New York – The experts say that witness intimidation is most common in domestic violence and in organized crime. So maybe we should not be shocked that the head of the New York State Police sounded like a mob boss when he tried to explain why his troopers contacted a woman who had filed court papers [...]

4 cops hurt, 7 arrests made; dozens who were holed up in Al-Aksa Mosque leave.

Concepcion – In Chile, more than 400 people are known to have died in the huge earthquake that rocked the city of Concepcion. While relatively few people were killed, the damage is widespread and aftershocks and looting are now problems. The 8.8 magnitude quake led to tsunami warnings across the Pacific but the huge and deadly waves [...]

Some three weeks after a number of barrels laden with explosives washed ashore along a number of Israeli beaches, another suspicious barrel washed ashore on shabbos, on the Palmachim Beach. Bomb demolition experts were summoned and it appears that while the barrel did not contain explosives, authorities are not ruling out a possible connection to the [...]

New York – It took Ina Polak 35 years to discover the dusty piece of paper that probably saved her and her family in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. It wasn’t until she was cleaning her mother’s New York City apartment following her death in 1980 that she discovered the document listing her, her sister and parents. It [...]

United Arab Emirates – Dubai police says forensic tests show a Hamas commander was drugged and then suffocated in his hotel room. Police officials say tests showed a substantial amount of a fast-acting muscle relaxant called succinylcholine was found in Mahmoud al-Mabhouh’s bloodstream. The analysis was part of tests conducted after al-Mabhouh was killed Jan. 19. Dubai [...]

Jerusalem – Shas’ spiritual leader, Rabbi Ovadia, Yosef said that “drunkenness is an abominable and nefarious act” and that in Purim one must drink very little wine, only as a symbolic act to remember Ahasuerus’ feast – without getting intoxicated. Rabbi Yosef said, “Haman was intoxicated, but we must act with good manners.” The rabbi recommended [...]

Two more suspects identified in Mabhouh's death, Khalfan tells Egyptian paper.

Manhattan, NY – Shards of glass rained down on hundreds of revelers — including actor Chris Noth and “Jersey Shore” cast members Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and Vinny Guadagnino — at a Midtown party last night, injuring ten, officials said. “Omg roof just collapsed!” Snooki Tweeted right after the 11:15 p.m. accident at the Sony Building, where [...]

Luxor, Egypt – Archaeologists have unearthed the massive head of one Egypt’s most famous pharoahs who ruled nearly 3,400 years ago, the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities announced Sunday. The head of Amenhotep III, which alone is about the height of a person, was found in the ruins of the pharaoh’s mortuary temple in the southern [...]