Articles written collectively by the Forward’s staff.
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News Berman Beats Sherman in Endorsement Race
U.S. Rep. Howard Berman has lined up support from Democratic colleagues in the increasingly heated Los Angeles race with fellow Jewish Rep. Brad Sherman. Berman has the backing of nearly two-thirds of California’s Democratic congressional delegation, Politico reported. The web site said the 22 endorsements run the spectrum from ultra-liberals like Rep. Maxine Waters to…
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Fast Forward Qaddafi’s Captured Son Dressed as Camel Herder
Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, the fugitive son of slain Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi, was captured as he tried to escape a desert dragnet dressed as a camel herder, the Guardian reported. The once-omnipotent son of dictator Moammar Qaddafi was hoping to blend in with the locals as government forces closed in on his hide-out in the…
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Fast Forward Bernie Madoff Scam Started Earlier: Report
A longtime colleague of Bernie Madoff reportedly plans to plead guilty to fraud Monday and tell a court that his ex-boss’s Ponzi scheme began two decades earlier than Madoff has claimed. The Guardian reports that David Kugel, a trader who joined Madoff’s firm in 1970, is expected to plead guilty to conspiring to defraud investors…
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Fast Forward New York Stays Open as Protests Flare
Occupy Wall Street protesters rallied all day but failed to shut down the stock exchange or bring millions of New Yorkers’ commute to a halt, news reports said. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in lower Manhattan, clogging streets but failing to shut down subways. There were snafus, but few signs of the tens of thousands that…
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Fast Forward Police Video Shows Jewish Woman’s Murder
A New York police video released Wednesday shows the murder of a Jewish accountant who was stabbed to death outside her home in Brooklyn. The video shows the assailant of victim Larisa Komsky, 50, getting out of his car and accosting her as she parked her Mercedes outside her home in the normally quiet Sheepshead…
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Fast Forward Giffords’ Husband: Boehner Shunned Her
The astronaut husband of Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) slammed House Speaker John Boehner, suggesting that the GOP leader did not make any effort visit her in the hospital after she was nearly killed in an assassination attempt, CNN reported. Mark Kelly blasted Boehner for shunning the wounded congresswoman in a new book, “Gabby – A Story…
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Fast Forward Jewish Woman Stabbed to Death in Brooklyn
A Jewish accountant was stabbed to death in a mysterious attack as she walked home in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn, news reports said. Larisa Komsky, 50, was killed while walking home after parking her car on Homecrest Avenue before 1 a.m. Tuesday. Komsky was stabbed twice in the leg and once in the…
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Fast Forward Handful of Occupy Protesters Remain in Park
A handful of Occupy Wall Street protesters returned to a lower Manhattan park to spend the night, but were not allowed to have tents and sleeping gear, news reports said. About two dozen demonstrators stayed all night long in Zuccotti Park and occasionally scuffled with police and security guards who prevented them from sleeping. A…
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