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Jewish Choir Aids $100 Million Plan to Rebuild Polish Heritage (Bloomberg)
July 2 (Bloomberg) -- As Ivor Lichterman led prayers at Warsaw?s only pre-war synagogue, he was ?overcome with awe? to be standing where his father led the last services before the Holocaust wiped out 1,000 years of Jewish history.
GOP loses last Jewish senator with Coleman loss (AP via Yahoo! News)
The defeat of incumbent Norm Coleman in the drawn-out Minnesota Senate race leaves Republicans without a Jewish senator for the first time in half a century.
Cool, Hot and Jewish (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
It?s tough to resist the temptation of calling this list ?The Best of Jewish L.A.? Plenty of publications and Web sites anoint restaurants, products and people with the hallowed ?best of? label. We don?t go in for such hype.
GOP Loses Jewish Representation in Senate (CBS News)
Coleman's Departure, Specter Switch Leaves Republicans without Jewish Senator for First Time in 50 Years
Amnesty says Israel "wantonly" destroyed Gaza (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Amnesty International said on Thursday Israel inflicted "wanton destruction" in the Gaza Strip in attacks that often targeted Palestinian civilians during an offensive in December and January in the Hamas-run enclave.
Amnesty accuses Israel, Hamas of Gaza war crimes (AP via Yahoo! News)
Amnesty International accused Israel and Palestinian militants of war crimes Thursday in the most comprehensive report on the recent Gaza war. Both sides rejected the findings.
Israel's military rabbi says army not for women: report (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Israel's chief military rabbi, Avichai Ronski, has said women should not serve in the armed forces, the Haaretz newspaper reported on Thursday.
Amnesty Accuses Israel and Hamas of War Crimes (New York Times)
Amnesty International accused both Israel and the militant Hamas movement that controls Gaza of war crimes during the three weeks of fighting earlier this year.
Sears Tower unveils 103rd floor glass balconies
(AP)
 AP - Visitors to the Sears Tower's new glass balconies all seem to agree: The first step is the hardest.
Marines exchange fire with Taliban in searing heat
(AP)
 AP - U.S. Marines hiked through searing heat and took fire from small pockets of militants Thursday after landing in this Taliban-controlled southern region of tree-lined fields, mud homes and crisscrossing waterways in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize Afghanistan.
French: Air France plane hit the sea belly first
(AP)
 AP - An intact Air France Flight 447 slammed belly first into the Atlantic Ocean at a very high speed, a top French investigator said Thursday, adding that problems with the plane's speed sensors were not the direct cause of the crash.
UK comedy actress Mollie Sugden dies at 86
(Reuters)
 Reuters - British actress Mollie Sugden, best-known for her role as Mrs Slocombe in the television comedy series "Are You Being Served?," has died at the age of 86.
Person: Officials discuss possible Jackson event
(AP)
 AP - Los Angeles officials are holding closed-door talks about a possible event for Michael Jackson on Tuesday at a downtown arena, a person with knowledge of the situation said Thursday.
Obama cites Michael Jackson as entertainment icon
(AP)
 AP - President Barack Obama has called Michael Jackson a great entertainer and says "I still have all his stuff on my iPod."
Don't Count Out Debbie Yet: Rowe's Lawyer to Attend Custody Hearing
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Debbie Rowe may have beat it from her kids' lives?and blatantly omitted from her ex's will?but she's apparently not going away quietly when it comes to the two children she had with Michael Jackson.
Jermaine Jackson on Michael's death: 'I wish it was me'
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Exactly one week after Michael Jackson's death, brother Jermaine Jackson became the first member of the still-mourning musical family to sit down for an in-depth interview about the late icon, speaking to the Today show this morning from the grounds of Neverland Ranch.
Vancouver-based biotech Neuromed merges with Nasdaq-listed CombinatoRx
The Canadian Press - VANCOUVER, B.C. - Neuromed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held Vancouver-based biotechnology company specializing in pain drugs, has agreed to merge with CombinatoRx, Inc., (NASDAQ: CRXX) in an all-stock transaction.
Former Brookfield partner to lead AbitibiBowater restructuring effort
 The Canadian Press - MONTREAL - Bruce Robertson, a former senior managing partner at Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (TSX:BAM.A), has been appointed chief restructuring officer by AbitibiBowater Inc.
Oil prices slide under 67 dollars on weak US jobs report
 AFP - LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices sank under 67 dollars on Thursday after weak jobs data quashed hopes of a speedy economic recovery in the United States, which is the world's top energy consumer.
Dollar rises before ECB rate call, US jobs report
 AFP - LONDON (AFP) - The dollar climbed Thursday against the euro and yen ahead of a eurozone interest rate decision and a report that is expected to show another wave of job losses in the United States, dealers said.
Scientists' tracking of seabirds yields clues to health of oceans
Scientists in Nunavut and Newfoundland and Labrador are keeping a close watch on a species of seabirds known as thick-billed murres, which they say could provide clues about the health of the ocean waters around Canada.
Clues to origin of life revealed in Tagish Lake meteorite
New research into a meteorite that crashed into northern British Columbia nine years ago is revealing startling clues that could help unravel the origins of life on earth.
Bell closes deals for The Source, Virgin Mobile Canada
Bell Canada has completed two deals worth a total of $277 million, acquiring Canadian electronics retailer The Source and buying the half of Virgin Mobile Canada that it didn't already own.
ING wants Twitter users to rail against bank fees
ING Direct launched a 'fee tweeter' application Thursday for tech-savvy types to let off steam about bank fees and keep track of how much they're being charged.
Obesity Rates Continue to Climb in U.S.
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- The rates of adult obesity
in the United States increased in 23 states during the past year and did
not decrease in any state.
Obesity rates rising, Mississippi's still fattest
(AP)
 AP - Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.
American adults getting fatter
(Reuters)
Reuters - Obesity rates continued to climb in the past year with 23 U.S. states reporting adults in their states are fatter now than they were a year ago, two advocacy groups said on Wednesday.
State-by-state list of obesity rates, rankings
(AP)
AP - State-by-state list of obesity rates, rankings
ING wants Twitter users to rail against bank fees
ING Direct launched a 'fee tweeter' application Thursday for tech-savvy types to let off steam about bank fees and keep track of how much they're being charged.
4 million inflatable baby floats recalled over drowning hazard
Health Canada and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling about four million inflatable baby floats because of a drowning hazard.
Joost to stop offering free TV shows online
The online video site Joost will no longer be showing free TV shows, music videos and movies after finding its ad revenues could not support that business model.
Tyne Valley centre fights for VLTs
A West Prince non-profit community centre is desperate for the province to change its policy on video lottery terminals.
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