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New York Times:
Police Find Car Bomb in Times Square — A crude car bomb of propane, gasoline and fireworks was discovered in a smoking Nissan Pathfinder in the heart of Times Square on Saturday evening, prompting the evacuation of thousands of tourists and theatergoers on a warm and busy night.
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Michael S. Schmidt / City Room:
T-Shirt Vendor Takes On New Persona: Reluctant Hero of Times Square — About 12 hours had passed since a T-shirt vendor in Times Square had alerted police to a suspicious S.U.V. that was packed with a bomb. But by 7 a.m. Sunday, with the S.U.V. towed away and the streets safe and reopened …
WCBS-TV:
Times Square Car Bomb Investigation Continues — Police Check Security Cameras, Vehicle's License Plate, Possible Related Incidents Around The Big Apple — Bloomberg: ‘We Avoided What Could Have Been A Very Deadly Event’ — Gov. Paterson: Car Bomb An ‘Act Of Terrorism’
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Attempted car bomb in Times Square? Update: “Moments from blowing up” — I'm reluctant to raise the alarm before the NYPD's finished its investigation, but this makes me nervous: … What makes me nervous is the use of propane. Remember that London bombing plot three years ago …
Telegraph:
Times Square car bomb: police investigate South Park link — Police in New York are investigating whether a car bomb in Times Square was targeted on the makers of South Park over a controversial depiction of the Prophet Muhammad. — The device, which failed to detonate …
msnbc.com:
Crude car bomb found in Times Square — msnbc.com staff and news service reports — NEW YORK - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on NBC's “Meet the Press” on Sunday that authorities were recovering evidence from the car bomb discovered in New York's Time Square.
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
W.H. C'spondents: Humor birthing room — President Barack Obama's approval ratings may be down among the American public. At least, he said before a black-tie dinner crowd in Washington, he remains popular in “the country of my birth.” — That's the way the laugh-lines …
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Glynnis MacNicol / Mediaite:
Obama Kills At WHCD: ‘Approval Ratings Are High In Country Of My Birth’ (VIDEO) — Well if his day job doesn't end up working out President Barack Obama may have a comedy career to fall back on. Obama addressed the star-studded crowd (for Washington, anyway) at the White House Correspondents dinner tonight …
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Carlos Lozano / L.A. NOW:
LAPD estimate crowd at immigrant rights rally is about half of what was expected [Updated] — [Updated, 3 p.m.: Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck estimated that about 50,000 immigration rights activists participated in Saturday's May Day rally, about half of what police estimated earlier.
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Scott / Power Line:
Investigate this — Over the past week or so we have noted the fraudulent General Motors public relations blitz promoting its supposed repayment of the money it owes the United States government. GM chairman and chief executive officer Edward Whitacre led off the blitz in the Wall Street Journal column …
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Felix Salmon:
Blaming Rubin — My commenters are pretty unanimous that I shouldn't have published yesterday's post on Bob Rubin. So I'll not mention the subject again, and leave that debate to the comments of that post. For there's more than enough Rubin debate to go around, especially now that Jacob Weisberg …
Frank Rich / New York Times:
If Only Arizona Were the Real Problem — DON'T blame it all on Arizona. The Grand Canyon State simply happened to be in the right place at the right time to tilt over to the dark side. Its hysteria is but another symptom of a political virus that can't be quarantined and whose cure is as yet unknown.
Julian Walker / Virginian-Pilot:
Cuccinelli opts for more modest state seal — Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli apparently isn't fond of wardrobe malfunctions, even when Virginia's state seal is involved. — The seal depicts the Roman goddess Virtus, or virtue, wearing a blue tunic draped over one shoulder, her left breast exposed.
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