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Archive for October, 2007

Technical Difficulty

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

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Soldiers Uncover Weapons Lab in Shechem

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

IDF soldiers found a weapons lab in Shechem on Sunday night. The lab was found in the house of Jafar Samhan.
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India Official Dies After Monkey Attack

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Wild monkeys attacked a senior government official who then fell from a balcony at his home and died Sunday, media reported.

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Dozens of Capitol Hill Protesters Arrested

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Dozens of protesters were arrested Monday for blocking the doors and streets outside congressional buildings near the U.S. Capitol, according to Sgt. Kimberly Schneider, spokeswoman for the U.S. Capitol police.

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NYC taxi drivers begin 2nd taxi strike to protest GPS and credit card technology

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Some of the city’s taxi drivers went on strike Monday to protest new rules requiring installation of equipment that would let passengers watch TV, pay with credit cards and check their location on GPS.
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Boy’s 911 Call Leads To Mother’s Arrest

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

An 8-year-old boy called 911 about his mother’s driving Saturday night, leading Clark County deputies to arrest her.
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Bochur is Lucky to be Alive Following Accident

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

A fifteen year old Bochur is very lucky to be alive this morning, following an early morning crash on Kingston Avenue and Montgomery Street, where a fifteen passenger car service van and a large SUV were involved in a collision which sent them both on to the sidewalk.
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Cheney warns Iran of ‘consequences’

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Vice President Dick Cheney warned Iran of “serious consequences” should it continue to develop a nuclear weapon.
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Dozens wounded in Israel prison riot

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Dozens of people were wounded in violent clashes between Palestinian inmates and prison guards at an Israeli jail on Monday, prison officials said.
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Islamic Jihad fires seven rockets at Israel

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

The armed wing of Islamic Jihad movement claimed responsibility on Monday for launching seven homemade rockets from northern Gaza Strip at Israel.
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Ticketless baseball fans in Denver

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

What if you threw a World Series and no one came because they couldn’t buy tickets?

That is the dilemma facing the Colorado Rockies on Monday after the baseball team suspended online ticket sales because servers were overwhelmed by traffic.
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SanDisk Launches PC-To-TV Player And Online Video Service

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

SanDisk on Monday launched a PC-to-TV video player that lets users download content from a USB port, and then carry the files over to a living room television for playback through standard audio/video sockets. In addition, SanDisk also unveiled a video download site called Fanfare which would compete with Apple’s iTunes music and video store.
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The NFL Rabbi

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Rabbi Shais Taub (center) helps Michael Marcus with his phylacteries before morning prayers and a tailgate with a group of Orthodox Jews on Sunday near Green Bay’s Lambeau Field. At left is former Packers offensive lineman Alan Veingrad, now known as Shlomo Veingrad.

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Clinton Finds Way to Play Along With Drudge

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

As Senator Barack Obama prepared to give a major speech on Iraq one morning a few weeks ago, a flashing red-siren alert went up on the Drudge Report Web site. It read, “Queen of the Quarter: Hillary Crushes Obama in Surprise Fund-Raising Surge,” and, “$27 Million, Sources Tell Drudge Report.”
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‘Tense Moments’ in Spacecraft’s Landing

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

A Soyuz craft veered off its designated landing course Sunday, coming down more than 200 miles short of its original destination on the steppes of Kazakhstan. It arrived safely, bringing two Russian cosmonauts and Malaysia’s first space traveler back to Earth, officials said.

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Skinhead attacks in Moscow

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

Two skinhead attacks in southern Moscow left one man dead and two severely wounded.
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Call to search more black people

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

More black people must be searched to stop gun crime, according to the head of the Black Police Association.

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Charedim assault woman & soldier on bus

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

A religious woman and a male Israeli soldier sitting next to her were assaulted on an Israeli bus.
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Gaza hospital to stop surgery as it runs out of gas

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

A Palestinian health official said on Sunday Gaza’s main hospital would be forced to stop surgery because Israel had banned imports of anesthetic gas, but Israel said it had not blocked medical supplies.
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Israeli archaeologists overseeing Jerusalem dig find link to first Jewish Temple

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

Israeli archaeologists overseeing a contested dig at Jerusalem’s holiest site for Muslims and Jews stumbled upon a sealed archaeological level dating back to the era of the first biblical Jewish temple, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Sunday.
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Critical Letter to Limbaugh Fetches $2 Million

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

After Rush Limbaugh referred to Iraq war veterans critical of the war as “phony soldiers,” he received a letter of complaint signed by 41 Democratic senators. He decided to auction the letter, which he described as “this glittering jewel of colossal ignorance,” for charity, and he pledged to match the price, dollar for dollar.

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Indian Immigrant Wins Louisiana Governor’s Race

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal became the nation’s youngest governor and the first nonwhite to hold post in Louisiana since Reconstruction when he carried more than half the vote to defeat 11 opponents.

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Fatah Men Tried to Kill Olmert

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

Fatah terrorists planned to assassinate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on his way to Jericho for an August 6 meeting with PA Chairman and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen).
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Comments anybody?

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Fell free to comment with your opinions and feedback on the articles.

Google vows to increase Gmail storage limit

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

People using Google Inc.’s Gmail service are using up storage space faster than the company can add it.
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Iran: ‘We can fire 11,000 rockets in a minute’

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Iran is capable of firing 11,000 rockets into enemy bases in the first minute after any attack, state-run television quoted a top Revolutionary Guards Corps commander as saying Saturday.
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School Suspends Boy for Drawing Gun

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

A second-grader’s drawing of a stick figure shooting  a gun earned him a one-day school suspension.
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Volleyball Team Finds Deer Carcass On Bus

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

A girl’s high school volleyball team was shocked to find a bloody deer carcass on their bus after a game against a rival.
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15 migrants killed in shipwreck off Mexico, more missing

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Authorities have recovered the bodies of 15 Central American migrants whose boat capsized in the Pacific Ocean, the Mexican navy said on Saturday.

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Borough Park Shomrim Arrest Phony Water Inspectors

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Five people were arrested Friday after knocking on doors and posing as Department of Environmental Protection water inspectors in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn. The group, which comprised of 3 males and 2 females, are suspected in a number of robberies in the area.
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Israel had mole inside Syrian site

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Israel obtained detailed photographs from inside an alleged Syrian nuclear facility prior to carrying out an air strike on September 6, ABC News reported over the weekend.

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Hanging of Jewish Symbol in Florida Capitol Sparks Controversy

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

A civil rights group is criticizing Florida Gov. Charlie Crist for hanging a Jewish symbol outside his capitol office, saying it could turn the state building into a shrine for other religious icons according to a report in the Palm Beach Post on Friday.

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Viacom CEO Dismisses Google Antipiracy Plan

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Viacom Inc.’s president and CEO took a swipe at Google Inc.’s announcement earlier this week of plans to launch a video-blocking tool aimed at allowing content owners to intercept copyrighted clips as they are uploaded to Google’s video site YouTube.
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