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  • Woman stumbles, falls on subway tracks, dies

    January 1, 2013 1:06 PM

    NEW YORK - New York City police say a young woman stumbling around on a Manhattan subway platform not far from Times Square fell onto the tracks and was killed by a train. The accident happened at around 5 a.m. on New Year's Day at the No. 2 line station... more »
  • Happy New Year

    January 1, 2013 8:44 AM

    NEW YORK - Hundreds of thousands of revelers crowded into New York City's Times Square to watch the crystal-covered ball make its annual descent, ringing in the start of 2013. The festivities joined a slew of others around the globe, from fireworks in Sydney and Hong Kong to the... more »
  • "Times Square-When and Why it Started?"

    December 28, 2012 9:35 PM

    On this date in 1907, The New York Times moved its offices to a building on a square that now bears its name. To commemorate the paper's new home, publisher Alfred Ochs provided a lavish New Year's Eve celebration intended to attract parishioners from Trinity Church in lower Manhattan. The... more »
  • For some, Times Square countdown begins early

    December 31, 2011 11:32 AM

    NEW YORK - People have already started to stake out space in Times Square in anticipation of New York City's big New Year's Eve bash. Revelers wearing party hats and "2012" glasses were camped out inside metal police barricades on Seventh Avenue. Houston tourist Megan Martin staked out her space... more »
  • Times Square attempted bomber gets life sentence

    October 5, 2010 10:19 AM

    The Pakistani immigrant who tried to set off a car bomb in Times Square was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison, a mandatory penalty that left him defiant as ever. The judge who sentenced him determined to send a message to anyone who might want to follow in his... more »
  • Pop-Tart shop in Times Square

    August 9, 2010 7:38 PM

    One of Kellogg's most popular brands is being sold in Times Sqaure at the new Pop-Tart World dedicated to the popular pastries. Customers can eat Pop-Tart shushi, order a customized pastry or create a customized box filled with a mix of their favorite flavors. It's the first store for Kellogg's... more »
  • Naked versus Naked

    July 21, 2010 8:22 PM

    There's a showdown brewing between the Naked Cowboy and Naked Cowgirl in New York City. The cowboy is trying to protect his trademark from the cowgirl. Robert Burck says Sandy Kane is damaging his brand that he's worked years to perfect as he strums his guitar in Times Square wearing... more »
  • Woman who says she was nurse in WWII photo dies

    June 23, 2010 12:07 PM

    Edith Shain, who said she was the nurse kissed by a sailor in Times Square in an iconic World War II photo, has died. Her son, Robert, says Shain was 91 when she died Sunday at her Los Angeles home. In August 1945, Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstadt... more »
  • Times Square car bomb suspect pleads guilty in NYC

    June 21, 2010 4:43 PM

    A Pakistan-born U.S. citizen pleaded guilty to trying to bomb Times Square and says he is "part of the answer to the U.S. terrorizing the Muslim nations and the Muslim people." Faisal Shahzad defiantly made the statement in federal court Monday as he pleaded guilty to a 10-count indictment... more »
  • Times Square bomb suspect to appear in court

    May 18, 2010 2:46 PM

    Prosecutors say the suspect in the botched car bombing in Times Square will make a first appearance in federal court. Faisal Shahzad (FY'-sul shah-ZAHD') is set to appear in court Tuesday on five felony charges related to the May 1 botched bombing. Shahzad has been held at an... more »
  • FBI conducts searches in Times Square investigation

    May 13, 2010 9:03 AM

    FBI agents have executed search warrants at several locations in the Northeast in connection with the failed Times Square car bombing. The FBI says the searches were the product of evidence gathered in the investigation and that there is "no known immediate threat to the public or any active plot... more »
  • Bomb squad gives all-clear in Times Square

    May 7, 2010 2:05 PM

    Update: A suspicious cooler found today in Times Square is not a threat, that's according to the New York Police Department bomb squad. Streets have been reopened to traffic. more »
  • Suspicious package clears Times Square

    May 7, 2010 1:20 PM

    Police have cleared the streets of Times Square while investigating the discovery of a cooler left on a sidewalk on the same block where a failed car bomb was found over the weekend. Police say the bomb squad is responding to the area near 46th and Broadway on Friday... more »
  • Questions remain about Times Square bomb suspect's story

    May 5, 2010 3:00 PM

    A few more details are out on the Times Square bomb attempt, but questions remain about the suspect's motives. Law enforcement officials says they've been unable to find out if Faisal Shahzad's really trained at a Pakistani terror camp. One official says they are looking into possible financing... more »
  • Times Square bomber trained at Pakistan terror camp

    May 4, 2010 2:57 PM

    The man arrested for trying to blow up an SUV in Times Square, attended a terror training camp in Pakistan, that's according to authorities. Faisal Shahzad told the FBI about his training. Officials say Shahzad was providing valuable information about the nearly catastrophic attack. The Pakistani Taliban... more »
  • Times Square bomb suspect put on no fly list Monday

    May 4, 2010 1:01 PM

    Deputy FBI director John Pistole says the alleged Times Square bomber was placed on the No Fly list Monday, hours before he was arrested. This was a key step to stop the suspect, Faisal Shahzad, from fleeing the country. Customs and Border Protection officials at the airport ordered... more »
  • Govt. officials: NYC bomb suspect paid for flight in cash

    May 4, 2010 10:42 AM

    The man accused of driving an SUV filled with bombs into Times Square made his flight reservation on the way to the airport and paid for his plane ticket in cash, according to U.S. government officials. Faisal Shahzad was arrested when his flight, bound for Dubai, returned to the... more »
  • FBI searches NYC car bomb suspect's Conn. home

    May 4, 2010 5:35 AM

    The FBI says there's no danger to the public after a searched of the Connecticut home of a man accused of driving a car bomb into New York's Times Square. Agents searched the Bridgeport home, but there are no further details about it. U.S. officials say car bomb suspect Faisal... more »
  • Update: NYC Bomb Scare

    May 2, 2010 1:18 PM

    New York City officials call the device "amateurish," but say the bomb found in a sport utility vehicle in Times Square last night was powerful and could have been "very deadly." Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says authorities are treating the car bomb discovered in New York's Times Square... more »
  • Suspicious device found in car in Times Square, NY

    May 1, 2010 11:02 PM

    Police evacuated buildings and cleared streets of thousands of tourists around New York City's Times Square after finding an apparent car bomb in a parked SUV. New York City police say a mounted police officer noticed smoke coming from the SUV at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. A law enforcement official... more »

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