Let’s face it, how many of us would like to limit the amount of fat in our diet? How many of us actually do? more

With a blast of a horn, the serious contestants surged forward, their sneakered feet slamming into the pavement as they curved out of North Woodmere Park and veered right onto Branch Boulevard. more

The technology used at school and at home by young people may be more expensive and sophisticated than in the past, but kids are still kids. That means you need to help your children make the most of their devices and protect their gear. more

For many reasons, this was a sad week in our country. The obvious reasons loom over Newtown, Connecticut and words cannot express how sad and empty we all feel. There are no good answers when children are harmed, much worse killed. They are the most vulnerable among us and they look to us; they rely on those older, wiser and hopefully more reasoned to keep them safe and guide them into adulthood so that they can do the same. We have failed in so many ways. more

News of the approaching Gosnell trial began to appear on conservative websites in January, but as the gruesome proceedings entered its fourth week, much of the liberal media was ignoring the proceedings. more

After calling the ruling an atrocity on his MSNBC program, Al Sharpton wants the federal government to act. “There are grounds for civil rights charges here,” he said on Meet the Press, adding, “There would never have been protests if there had been an arrest and if the police department there did what it was supposed to do.” Despite Reverend Al’s protestations, local police did do their job. After examining all the evidence, police believed Zimmerman’s story. more

Yad Hachazakah, the Jewish Disability Empowerment Center, is celebrating a chanukat habayit of their new home at 1389 East 18 St. in Flatbush, with an open house on Thursday, Dec. 5, and Sunday, Dec. 8. Rabbi Michael Levy, a Woodmere resident and active member of Congregation Aish Kodesh, has been a board member of Yad since its founding in 2006. more

Dr. Jonathan Halpert's "legacy and lasting contribution to the University will be remembered each time our student athletes step onto the court that carries his name.” more

Just before the 70th anniversary of D-Day, when Allied forces landed in Europe to defeat the Nazis, a class of high school students traveled from Brooklyn to Cedarhurst Town Hall to meet the village’s 90-year-old World War II veteran mayor, Andrew Parise. more

The Rev. Al Sharpton is getting the right kind of grief. This time it’s not from conservatives for being a race hustler who exploits every white-on-black killing to raise money for his civil rights group National Action Network or to boost his miserable ratings on MSNBC. This time Sharpton is being criticized by other blacks — liberal blacks — who didn’t like the tough sermon he preached at Michael Brown’s funeral on Monday. more