Is President Obama Creating A Nation Of Dependents?

Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 13:03 Written by John Merline / Investor's Business Daily Friday, 27 January 2012 12:50

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If the Republican primaries are any indication, one big debate in the upcoming election will be whether President Obama is pushing the country toward a European-style welfare culture.

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Kazimierz Smolen, Auschwitz Survivor, Dies In Same Town On Liberation Anniversary

Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 12:38 Written by Vanessa Gera / AP Friday, 27 January 2012 12:30

In this Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010 file photo, visitors from around the world pass under the infamous Arbeit Macht Frei "Work Sets You Free" sign over the main gate at the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz, in Poland. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski,File)

WARSAW, Poland — Kazimierz Smolen, a 91-year-old Auschwitz survivor – who after World War II became director of the memorial site – died Friday on the 67th anniversary of the camp's liberation.

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Jewish Man, 53, dies after getting hit by 2 vehicles Both drivers flee scene in Midwood, Brooklyn

Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 12:28 Written by Kerry Burke and Sarah Armaghan/ New York Daily News Friday, 27 January 2012 12:22

The scene at Coney Island Ave. and Avenue K in Brooklyn where a pedestrian was fatally injured after being hit by two vehicles Thursday night. Marc A. Hermann for New York Daily News

A 53-year-old man was left to die on a Brooklyn street after two motorists plowed into him in a grisly hit-and-run Thursday night, police sources and witnesses said.

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Police Bust Suspect Snatching iPhone's from Jewish Teens in Brooklyn

Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 12:20 Written by John Doyle and Corky Siemaszko / NY Daily News Friday, 27 January 2012 12:11

iPhones such as this one were sought by Emanuel Simon who allegedly sold them to pay for his tattoos. Chris Goodney/Bloomberg

Brooklyn, NY - Cops have nabbed a Brooklyn iPhone bandit who stole the pricey Apple devices to support his tattoo habit.

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Chanukah Gift Lottery Wins $1M a Year for Life

Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 09:01 Written by AP Friday, 27 January 2012 08:54

New York State Lottery winner Yuliya Lankri, left, won the $1 Million A Year for Life game (Courtesy of New York State Lottery)

Valley Stream, NY - There are quite a few lottery winners on Long Island today.

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Bo 5772 - Covenant & Conversation - Thoughts from the Chief Rabbi

Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 10:31 Written by Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Friday, 27 January 2012 10:24

It is no accident that parshat Bo, the section that deals with the culminating plagues and the exodus, should turn three times to the subject of children and the duty of parents to educate them. As Jews we believe that to defend a country you need an army, but to defend a civilization you need education.

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Apple Passes Exxon As Most Valuable Company

Last Updated on Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:47 Written by AP Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:40

File photo / AP, 2011Customers wait outside the Apple store in Munich before the start of sales of the iPad2 in this photo from March 25, 2011. On Wednesday, Apple again surpassed Exxon as the most valuable U.S. company after a huge fiscal first quarter.

New York - Apple has again surpassed Exxon as the most valuable U.S. company after a huge fiscal first quarter.

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Wikipedia Founder Hails Role In US

Last Updated on Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:45 Written by Frank Jordans / AP Thursday, 26 January 2012 14:39

Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia gestures during an interview with the Associated Press at the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Wales is fighting to stop a recent US plan to tighten anti-piracy laws and his vision for the open-source online encyclopedia. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Davos, Switzerland - The founder of Wikipedia hailed the online encyclopedia’s role in helping halt U.S. legislation aimed at cracking down on Internet piracy, saying the proposed bills needed to be stopped because they were flawed.

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Public votes on Lawrence-Cedarhurst FD benefit program Monday

Last Updated on Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:12 Written by Jeff Bessen/ LI Herald Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:04

A public vote to revise the Length of Service Award Program for Lawrence-Cedarhurst firefighters will be held at the department’s firehouse, at 75 Washington Ave. in Lawrence, on Monday from 5 to 9 p.m.

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CIA recalling operative from NYPD after internal probe

Last Updated on Thursday, 26 January 2012 14:01 Written by AP Thursday, 26 January 2012 13:39

Washington - A CIA operative’s unusual assignment inside the New York Police Department is being cut short.

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3 Men Involved In Beit Shemesh Attack Given House Arrest

Last Updated on Thursday, 26 January 2012 14:28 Written by JPost Thursday, 26 January 2012 14:22

Four Ultra Orthodox jews suspected of attacking Natalie Messiah in Beit Shemesh seen in the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem. January 25, 2012. Photo by Uri Lenz/FLASH90

Israel - Jerusalem District Court on Thursday released three men to five days house arrest for alleged involvement in an attack by ultra-Orthodox men on a woman hanging up posters for the Mifal Hapayis national lottery in Beit Shemesh on Tuesday. 

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