Authorities Have Identified Person of Interest in Times Square Bomb Attempt  —  Investigation Pointing to Coordinated Effort, Foreign Links in Foiled Times Square Attack  —  Federal authorities are closing in on the man they say is a person of interest in the Times Square car bomb attempt this weekend …

If the TSA Were Running New York  —  How would it respond to this weekend's Times Square bomb threat?  Well, by extrapolation from its response to the 9/11 attacks and subsequent threats, the policy would be:  — All vans or SUVs headed into Midtown Manhattan would have to stop and have their contents inspected.

U.S. Arrests S.U.V. Owner in Times Square Case  —  Federal agents and police detectives arrested a Connecticut man, a naturalized United States citizen from Pakistan, early Tuesday in connection with the failed Times Square car bombing, according to people briefed on the investigation.

Despite plan, not a single fire boom on hand on Gulf Coast at time of oil spill … If U.S. officials had followed up on a 1994 response plan for a major Gulf oil spill, it is possible that the spill could have been kept under control and far from land.  —  The problem: The federal government did not have a single fire boom on hand.

Schwarzenegger flips on drilling  —  California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday reversed his support for offshore drilling in the wake of a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  —  Speaking at a press conference in Sacramento, Schwarzenegger said his mind was changed over the weekend while watching media reports of the spill.

Poll: Public's View of the Economy is Improving  —  CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.  —  Americans are more optimistic about the future of the economy than they were last month, according to a new CBS News/ New York Times poll.