Los Angeles, CA - Jewish students and faculty at California universities fear for their safety on campus because of threats aimed at them over the Middle East conflict, the father of a slain Wall Street Journal reporter said Friday. Judea Pearl, whose son, Daniel Pearl, was kidnapped and killed by al Qaeda extremists while on assignment in Pakistan in 2002, told reporters at a news conference...

Jerusalem - The family of accused child molester Elior Chen, currently incarcerated in Brazil, intended to present libel charges in beis din against Rabbi Moshe Shaul Klein, who serves as a dayan in Rabbi Shmuel Vozner’s rabbinical court, for a letter he wrote, according to the family, against Chen. Chen’s father Mr. Yaakov Chen, says “the letter has hurt us materially and...

New York - HSBC Bank USA, M&T Bank Corp., and more than 530 other banks and credit unions nationwide are re-issuing new credit and debit cards to consumers after a major security breach at a nationwide transaction processor was disclosed last month. Heartland Payment Systems said last month it had just learned its processing system had been breached in 2008, possibly as part of what its...

Seattle, WA - A new study shows that caffeine helps kill off human cells damaged by ultraviolet light, one of the key triggers of several types of skin cancer. The finding, detailed in online issue of the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, could one day lead to the development of caffeine creams or ointments to help reverse the effects of UV damage in humans and prevent some skin...

Cedarhurst, NY - The 9-year-old son of the Chabad Shluchim in the Five Towns, passed away on Shabbos after suffering from what seems to be SADS (Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndrome). Levi Wolowik, a reserved child who always had a smile on his face, didn't reply when a family member came to wake him up on Shabbos, February 28 morning. "He went to sleep normal at night and didn't wake up in the...

Toledo, OH - Naama Shafir had all but given up hope of playing college basketball in the United States even though she was clearly good enough. She was the best player in her league in Israel. College coaches noticed her. But she wasn't willing to give up her religious beliefs. Shafir, an Orthodox Jew, already had cleared one obstacle: her rabbi gave her permission to play on Saturdays, a...

New York, NY - The city's Department of Environmental Protection says it is trying to identify property owners who use water without paying. They want to soak them with additional fees and penalties. DEP Acting Commissioner Steve Lawitts told the Water Board that current fines don't give property owners an incentive to pay. They currently face a $50 fine if they refuse to let a water...

Englewood Cliffs, NJ - A man who ran a small Russian broadcasting company in Bergen County was indicted today for allegedly operating a scheme to bilk $3 million from finance companies, authorities said. David Moro, 49, of Pomona, N.Y., was chief executive of Inchon, an Englewood Cliffs firm that ran the Russian Radio Network. Authorities said he convinced financial firms -- including...

Camden, NJ - After nearly 13 years as a fugitive, a former New Jersey resident has been returned to the United States, and pleaded guilty today to conspiring to committing one of the nation’s largest known motor fuel excise tax schemes, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division announced. Aaron Misulovin a/k/a Albert Friedman, a/k/a Valery Vibornov, pleaded...

Norfolk, VA - The computers and phones are gone. So are the two safes, the six large flat-screen televisions and a treadmill. A sale of the contents of WexTrust Capital's office in Dominion Tower raised about $35,000, the court-appointed receiver for WexTrust said Friday. Some remaining items, including furniture and electronic equipment, will be sold at auction in the next 30 to 60 days, said...

Phoenix, AZ - One of the most listened to radio personality in America Paul Harvey, has died at the age of 90. Harvey was an American radio broadcaster for the ABC Radio Networks. He broadcasted News and Comment on weekday mornings and mid-days, and at noon on Saturdays, as well as his famous The Rest of the Story segments. His listening audience was estimated at 22 million people a week...

New York, NY - A plan to make New York City motorists pay $2 tolls to drive across toll-free bridges won the mayor's backing on Friday. The new tolls were proposed by Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver as an alternative to the $5 motorists would pay under a plan Governor David Paterson supports to stave off fare increases and service cuts planned by the state's mass transit...

Lakewood, NJ - A fire at 639 Seventh St. on Friday damaged a house and spread across the backyard fence. A resident at the house, Miriam Flagler, 39, told police that she ran outside after smelling smoke. No one was injured in the blaze. The fire ripped through the rear section of the house and spread across debris and fallen leaves in the backyard to the wooden fence on the property, said...

London - Germany is considering issuing an arrest warrant for Bishop Richard Williamson over his controversial claim that no Jews died in the gas chambers during the Second World War. The 69-year-old British-born bishop made the comments during an interview with Swedish television last year at a seminary for the ultra-orthodox Society of Saint Pius X in the Bavarian village of Zaitzkoven, near...

Israel - Palestinian terrorists from in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip fired seven rockets at Israel on Saturday, according to the Israeli military, further straining a fragile month-old ceasefire. No one was killed or wounded in the attacks, with two of the rockets striking near the Israeli town of Ashkelon, around 13 miles from the impoverished territory. One rocket damaged a school, which was...