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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

Obama: Spill could be unprecedented disaster  —  Gulf fishing shut; BP says temporary domes are 8-10 days out  —  Idled fishermen hired by BP lay oil booms off the coast of Louisiana on Sunday.  Most preventive work was on hold due to rough seas farther out.