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• Car flips onto roof on sidewalk near Times Square

  April 22, 2012 12:31 AM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Police say a car involved in a crash about a block from New York's Times Square flipped over onto a sidewalk, injuring several pedestrians. Nearly a dozen people were hurt in the chaotic crash at West 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue. Police say approximately eight people... more »

• Clark remembered in NYC as New Year's Eve host

  April 18, 2012 8:50 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - If it was New Year's Eve, then it was Times Square, and it was Dick Clark. The television host with the smooth voice and forever-young face, who died Wednesday at age 82, was appointment television for decades as Americans marked the end of one year and... more »

• Some counting down to NYE, NASA counting down to moon arrival

  December 31, 2011 11:01 AM

  LOS ANGELES (AP) - Revelers in Times Square and other places around the globe aren't the only ones anticipating the new year. NASA is counting down the seconds until its twin spacecraft make back-to-back arrivals at the moon over the New Year's weekend to study lunar gravity. If all goes... more »

• Life sentence for Times Square bomber

  October 5, 2010 10:44 AM

  The man who plotted to kill Americans by driving a homemade car bomb into Times Square and leaving it to explode has been sentenced to life in prison. A federal judge gave Faisal Shahzad a mandatory life prison term at his sentencing Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. The... more »

• Popcorn? Milk Duds? Bedbugs? Pests invade NYC theater

  August 19, 2010 10:02 AM

  Bedbugs have attacked a popular movie theater in Times Square as New York battles the persistent pests. The AMC Empire 25 in Times Square was sprayed overnight and reopened Wednesday. A guest at the AMC Magic Johnson Harlem 9 theater also reported a bite in late July. Spokesman... more »

• Official: NYC bomb suspect looked at other targets

  May 19, 2010 1:44 PM

  A law enforcement official says the Times Square bomb suspect had considered bombing New York's Grand Central station or other targets before settling on Times Square. The official tells The Associated Press that Faisal Shahzad first considered Grand Central Terminal, Rockefeller Center and the World Financial Center in New... more »

• Parking attendants trained to watch for terrorists

  May 14, 2010 2:47 PM

  Parking attendants and meter maids could be the nation's latest line of defense against terror attacks. A new government program aims to train thousands of parking industry employees nationwide to watch for and report anything suspicious. They're told to look for abandoned cars, or people hanging around garages, taking... more »

• Pakistan arrests 2 in Times Square bomb probe

  May 14, 2010 12:55 PM

  A senior U.S. military official says Pakistan now has at least two men in custody on suspicion of helping to finance the Times Square bombing attempt. The investigation into the May 1 attempt has widened as authorities in the U.S. and Pakistan follow the money trail. The official spoke... more »

• Four held in Times Square bomb probe

  May 14, 2010 8:38 AM

  Four people are now being held in the investigation of the attempted bombing at New York's Times Square. Three men believed to have given money to the suspect were arrested today, two in the Boston area and the third in Maine. Investigators say it's not yet clear whether the... more »

• FBI searches Northeast homes in Times Square probe

  May 13, 2010 11:17 AM

  The FBI says agents are searching several locations in the Northeast in connection with the failed Times Square car bomb. An FBI spokeswoman said Thursday that there is "no known immediate threat to the public or any active plot against the United States." FBI spokeswoman Gail Marcinkiewicz would not... more »

• Excessive caution cleared Times Square

  May 7, 2010 5:47 PM

  Police say it was an "abundance of caution" that prompted them to shut down several streets in New York's Times Square area to traffic today while they investigated a cooler that had been left on a sidewalk. The cooler was found about a block from where a failed car... more »

• Update: Cooler causes Times Square evacuation

  May 7, 2010 2:07 PM

  Police have cleared streets around Times Square after finding a cooler left on a sidewalk on the same block where a failed car bomb was found over the weekend. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne says police have created some distance between the cooler and people. He says they are "in... more »

• Gen. Petraeus: Times Square bomber acted alone

  May 7, 2010 11:03 AM

  Gen. David Petraeus says the Times Square bombing suspect is a "lone wolf" terrorist who did not work with others. The general who oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan tells The Associated Press that alleged bomber Faisal Shahzad was inspired by militants in Pakistan, but didn't have direct... more »

• Suspected money courier sought in NYC bomb plot

  May 7, 2010 8:22 AM

  A law enforcement official says authorities are looking for a suspected money courier they say helped finance from overseas a Pakistani-American man's Times Square car bomb plot. The official said authorities know the name of the suspected courier. The official spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday because of the... more »

• Fireworks store has video of NYC bomb suspect

  May 5, 2010 1:42 PM

  A Pennsylvania store says it has video of the suspect in the failed Times Square car bombing buying fireworks there. Bruce Zoldan is president of Ohio-based Phantom Fireworks. He says Faisal Shahzad bought fireworks from the company's showroom in Matamoras, Pennsylvania, within the last eight weeks. Zoldan said Wednesday... more »

• Acts of terrorism come in many forms

  May 4, 2010 10:30 PM

  The terrorist plot in Times Square shows our nation's vulnerability. "A car bomb today is maybe a cyanide issue tomorrow. They're very creative. They're working very hard to hurt us, so we have to be even more creative to be one step ahead," says Michael Perini, executive director of... more »

• NYC Mayor confident bomb case will be solved

  May 3, 2010 11:29 AM

  New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says there's a "high probability" that law enforcement will capture whoever was behind the attempted car bombing in Times Square. Bloomberg says there is no evidence that the attempted attack was tied to international terrorism. But Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is cautioning against... more »

• NYC to expand its high-tech counterterror system

  October 5, 2009 6:27 PM

  A network of security cameras, license plate readers and weapons sensors designed to protect lower Manhattan from terrorist threats is now expanding to New York City's midtown area. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly say the city will extend the counterterrorism system into an area that includes Grand... more »