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Times Square Block Shut Down [Bomb Squad Summoned]
Wall St. Journal ^ | May 01st 2010

Posted on 05/01/2010 7:00:18 PM PDT by Steelfish

Times Square Block Shut Down

By SEAN GARDINER and R.M. SCHNEIDERMAN

NYPD closed off streets from 42nd to 47th along Broadway in New York City. Police shut down a block in the heart of Times Square Saturday night after receiving a call about a suspicious car fire, delaying some Broadway shows by more than an hour.

The call came in just after 6:30 and as of 9 p.m., 45th Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues had not been opened. When police initially responded, they saw smoke coming out of the car but no fire.

Dustin Drankoski for the Wall Street Journal NYPD closed off streets from 42nd to 47th along Broadway in New York City. Police said a bomb squad investigation was on the scene and that the car on fire was a sport utility vehicle had license plates that didn't match the make of the car, raising suspicions.

On one of the theater district's busiest nights, some shows, including "The Lion King," were delayed by an hour or more, according to the Broadway World website.

Oprah Winfrey was in attendance of the new hit "Fela," being shown at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on West 49th Street, and the production began on time and wasn't interrupted.

(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alreadyposted; bombscare; carbomb; comedycentral; faisalshahzad; ied; islam; mtvnetworks; muslims; nyc; nypd; obama; rop; southpark; timesquare
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To: dfwgator

I’ll bet they were all at the Correspondence Dinner.


161 posted on 05/01/2010 9:04:46 PM PDT by roses of sharon (I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13)
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To: onyx

All I can say is THANK GOD this device did not explode..thank God


162 posted on 05/01/2010 9:04:58 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: txhurl

It was reportedly an Amish haberdasher. You could tell because of the spoked buggy wheels on the vehicle. Nothing to see here, move along...


163 posted on 05/01/2010 9:05:10 PM PDT by oneolcop (Lead, Follow or Get the Hell Out of the Way!)
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To: Prole

Nope, Baptists. \s


164 posted on 05/01/2010 9:05:40 PM PDT by freepertoo
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To: Prole

I read a muslim man was seen running from the scene(Typical muslim, wants to kill people yet he runs off) question is, where the hell is he..they have to find him or else he will try again


165 posted on 05/01/2010 9:05:56 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: onyx

CNN and FOX now covering.


166 posted on 05/01/2010 9:06:11 PM PDT by roses of sharon (I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Thank you, Lord, truly.


167 posted on 05/01/2010 9:06:23 PM PDT by freepertoo
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To: onyx

...well at least there are enough cameras in TSQ that they should have a pretty good idea of what were looking for......
Odumbo will respond accordingly.....after a few rounds of golf. Wasn’t it earlier today he was yucking it up?


168 posted on 05/01/2010 9:06:52 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
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To: Liberty Valance

US Army recruiting.

169 posted on 05/01/2010 9:06:55 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: Sarah Barracuda
What’s weird is that it did not go off. My guess, either it is NOT supposed to go off now or it malfunctioned

Guess I'm about as nutty as you because that's what I first thought about. Maybe it wasn't supposed to go off, period. Warning, diversion, fear, etc. etc.

170 posted on 05/01/2010 9:07:14 PM PDT by The Cajun (Mind numbed robot , ditto-head, Hannitized, Levinite)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

FNC finally started reporting on it about ten minutes ago.


171 posted on 05/01/2010 9:07:16 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Mom MD

It was the night of the White House Correspondents Dinner, and many were there or covering that (and drinking) so on top of the normal lousy coverage, it was a weekend and a weekend in which they once again cover and celebrate the most important people in the world- themselves. They have no time for silly little things like tourists in danger and carbombs in America.


172 posted on 05/01/2010 9:07:58 PM PDT by PghBaldy (Like the Ft Hood Killer, James Earl Ray was just stressed when he killed MLK Jr.)
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To: Mom MD

I wondered that too. How long before they blame it on us gun hugging, bible packing terrorists. Or is it gun packing, bible hugging?

I can’t keep it straight..... I suspect that it’s a good thing that the big wigs are at the dinner tonight and that we’re hearing from NYPD before the DHS. I think we’ll get more info at first here until they swoop in and try to throw dirt on it.


173 posted on 05/01/2010 9:08:11 PM PDT by MWestMom (Tread carefully, truth lies here.)
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To: justsaynomore

Thank you for that list.


174 posted on 05/01/2010 9:08:36 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman (Control the American people? Herding cats would be easier.)
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To: rdl6989

Just got back here. fox is calling it a failed bomb attack.


175 posted on 05/01/2010 9:08:47 PM PDT by MestaMachine (If it donÂ’t fit, it must be sh!t.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
All I can say is THANK GOD this device did not explode..thank God

Well putting on my tinfoil for the moment, if it does turn out to be a white person whom they catch, and they link him to the Tea Party, I am going to be very suspicious that the whole thing was staged.

176 posted on 05/01/2010 9:09:02 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Fox and CNN where both yucking it up with live coverage of obama at the Correspondants dinner


177 posted on 05/01/2010 9:09:06 PM PDT by VRWCTexan (Obama-scare is the "real" Cash for Clunker Program!)
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To: roses of sharon

Several different angles from here:

http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/


178 posted on 05/01/2010 9:09:22 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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To: Liberty Valance

MSNBC Reporter: Vehicle is a Nissan Pathfinder parked near 44th St. and Seventh Ave.


179 posted on 05/01/2010 9:09:22 PM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life or nothing at all)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Drudge asleep


180 posted on 05/01/2010 9:10:16 PM PDT by conservativefromGa
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