Other news sources have picked up on this story (Reuters, Yahoo! News, MarketWatch, etc.)
I can only find three in a Google news search, at Wizbang, MarketWatch and Israel Insider. All three reference the WND article.
http://news.google.com/news?client=opera&rls=en&sourceid=opera&oe=utf-8&tab=wn&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&ncl=1233866997