http://www.nydailynews.com/front/breaking_news/story/331630p-283400c.html
"Federal official: NYC should fear homegrown terrorists"
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "He likened al-Qaida to a cancer that has metastasized.
"Whether or not al-Qaida has a reach into the boroughs of New York or the areas of East London or not, I think we're going to be seeing the metastases developing more and more along the continuum of radicalism, extremism, violence and then leading to terrorism," he said.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, who hosted the conference, credited law enforcement with thwarting a handful of local plots in the wake of the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center. He said the arrests last year of "two homegrown jihadists" in an alleged scheme to blow up a subway station in busy Herald Square were proof the city could protect itself."
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-pdrugs27jul27,0,5567488.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines
"50 in West Palm area arrested for drugs; some suspected in recent shootings"
By Stephen Deere
Staff Writer
Posted July 27 2005
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "WEST PALM BEACH -- A six-month sting operation by local and federal authorities has netted the arrests of roughly 50 drug dealers, law enforcement officials said Thursday.
West Palm Beach police think at least three of the people arrested have been involved in the spate of shootings plaguing the city, West Palm Police Capt. Dennis E. Crispo said."
http://www.wtop.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=547066
AP
"Metro Cops to See How NYC Handles Bag Checks"
Updated: Tuesday, Jul. 26, 2005 - 4:45 PM
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "WASHINGTON - Watching and learning is what Metro authorities will be doing this week in New York City.
Metro Chief Polly Hanson says members of her force will spend part of Thursday watching how the NYPD is randomly searching bags."