Israel may build more settlements before weighing housing freeze

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to approve building hundreds of new settlements in the West Bank before considering a freeze on construction in the area, a senior Israeli government official said Friday. The move comes as Israel and the United States have been increasingly at odds over President Obama’s insistence that Israel’s government freeze all settlement activity as a necessary step toward advancing negotiations with Palestinians.

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Son of flu victim pitches no-hitter day after funeral

The son of a New York City assistant principal who died after being hospitalized with the H1N1 flu virus is a baseball hero. Jordan Wiener, 18, of Robert F. Kennedy High School pitched a no-hitter on Thursday, leading his high school team to a 10-0 victory the day after his father’s funeral

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