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Bill Roggio / The Long War Journal:
Pakistani Taliban claim credit for failed NYC Times Square car bombing — Image from an audiotape purportedly from Qari Hussain Mehsud, who takes credit for the failed car bombing in New York City. Qari Hussain is a senior leader and master bomb maker in the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan.
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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 …
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Steve Coll / Think Tank:
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.
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 at the makers of South Park over a controversial depiction of the Prophet Mohammed. — The device, which failed to detonate …
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NY Daily News:
3 cops, street vendor stop Times Square car bomb from detonating …
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Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:
New Technique Holds Hope for Oil Spill Cleanup — NEW ORLEANS — Officials in charge of the cleanup of a massive oil spill now approaching three Gulf Coast states said Saturday that a new technique in battling the leaks 5,000 feet beneath the sea showed promise.
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msnbc.com:
May 2: Napolitano, Salazar, Allen, Clinton, Crist, roundtable — MR. DAVID GREGORY: This Sunday, a bomb in New York's Times Square forces the evacuation of thousands. What more is known this morning? — And the latest on what damage the administration expects along the Gulf Coast from that massive oil spill.
CNN:
Sheens of oil hit Louisiana coast — Venice, Louisiana (CNN) — President Obama said Sunday his administration has mounted a “relentless response” to the oil spill unleashed by the sinking of an offshore drill rig in the Gulf of Mexico. — Obama met with local, state and federal officials involved …
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Libtalkers Blame Gulf Oil Spill On Bush, While Praising Obama — 'GOD'S A DEMOCRAT' — As Oil Spill Serves Their Agenda, Libtalkers Find Religion — As the rabid left expertly recognizes, the best defense is a good offense. And with Obama's inaction on the rapidly-escalating Gulf oil …
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msnbc.com:
Obama: Spill could be unprecedented disaster
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Roman Polanski / La Règle du Jeu:
I can remain silent no longer! — Throughout my seven months since September 26, 2009, the date of my arrest at Zurich Airport, where I had landed with a view to receiving a lifetime award for my work from the representative of the Swiss Minister of Culture, I have refrained from making …
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Michael Cieply / New York Times:
Polanski Breaks Silence on His Extradition From Switzerland — LOS ANGLES — Ending a long silence, Roman Polanski addressed his possible extradition to the United States over a 33-year-old sex-crime case with a statement that accused authorities here of “trying to serve me on a platter …
Carlos Lozano / L.A. NOW:
LAPD estimate crowd at immigrant rights rally is about half …
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Derrick DePledge / Honolulu Advertiser:
Hawaii Poll: Djou leads Democratic rivals in congressional race — Poll shows concerns over Hanabusa, Case splitting vote are real — Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou has the advantage in the special election for Congress, a new Hawai'i Poll has found, giving Republicans the best opportunity …
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National Review:
Crist: Lieberman Was Right, 'I'm Much Happier Now' [Robert Costa] — EXCLUSIVE — Florida Gov. Charlie Crist tells National Review Online that a conversation with Sen. Joe Lieberman (I., Conn.) helped to convince him to run for U.S. Senate as an independent.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Crist says he's open to supporting a Democrat for Senate majority leader
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Alia Wilson / Mercury News:
Riot breaks out in downtown Santa Cruz; windows broken on dozens of businesses, porch of cafe set on fire — SANTA CRUZ - A large group of protesters demonstrating at a May Day rally for worker's and immigrant rights downtown broke off into a riot vandalizing about a dozen businesses around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, police said.
Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:
Repaying Taxpayers With Their Own Cash — AS we inch closer to a clearer understanding of the products and practices that unleashed the credit crisis of 2008, it's becoming apparent that those seeking the whole truth are still outnumbered by those aiming to obscure it.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Sen. Alexander: Border security must precede path to citizenship for immigrants — President Barack Obama should force on securing the border before bringing up immigration reform, a top Republican said Sunday. — Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander (Tenn.) …
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Donald Sensing / Sense of Events:
Major flooding in middle Tennessee — Much more updated on May 2 - click here. — Rain in middle Tennessee today has already achieved the second-highest total in one day (average across the midstate of 9.4 inches) and as I write this, there are five hours left in the day. Some areas have exceeded 12 inches.
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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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