AP REPORT SAYS BOMB SUSPECTS APPEAR DRIVEN BY ISLAMIC RADICALISM

BOSTON (AP) — The two brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon appear to have been motivated by their religious faith but do not seem connected to any Muslim terrorist groups, U.S. officials said Monday after interrogating the severely wounded younger man. He was charged with federal crimes that could bring the death penalty. Dzhokhar […]

KOCH COUP? Conservative brothers may acquire media empire

Will the media be losing its liberal slant? (NYTIMES) — Three years ago, Charles and David Koch, the billionaire industrialists and supporters of libertarian causes, held a seminar of like-minded, wealthy political donors at the St. Regis Resort in Aspen, Colo. They laid out a three-pronged, 10-year strategy to shift the country toward a smaller government with […]

Levity Live cancels show after black comic applauds bombing of white Bostonians

Levity Live cancels show after black comic applauds bombing of white Bostonians

(Updated 10:30 a.m. 4/23/2013) CONFIRMED: African-American comedian Paul Mooney hurled racial insults at his audience Saturday at Levity Live in West Nyack, outrageously stating that white people in Boston deserved to be bombed, and as long as no blacks were injured in the attack, he was okay with it. It’s not clear the context preceding […]

MORE CHAOS: Gun attack at nuke plant in Tenn.

Police are looking for a suspect who used a boat to access a Tennessee Valley Authority nuclear power plant Sunday morning and exchanged fire with a security guard on the plant grounds before fleeing downriver. The shootout occurred “several hundred yards from the site’s protected area, which houses the reactor and power production facilities,” TVA spokesman Jim […]

Drought coming to Piermont and Grandview mid-day Tuesday

United Water will be performing work on a water main in Piermont and Grandview on Tuesday, April 23. This work will require water service to be shut off at about 10 a.m. for the addresses below. The shut-down is expected to last about four hours. Customers have been notified by phone call. Piermont: 659 Piermont […]

PROJECT TIKVAH: Help for Orthodox women

Center for Safety & Change offers multi-lingual, multi-cultural programs and services to the many diverse populations of Rockland County, including “PROJECT TIKVAH,” a program for Orthodox Jewish women. Since it began in 1994, PROJECT TIKVAH has been serving the needs of clients in the Orthodox Community in a myriad of ways.  Center advocate and Coordinator […]

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