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 …

Terrorism  —  A few years ago, I was at an event with New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly.  The conversation turned to why terrorist groups, particularly those associated with Al Qaeda, had not carried out any attacks inside the United States since September 11th.

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.

Times Square car bomb: police investigate South Park link  —  Police in New York are investigating whether a car bomb in Times Square was targeted at the makers of South Park over a controversial depiction of the Prophet Mohammed.  —  The device, which failed to detonate …

Pakistani Taliban Claims Responsibility, Reports Claim  —  Times Square Bomb Plot Revenge, Group Says  —  MYFOXNY.COM - New York City's police commissioner says there's no evidence of a Taliban link to a failed bomb found in an SUV parked in Times Square but sad he couldn't rule them out.

Attempted car bomb in Times Square?  Update: “Moments from blowing up”; Update: Taliban take credit?  Update: Early lead on suspect  —  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.

Government closes fishing in oil spill areas for 10 days  —  The U.S. government on Sunday released a ten-day ban on fishing in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico affected by an oil spill.  —  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) closed commercial and recreational fishing …