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An ambulance bearing Israeli markings has reportedly been sold to elements in the Palestinian Authority. Concerned the vehicle may be used as cover in a terrorist bombing, police are investigating. The vehicle, belonging to the HaGalil Ambulance company - a private Galilee area ambulance service - was spotted by Samaria District police officers on Wednesday. Subsequently, Afif Zaied, affiliated with HaGalil Ambulance, was picked up by police for questioning in connection with the transfer of the ambulance to Arabs from the PA. Zaied told investigators that the ambulance was sent for service to a garage in the PA-controlled city of...

Aired October 1, 2005 - 21:00 ET THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. LARRY KING, HOST: Tonight, Jeni Stepanek -- her unforgettable, inspirational son Mattie Stepanek, the best-selling poet and peacemaker, died in her arms last year before he could even turn 14. She's keeping his legacy alive. Plus, gorgeous exercise guru Denise Austin says you can eat carbs and lose weight. All that and lots more, next on LARRY KING LIVE. (BEGIN INTERVIEW) Great pleasure to welcome to LARRY KING LIVE a good friend, great lady --...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. Jerry Lewis can pinpoint the moment he knew his Labor Day telethon had to be more than another chapter in his long effort to help children with muscular dystrophy. It had to benefit hurricane victims, too. A TV news report on lost youngsters in New Orleans, followed by footage of an elderly woman being pushed through flooded streets on a mattress, moved him to act. "I had a box of Kleenex and I'm bawling like a child and I'm not believing it," Lewis told The Associated Press. "If I had the slightest chance of helping them a...

In the timing is everything department, nearly a week after a particularly hard hurricane struck the Gulf Coast, leaving property damage and loss of life (hopefully not) in catastrophic proportions, the Muscular Dystrophy Association will be running its annual telethon. My question is, is it really appropriate to run this thing as planned? Or would it be better to do what someone else suggested earlier this morning on the radio, and simply combine the usual stuff with the raising of funds for hurricane relief? I truly believe running this thing on its own will result in one of the lowest...

Rocket-maker Orbital Sciences Corp. said yesterday that federal government agents executed search warrants Thursday at its Dulles headquarters and at a design and manufacturing facility near Phoenix.

Jerry Lewis telethon raises $59.4MTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSLOS ANGELES -- The Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon raised $59.4 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, but organizers said Monday that power outages and other disruptions from Hurricane Frances contributed to a decline over last year.Donations totaled 1.8 percent less than last year's $60.5 million.Television stations in the Florida cities of Jacksonville, Sarasota and Gainesville canceled broadcasts of the telethon completely. Other Florida stations showed only the national portions, preventing the broadcast of local segments during which most pledges are made.Lewis, 78, was assisted during the 21 1/2 hour fund-raiser by Ed McMahon,...

by Barbara Sofer Don't confuse knowing what to do in a terror attack with getting used to it.  Last week, there was a practice exercise in a city that's already had more than its share of practice. A dozen and a half young men and women lay on the hot asphalt of Jerusalem's Teddy Stadium parking lot. In real life, these actors are sixth-year medical students, soon to be the next generation of Israeli doctors. They've just finished a special course in terror medicine, an innovation added to the Israeli curriculum. A lot of effort has been invested in...

Poet, peacemaker and precocious teen Mattie J.T. Stepanek was laid to rest in Maryland today in a ceremony befitting an icon, while people across the nation continued to pay tribute and celebrate the 13-year-old MDA National Goodwill Ambassador’s remarkable life and spirit. Celebrities, Mattie’s friends and loved ones, and other admirers made up the thousands who gathered at St. Catherine Laboure Catholic Church in Wheaton, Md., to remember, honor and laugh at memories of Mattie, who wowed the world with his message of peace, hope and courage. Former President Jimmy Carter delivered the eulogy for Mattie, with whom he’d enjoyed...

Memorial on CNN right now...RIP...an incredible soul

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Mattie Stepanek, the child poet whose inspirational verse made him a best-selling writer and a prominent advocate for muscular dystrophy, died Tuesday from complications of the disease. He was 13. Mattie died at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, the hospital said. "Mattie was something special, something very special," Muscular Dystrophy Association National Chairman Jerry Lewis said in a statement. "His example made people want to reach for the best within themselves. It was easy to forget how sick he was because his megawatt personality just made you want to smile. Mattie had dysautonomic mitochondrial myopathy, a...

WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Thursday ordered "realistic" tests of the Bush administration's proposed missile defense system, but balked at Democratic proposals to delay deployment until after the tests are conducted and to require an evaluation by an independent testing office. The votes amounted to a go-ahead for initial deployment of nine ground-based missile interceptors in Alaska and California later this year and signaled likely congressional support for about $10 million for the program in next year's defense budget. Democrats, arguing that the planned national shield may not be effective in shooting down incoming missiles, wanted to require tests of...

