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A couple of quick-thinking mensches saved a Brooklyn synagogue from burning down Sunday morning after an arsonist set fire to the wooden lectern. Yitzchok Friedman, 30, was changing the tire on his minivan at 10 a.m. when he spotted smoke billowing out of the Krasna Bais Medrash, located at 1462 38th St. in Borough Park. "I right away opened the door. I covered my face with my jacket," he told the Daily News hours afterward. After a quick look, he stepped back to dial 911 and grabbed a fire extinguisher from a paper goods store across the street. Moshe Friedlander,...

This is the account of the man who rescued the driver of a Cadillac Escalade from a sinkhole shortly before 8 p.m. at N. Oakland and E. North Aves.: *** Mark Pawlik, 46, was walking across the North Ave. bridge and talking to his friend on the phone when he noticed a traffic light had sunk into the ground. Just the red, yellow and green lights were above street level. He told his friend he'd call him back. It was still pouring rain, but he wanted to stop and take a picture. A moment later a man driving a black...

WASHINGTON, DC, January 12, 2007-- Maybe the past five+ years of global terrorist bombings, ghastly web-cast slaughters, the sociopolitical cave-in of Europe and the worldwide spread of religio-fanatic annihilation threats have meant something, after all. Maybe Everyperson is no longer a passive tool of the mainstream media. However intoxicated by liberal elitist kool-aid (laced with the narcissism that nothing bad could ever happen to kool people), some recent passersby at the DC Chapter's weekly Walter Reed FReep seem more eager to talk, even -- gasp -- to learn. Why does the DC Chapter persist in supporting our troops -- and...

Man who shot at suspects not investigated yet, police chief says By Jim Haley Herald Writer SNOHOMISH -- Police believe they have identified a second suspect in a violent jewelry store robbery Friday, and hope to have him in custody as early as today. Police chief Rob Sofie said on Sunday his officers have developed information pointing to a Seattle man, but they don't know exactly where he is. "We feel an arrest can take place (this) morning sometime," Sofie said. The first suspect was shot in the arm and arrested after two men wielding a gun, hammer and pepper...