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February 21, 2017 at 10:55 pm
A new AAA report estimates U.S. drivers pay about $3 billion a year to repair rust damage from road de-icers.
AAA’s Northeast office said Tuesday that liquid de-icers are faster and more effective. But they’re even more corrosive than traditional salt.
It says the fact that they remain liquid at lower temperatures makes it easier to coat vehicle surfaces, cracks and crevices.
AAA says rust damage to brake lines and fuel tanks can be deadly.
Drivers should heed brake-warning lights, a spongy brake pedal or the smell of gasoline. State vehicle safety inspections can help consumers detect rust damage.
Frequent washing, especially the undercarriage, can neutralize road salt and chemicals.
There’s also the proverbial ounce of prevention: Try to stay off the roads before,...
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February 21, 2017 at 10:53 pm
Police report that a PA (Palestinian Authority) resident is in custody after apprehended running a fraudulent permit operation, selling permits to enter “Green Line” Israel for NIS 2,000. He obtained bogus entry permits for payment from PA residents.
Following the police investigation over recent months, which began with the arrests of PA residents attempting to enter ‘Israel proper’ with forged permits, a resident of PA-occupied Hebron was taken into custody over the weekend.
He was charging NIS 2,000 monthly for the forged documents in addition to providing illegals with classes addressing how to avoid inspection and border police at checkpoints.
The 31-year-old suspect was arraigned before a military court on Sunday, 23 Shevat. The prosecution requested holdin...
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February 21, 2017 at 10:46 pm
Nearly 15 years ago, I informed my skeptical father that I was pursuing a job with the Central Intelligence Agency. Among his many concerns was that others would never believe I had resigned from the agency when I sought my next job. “Once CIA, always CIA,” he said. But that didn’t give me pause. This wouldn’t be just my first real job, I thought then; it would be my career.
That changed when I formally resigned last week. Despite working proudly for Republican and Democratic presidents, I reluctantly concluded that I cannot in good faith serve this administration as an intelligence professional.
This was not a decision I made lightly. I sought out the CIA as a college student, convinced that it was the ideal place to serve my country and put an otherwise abstract...
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February 21, 2017 at 10:44 pm
As the result of a new organ donation policy (“opt out”) adopted in France, almost all of the rabbis of France recently voiced their sweeping opposition to organ donation. There are more than 500,000 Jews living in France.
In order to counter this latest development HODS (Halachic Organ Donor Society) is arranging an educational evening program in Paris that will include a French neurologist who will explain the finality of brain death.
A local transplant coordinator will be in the audience to answer any practical questions as well.
Rabbi Professor Avraham Steinberg, MD of Yerushalayim will also be participating in the event to explain halachic support for organ donation. (There will be simultaneous translation from Hebrew to French.)
Since most Jews in France are...
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February 21, 2017 at 7:30 pm
The threat of cyber attacks and political instability resulting from rising populism are among the biggest worries for businesses around the world, according to a study of companies in 79 countries.
The No. 1 issue for executives working in business continuity and resilience is the threat from hackers, with 88 percent of companies included in the survey saying they are “extremely concerned” or “concerned” at the risk.
For the first time, political upheaval ranked among the top 10 threats, following the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union and the election of Donald Trump in the U.S., according to the report by the Business Continuity Institute and the British Standards Institution.
“Cyber-attacks and data breaches continue to cost organizations bil...
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February 21, 2017 at 6:59 pm
A delegation of American Jewish leaders met last Wednesday with Lithuanian Ambassador to the US, Rolandas Kriščiūnas in an effort to forestall planned development in the old Jewish cemetery in Vilnius.
The cemetery in question (‘Shnipishok’) dates over five centuries and while the Nazis cleared the cemetery of all tombstones and grave markers, many thousands of graves remain untouched beneath the ground. During the Soviet occupation, a Sports Palace was built on the cemetery grounds.
Further desecration took place in 2005 and 2008 when two apartment complexes were built in the cemetery, with extensive exhuming of bodies and desecration of the dead.
A current project threatens further desecration. Lithuanian authorities are planning to erect a Congress and Convention...
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February 21, 2017 at 6:56 pm
The cause and manner of death of Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations needs to be studied further, the city medical examiner said Tuesday, a day after the diplomat fell ill at his office at Russia’s U.N. mission and died at a hospital.
Further study usually includes toxicology and other screenings, which can take weeks. The case was referred to the medical examiner’s office by the hospital, spokeswoman Julie Bolcer said.
Vitaly Churkin, who died a day before his 65th birthday, had been Russia’s envoy at the United Nations since 2006. He was the longest-serving ambassador on the Security Council, the U.N.’s most powerful body.
The medical examiner is responsible for investigating deaths that occur by criminal violence, accident, suicide, suddenly or whe...
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February 21, 2017 at 6:30 pm
Today, Ohio State Senator Matt Huffman (R-Lima), vice chairman of the Senate Education Committee, unveiled a ground-breaking bill to improve upon Ohio's existing private school choice programs and provide opportunities to many more students.
Currently, Ohio has five separate scholarship programs. Two of them are for students with special needs while each of the other three programs has its own set of eligibility rules that vary based on income, geography, and assigned public school. Senator Huffman's bill proposes to simplify eligibility by combining those three programs into one and increasing the scholarship amounts. Eligibility would be open to all families across the state earning an income at, or below 400% of the federal poverty level. Current scholarship r...
