Google is to start charging companies for listing their products in a core part of its search service, the first time it has converted a free section of its giant online index into a purely commercial venture. (more…)
Orlando - A judge today revoked the bond of the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and ordered him returned to jail within 48 hours. (more…)
A robber in a hurry struck at three banks along a stretch of Kings Highway in Brooklyn in a span of about 30 minutes on Friday afternoon, the police said. (more…)
Facebook experienced service outages for portions of its 900 million users last night after the social networking site was apparently targeted by hacking group Anonymous. (more…)
[Audio below.] The following is a shiur delivered by Harav Yisroel Reisman, maggid shiur in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas and mara d’asra of Agudath Israel of Madison. The shiur, on Parshas Behar-Bechukosai,was (more…)
Authorities say a 28-year-old Hudson Valley man has been charged with driving his motorcycle at nearly 200 mph in the rain on the New York State Thruway. (more…)
A new documentary alleges that detainees at Guantanamo Bay were “tortured” by being forced to listen to songs from Sesame Street for days on end. (more…)
The reality of ” Taxmageddon” - a heavy load of tax code provisions expiring at the end of the year - is that lawmakers probably won’t come together on a comprehensive agreement until after the election this fall. (more…)
Rav Yisroel Belsky, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas, who was hospitalized in late February at Maimonides Medical Center in Boro Park for a torn esophagus and a collapsed lung, returned home (more…)
President Barack Obama is confiding to Democratic donors that he may have to revisit the health-care issue in a second term, a position at odds with his publicly expressed confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court will (more…)
[Video below.] Each week, Rav Avrohom Stulberger, rosh yeshiva of Valley Torah High School in Los Angeles, shares a 3-4 minute message relating to the parshas hashovuah. Matzav.com is proud to (more…)
[Video below.] Rav Bentzion Shafier has impacted thousands of people with his talks and lectures, and especially with his innovative “Shmuz,” a mussar shmuess that draws on Torah, Gemara and the (more…)
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Google is to start charging companies for listing their products in a core part of its search service, the first time it has converted a free section of its giant online index into a purely commercial venture. 
Orlando - A judge today revoked the bond of the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and ordered him returned to jail within 48 hours. 
A robber in a hurry struck at three banks along a stretch of Kings Highway in Brooklyn in a span of about 30 minutes on Friday afternoon, the police said. 
Facebook experienced service outages for portions of its 900 million users last night after the social networking site was apparently targeted by hacking group Anonymous. 
For the second time in as many years, computer security experts have hailed the discovery of a newcyber weapon as one that 
President Obama has shelled out more in federal spending than the five presidents that came before him.
The patriotic bunting is ready, the golden carriage on standby, the boats freshly painted, the shops filled with royals souvenirs. 
Super-sized sugary drinks bad, donuts good.
President Bill Clinton veered sharply off message Thursday, telling CNN that Mitt Romney’s business record at Bain Capital was “sterling.” 
Just how far would a government go to protect us from ourselves?
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By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
Authorities say a 28-year-old Hudson Valley man has been charged with driving his motorcycle at nearly 200 mph in the rain on the New York State Thruway. 
They are the gaudy fashion statement.
A new documentary alleges that detainees at Guantanamo Bay were “tortured” by being forced to listen to songs from Sesame Street for days on end. 
The reality of ” Taxmageddon” - a heavy load of tax code provisions expiring at the end of the year - is that lawmakers probably won’t come together on a comprehensive agreement until after the election this fall. 
Rav Yisroel Belsky, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas, who was hospitalized in late February at Maimonides Medical Center in Boro Park for a torn esophagus and a collapsed lung, returned home 
President Barack Obama is confiding to Democratic donors that he may have to revisit the health-care issue in a second term, a position at odds with his publicly expressed confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court will 
Seaside Heights, NJ - As soon as he saw the balloon dart game at one boardwalk stand, Martin Silva knew something was wrong. 
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By Rav Shmuel Brazil