instant way in which...

Lakewood, NJ - For the third time in a week, law enforcement officials in Ocean County made a large-scale drug bust, seizing more than 400 grams of cocaine at a township home early Friday morning. Acting on information developed during an investigation in concert with the federal Drug Enforcement Agency, members of the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office's Special Operations Group and Lakewood...

Jerusalem - The government voted to appoint Israel's former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau as Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council. The post was formerly filled by the late" Tommy" Yosef Lapid, journalist and head of the anti-religious Shinui party. Rabbi Lau currently serves as Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv, and served as Israel's Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi from 1993 to 2003. Accepting the...

New York, NY - Health officials are warning New Yorkers about a highly contagious stomach flu making its way through the city. The bad news is that this year’s flu vaccine does not protect against the highly contagious stomach flu, or norovirus, that’s sweeping New York City this week—sending more than 400 people a day (20% more than usual) into emergency rooms with severe vomiting and...

Berlin, Germany - Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Germans to stand together against racism and anti-Semitism as the nation marks the 70th anniversary of the Nazi pogrom known as "Kristallnacht" or "Night of Broken Glass." A memorial concert and other events are being held to mark the anniversary of the Nazi-incited riots that killed more than 91 Jews and damaged some 1,000...