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Times Square Is Evacuated in Bomb Scare The scene at Times Square on Saturday night after police found a suspicious package inside a Pathfinder on West 45th Street. RAY RIVERA and KARIN HENRY May 1, 2010 A bomb in Times Square led to the evacuation of thousands of tourists and theatergoers from the area on a warm and busy Saturday evening, the police said. There was no explosion. “It appears to be a car bomb left in a Pathfinder between Seventh and Eighth,” said Deputy Commissioner Paul J. Browne, the Police Department’s chief spokesman. The device, he said, contained “explosive...

Feds investigate ex-president of Islamic CenterTerrorism task force focuses on possible financial crimesBill MorlinStaff writer The former president of the Spokane Islamic Center is under investigation by a joint terrorism task force for possible financial crimes. Hassan Abdul Hadi Mallah, a Palestinian immigrant who became a U.S. citizen in 1988, has been the target of the federal probe for at least seven months, according to his friends and associates. Besides his financial dealings, the witnesses say investigators asked about Mallah's frequent trips to the Middle East and his vocal support of the terrorist group Hamas. The witnesses were identified and...