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Vos Iz Neias: Mount Vernon, WA – I-5 Bridge Collapses In NW Wash.; People In Water (video)
Mount Vernon, WA – An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol said. The four-lane bridge over the Skagit River collapsed about 7 p.m., Troo...
Dateline: 2013-05-23 9:02pm -07:00T (59 words)
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Vos Iz Neias: Israel – Minister: Reform Jews Can Use Mikvaot For Conversion
Israel – Deputy Religious Services Minister Eli Ben-Dahan said that ritual baths, or mikvaot, could be used by Conservative and Reform groups for their conversion process, even though the Chief Rabbinate does not recognize conversions conducted by n...
Dateline: 2013-05-23 9:02pm -07:00T (59 words)
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Vos Iz Neias: Washington – `I’m Not Racist’: Common Claim After Racial Slurs
Washington – It’s almost a cliche. First, someone talking about blacks makes reference to fried chicken, watermelon, monkeys or dogs – or even uses the indefensible N-word. Then, along with the inevitable apology, comes the kicker: IR...
Dateline: 2013-05-23 7:47pm -07:00T (59 words)
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Vos Iz Neias: Washington – Obama Orders Review Of Guidelines For Probing Journalists
Washington – President Barack Obama said on Thursday he directed Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct a review of Department of Justice guidelines for investigations that involve journalists and report back by early July. Obama has come under cri...
Dateline: 2013-05-23 7:47pm -07:00T (59 words)
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Vos Iz Neias: New York, NY – Mayor Bloomberg Releases New Financial Disclosure Report
New York, NY – Mayor Michael Bloomberg has added to his roster of high-end real estate, buying a house and a vacant parcel last year next to a 35-acre estate he already owns in tony Southampton, information released Thursday shows. The mayor’s...
Dateline: 2013-05-23 6:32pm -07:00T (59 words)
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Vos Iz Neias: Houston – Man Threatening To Bomb Synagogues Charged
Houston – A Houston man has been charged with calling in fake bomb threats to two synagogues. Federal prosecutors say a complaint unsealed Thursday names 32-year-old Dante Phearse. He faces an initial court appearance Friday in Houston. Prosecutors ...
Dateline: 2013-05-23 5:17pm -07:00T (59 words)
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Vos Iz Neias: Brooklyn, NY – Report: Judge Orders CBS To Turn Over Emails On Brooklyn DA Reality Show
Brooklyn, NY – Supreme Court Justice Paul Wooten ordered CBS to turn over all communications it had with the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office about the production and promotion of its upcoming documentary “Brooklyn DA,” said Abe George, the...
Dateline: 2013-05-23 5:17pm -07:00T (59 words)
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Vos Iz Neias: Spring Valley, NY – Department Of Health Alerts Monsey Residents Of Possible Exposure To Measles
Spring Valley, NY – The Rockland County Department of Health has identified a case of measles in Rockland County. During the Health Department’s investigation, it was discovered that the individual with measles was at the Hatzlacha Grocery Store, ...
Dateline: 2013-05-23 4:02pm -07:00T (59 words)
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Vos Iz Neias: New York – NYPD: Merchant Held For Ransom, Tortured For Month
New York – A businessman was snatched from a New York City street in broad daylight, then held captive for more than a month in a warehouse where he was bound and burned with acid as he was held for a $3 million ransom his family back in Ecuador did...
Dateline: 2013-05-23 4:02pm -07:00T (59 words)
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Vos Iz Neias: Los Angeles, CA – RCC Confirms Two Restaurants Switch Certifiers After Doheny Meats Scandal
Los Angeles, CA – On the heels of the well-publicized scandal surrounding Doheny Glatt Kosher Meat’s use of unsupervised animal products, the President of the Rabbinical Council of California, Rabbi Meyer May, confirmed in a May 20th interview...
Dateline: 2013-05-23 2:47pm -07:00T (59 words)
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Vos Iz Neias: IRS Replaces Official Who Supervised Agents Involved In Targeting Tea Party Groups
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Dateline: 2013-05-23 2:47pm -07:00T (4 words)
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Vos Iz Neias: New York – Pittsburgh On The Hudson? Wrong City In NY City Weiner Campaign Logo
New York – For New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner, the road to City Hall leads through Pittsburgh. Weiner, the candidate who infamously resigned from the U.S. Congress two years ago in a sexting scandal, unveiled a video announcing his may...
Dateline: 2013-05-23 2:47pm -07:00T (59 words)
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Vos Iz Neias: Jerusalem – Haredi MK Says Latest IDF Draft Proposal Meant To “Crush Torah World”
Jerusalem – Saying that it is “detached” from “reality” and meant to “crush” the Torah world, United Torah Judaism’s Yakov Litzman renounced the latest IDF draft proposal from the Peri Committee which recomm...
Dateline: 2013-05-23 1:32pm -07:00T (59 words)
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Vos Iz Neias: New York – Bill Calls For 3 Las Vegas-Style Casinos In The Catskills, 2 In Sullivan County
New York – Senate Republicans are proposing five Las Vegas-style casinos including up to three in the Catskills with two video slot machine sites on Long Island. The bill released Thursday also calls for a casino in the Southern Tier’s Tioga C...
Dateline: 2013-05-23 1:32pm -07:00T (59 words)
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Vos Iz Neias: Chicago, IL – 87-Year-Old Woman Loses To Trump In Civil Case
Chicago, IL – An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday — she lost. Jurors sided with the real estate mogul-turned-TV showman in a weeklong civil trial focused on Jacqueline Goldberg’s claim that Trump chea...
Dateline: 2013-05-23 1:32pm -07:00T (59 words)
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