Two trains that collided triggering a massive blast in North Korea were carrying explosives and not fuel, while casualty figures appeared to be lower than originally feared, an international Red Cross official said Friday. The number of dead was at least 54, and 1,249 people were injured, said John Sparrow, a Red Cross spokesman in Beijing, but he expected the toll to rise as many buildings around the crash site were destroyed. Initial reports had said as many as 3,000 people were killed or hurt. A Thai relief worker, conversely, said the local authorities placed the death toll at 150....

(IsraelNN.com) A delegation of 60 members of the Friends of the MDA in the US arrived in Israel today to celebrate its 56th Independence Day and will meet with the injured from terror attacks over the last three years and with the MDA teams that saved their lives. The hosts and the guests will visit MDA stations throughout the country which were established thanks to their donations over the 56 years of the State. Despite the tense security situation and the serious threats of attacks, members of the Association of the Friends of MDA in the US have come to...

The Red Cross is famous for crisscrossing war zones and natural disaster areas to provide for humanitarian needs regardless of race, creed, color, or nationality. It is a veritable symbol of the unity of humanity and the sacredness of human life. It is the very universality of the Red Cross's mission that makes Israel's exclusion all the more disturbing. Israel has never been admitted to full membership in the International Committee of the Red Cross, which has seen fit to accept 176 other nations. The pretext thus far was Magen David Adom's refusal to replace its red Star of David...

Monday, February 9, 2004 First visit of MDA's Chairman of the Executive Committee With the President of the International Red Cross in Geneva 9 February 2004 NEWS RELEASE First visit of MDA's Chairman of the Executive Committee With the President of the International Red Cross in Geneva Last week, for the first time, a meeting took place between the Chairman of MDA's Executive Committee General (Res.) Yochanan Gur, accompanied by the Director of the International Department of MDA, Mr. Haim Dagan, at the Headquarters of the International Red Cross (ICRC) and the Federation (IFRC) in Geneva. The meeting was held...

Go here: http://www.mda.org.il/video/Mada.zip It is a zipped file. This is a news broadcast showing a report with a clip from a amature video of the first moments of the Magen David Adom center (Israeli Emergency Services) hearing the news that a terror attack just happens. And following that, they get reports of the injured and order their people to respond immediately to the scene. The terror attack in question is the one in Haifa, at that Maxim Resturant which took the toll of many, and even whole familes. The guy filiming in the beginning is a teen who volunteers with...

LOS ANGELES - The Jerry (news - web sites) Lewis (news) Labor Day Telethon to raise funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association received a record $60.5 million in nationwide pledges, a telethon spokeswoman said Monday. AP Photo The 77-year-old Lewis, his body bloated due to steroid medication he takes for pulmonary fibrosis, was assisted during the 21 1/2-hour fund-raiser by Ed McMahon (news) and performances from a number of entertainers, including Cher, Celine Dion (news) and Don Rickles (news). "I'm consistently humbled by the generosity of the American public. Every year I ask, and without blinking, you open your hearts...

A senior missile defense analyst at the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) is "keeping his fingers crossed" that the Pentagon will deliver a workable missile shield, but says much more testing needs to be carried out before the final answer is known. "The ball is in the Missile Defense Agency's court-they've got to demonstrate it," Robert Levin, the GAO's director of acquisition sourcing management told Space News. "Ideally you want to know a heck of a lot more through testing and development before you establish [operational] goals." At the behest of Congress, the GAO has been busy investigating various aspects...

Revoking the registration of the Magen David Adom (MDA) as a charitable organization -- as proposed by the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency and upheld by a majority decision of the Federal Court of Appeal -- is an outrage. The MDA, the Red Star of David, is Israel's Red Cross. It's easy to agree with Edward L. Greenspan and David C. Nathanson, the eminent Canadian lawyers, who argued in these pages last week that the Federal Court's "judgment is wrong and should not stand." A withdrawal of charitable status makes donations, on which non-governmental organizations like the Red Star of...

The Magen David Adom (MDA), the Red Star of David, was born 52 years ago. It is the Red Cross, except with a Jewish symbol. Its purpose is to protect life and health and to alleviate human suffering. It serves, without discrimination, the entire Israeli population, including 1.1-million Israeli Arabs, and Palestinian Arabs in need. MDA is not a government agency. It sought membership in the International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) with the Red Star of David as its emblem. The Star of David is the symbol of the Jewish people as well as of Israel. Surrender of its...