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February 21, 2017 at 6:00 pm
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 21, 2017:
Dear Community Members and Businesses,
The Pikesville and Woodlawn Precincts have been experiencing overnight burglaries of commercial establishments. These businesses are being targeted after midnight and into the early morning hours. A business in the 7000 block of Liberty Road was targeted and entry was gained through the front of the store by prying a security gate and the front door open. A business in the 7400 block of Liberty Road was targeted by breaking out the glass of the front door to make entry. A business in the 200 block of Reisterstown Road was targeted but no entry was gained. The suspects tried to pry the rear door of the business but the alarm went off and the suspects left. Please have the alarm compan...
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February 21, 2017 at 5:01 pm
Baltimore, MD - Feb. 21, 2017 - Make “Home Sweet Home” even sweeter by attending CHAI: Comprehensive Housing Assistance Inc.’s very first Housing Fest. Join CHAI, an agency of The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, at the Edward A. Myerberg Center on March 5 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. to learn how to become a successful home buyer.
Housing Fest brings together all your home-buying needs at one convenient event. Participants will receive FREE mini-clinics on real estate, mortgages for first time homebuyers, home renovation loans, homebuyer education, budget and credit coaching and financial incentives from Baltimore City and Maryland Mortgage Program.
“Housing Fest will be an opportunity to learn hands-on, from local ho...
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February 21, 2017 at 4:51 pm
Washington - U.S. Department of Homeland Security employees in the Washington area were unable to access some agency computer networks on Tuesday, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
It was not immediately clear how widespread the issue was or how significantly it affected daily functions at DHS, a large government agency whose responsibilities include immigration services, border security and cyber defense.
Employees began experiencing problems logging into networks at 5 a.m. ET on Tuesday due to a problem related to the personal identify verification (PIV) cards used by federal workers and contractors to access certain information systems, one source said. At least four DHS buildings were affected, the source said, including locations used by U.S. Citizenship and Immig...
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February 21, 2017 at 4:48 pm
New Wilmington, PA - A Pennsylvania college student got a reminder to take out the trash when his mother sent him some garbage in a care package.
Eighteen-year-old Connor Cox tells WHTM-TV (http://bit.ly/2l3BugR ) that his mother sent two boxes to him at Westminster College in New Wilmington last month.
One box contained food and other goodies. The other contained garbage.
When he called to ask whether that was a mistake, Cox’s mother, Connie, told him, “No, that’s the trash you were supposed to take out” during a recent visit home.
Cox says he laughed hysterically at the prank, then tweeted a photo of the package.
Cox has three sisters and says he has a special relationship with his mother. He says, “She knows what to say at the exact time she should say...
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February 21, 2017 at 4:46 pm
New Brunswick, NJ - The remaining condo owner in a failed New Jersey waterfront development has reached an undisclosed settlement with a New York-based real estate company tied to Republican President Donald Trump’s son-in-law.
NJ.com (http://bit.ly/2kIsQbA ) reports the settlement with the Kushner Cos. announced Tuesday stems from a 2012 fraud lawsuit that initially listed 33 plaintiffs.
Kushner’s original plan from the early-2000s called for retail space, a hotel, condominiums and townhomes spread across 17 buildings in New Brunswick. Only two buildings and a gym have been built.
The project was launched when the company was run by Charles Kushner. When he went to prison for making illegal campaign contributions and witness tampering his son Jared Kushner took t...
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February 21, 2017 at 4:36 pm
New York - Stocks are closing at all-time highs on Wall Street as the market resumed its climb after a holiday break.
The gains Tuesday were led by high-dividend companies like real estate and utility companies.
Kraft Heinz fell 1.8 percent after withdrawing its offer to buy Unilever. Investors were hoping Kraft might buy another food or consumer products company.
J.M. Smucker gained 4.4 percent and Oreo maker Mondelez climbed 5.8 percent.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 14 points, or 0.6 percent, to 2,365.
The Dow Jones industrial average gained 118 points, or 0.6 percent, to 20,743. The Nasdaq composite rose 27 points, or 0.5 percent, to 5,865.
Bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note edged up to 2.43 percent.
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February 21, 2017 at 4:33 pm
Following rumors that the promise to Amona evictees to rebuild the community will not be fulfilled, the Prime Minister’s Office on Monday 24 Shevat responded.
In the official statement, the evictees are promised that the deal made between the government and them would be fulfilled to the letter of the law and any reports to the contrary are untrue.
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February 21, 2017 at 4:26 pm
Determining whether poison killed the half brother of North Korea’s leader in a busy airport is proving difficult for Malaysian officials, who said Tuesday that autopsy results are so far inconclusive.
More than a week has passed since Kim Jong Nam was approached by two women at a budget air terminal in Kuala Lumpur and apparently attacked in the face with an unknown substance. Kim did not suffer a heart attack and had no puncture wounds, such as those a needle would have left, Director General of Health Noor Hisham Abdullah told reporters. He did not dismiss poison as a potential cause.
“We have to confirm with the lab report before we can make any conclusive remark,” he said.
He added that medical specimens have been sent to experts for analysis. However, Rahmat Awan...
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February 21, 2017 at 4:20 pm
Following the announcement of the 18-month sentence in the manslaughter trial of Sgt. Elor Azariya, the court announced he will be permitted a number of weeks to get his affairs in order before beginning to serve his term.
Azariya will report to prison on Sunday 7 Adar 5777 (March 5, 2017) at which time he will begin serving the 18-month sentence.
Barring unexpected circumstances, he will be released in a year as the system wipes one-third from a sentence of prisoners who do not make problems while serving their term, which is expected to be the case with Azariya.
Housing Minister (Kulanu) Yoav Galant, a retired IDF major-general, called on Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-General Gadi Eizenkott to grant Azariya a pardon today. Galant added the cas...
