85 MPH: Texas Considers Highest Speed Limit in Nation
Some Texans aren't happy about only driving 80 miles per hour. The Legislature is considering raising the maximum speed limit to 85 mph, highest...
American Civil War 150th Anniversary Marked This Week
The opening salvo of the American Civil War will be recreated in the harbor of Charleston, S.C., as part of events marking this week's...
DAs: More Time For Repeat Crimes; Courts Clogged
Ronnie Earl had racked up more than 100 convictions when New York City police found him sleeping on the roof of a housing project...
$4-a-Gallon Gas Now a Reality
The average price for a gallon of gasoline in the United States has moved closer to $4, jumping more than 19 cents since mid-March...
Schumer Urges NYers To Collect Unclaimed Refunds
NY Sen. Charles Schumer says New Yorkers could be missing tens of millions dollars in unclaimed tax refunds and college tuition tax credits.
Schumer said...
103-Year-Old Federal Judge Still Hearing Federal Cases
In a courtroom in Wichita, the day begins much as it has for the past 49 years: Court is in session, U.S. District Judge...
America’s Meanest Airlines 2011
Last year was a good one for the airline industry, with U.S. airlines churning out the highest profits in more than a decade. With...
IDF: Shalit Abductor Killed
Senior Hamas member Taysir Saliman Abu-Saname, killed by the IDF in a southern Gaza Strip strike early Shabbos, was involved among other things in...
Bernard Madoff: Business Schools Want Me to Help “Work on Ethics Courses”
Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard Madoff claims academia is calling him - for help with ethics. In a prison interview published in the Financial Times, Madoff...
WikiLeaks: Israel Ruled Out Military Option On Iran Years Ago
Senior defense officials ruled out an Israeli military attack on Iran's nuclear sites as early as five and a half years ago, telegrams sent...
Tefillos Requested for School Bus Missile Victim
The family of 16-year-old Daniel Viflic is asking the public to daven for their son. Daniel was critically wounded last week when Gaza terrorists fired...
Hamas Urges Israel to Halt Attacks on Gaza in Rare Direct Hebrew Appeal
A senior Hamas official today made a rare direct appeal to the Israeli public to halt the current round of cross-border fighting, after a...
Officials: Serious Lapses in Security On JFK Airport Shuttle
A number of security lapses in an airport shuttle system in New York is raising concerns among some Port Authority officers and state senators.
"Among...
Study: Taaneisim Helps Lower Heart Risk
Is routine fasting good for your heart? It might be. A recent study found that people who regularly fasted had a 58 percent lower...
Reuters Headline: 4 “Militants” (Terrorists) Killed in Gaza (As an Aside: 70 Rockets Fired...
Reuters reports: Israel killed four Palestinian militants and wounded half a dozen others as it pursued air raids in Gaza for a third day...
Government Shutdown Averted, White House and Republicans Reach Deal
The bottom line to Friday night's spending deal is a record $40 billion cut in domestic and foreign aid appropriations - and a hard...
Ban Ki-moon to Peres: I Will Not Retract the Goldstone Report
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told President Shimon Peres in a meeting in New York today that the UN would not be retracting...
Government Shutdown Might Delay Tax Refunds
Congressional leaders have until midnight tonight to avoid a federal government shutdown. Taxpayers in the Tri-State Area still expecting a refund check in the...
YU Professors Discover How Cancer Spreads
For many types of cancer, the original tumor itself is usually not deadly. Instead, it's the spread of a tiny subpopulation of cells from...
Video: Yad Vashem Puts Eichmann Trial On YouTube
Israel's Yad Vashem museum today uploaded footage of the entire trial of Holocaust architect Adolf Eichmann to YouTube to mark the 50 years...
