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New York’s Times Square was evacuated tonight after a suspicious device was found in an SUV. Police confirmed that the device was a bomb, but there was no explosion and Times Square was safely evacuated. The story is still developing. Live webcams are pointed at Times Square 24/7, and that means the events were streamed live on ... Full story

Calgary, Canada - Authorities have arrested a man wanted on warrants in connection with anti-Semitic graffiti that was spraypainted on Jewish monuments in Calgary The 18-year-old Calgary man was wanted on Canada-wide warrants for mischief to property and inciting public hatred, (as was reported here on VIN News). Calgary police believe it's ... Full story

Turnersville, NJ - A 16-year-old boy was busted for broadcasting a racist comment over the public address system of a Walmart in southern New Jersey, police said Saturday. The youth - whose name was not released because of his age - was charged with harassment and bias intimidation for the incident ... Full story

Washington - The diplomatic rift between the United States and Israel appeared to widen Thursday over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's failure to call Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with an explanation of Israel's east Jerusalem building plan, U.S. sources say. Last Friday, Clinton phoned Netanyahu to strongly criticize Israel's announcement of new ... Full story

Nashville, TN - The loud pop of a semi-automatic rifle shatters the quiet of a still winter day. The sun is shining through the motionless branches of bare trees in a large wooded area, reflecting off the sunglasses of a slender, dark-haired German. He takes aim once more, then fires. Just a ... Full story

Washington - Pushing toward a history-making vote, Democrats struggled to eliminate lingering complications standing in the way of House action this weekend on President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul. Their drive to change the way health care is administered and extend coverage to millions of uninsured Americans took on a growing ... Full story

New York, NY - THE Fourth Commandment doesn't specifically mention TweetDeck or Facebook. Observing the Sabbath 3,000 years ago was more about rest and going easy on one's family - servants and oxen included. But if Moses were redelivering his theophany today - the assembled crowd furiously tweeting his every sound bite - ... Full story

New York - The far-left J Street activist group has written its supporters saying that President Obama is “under attack” for what it called his appropriate condemnation of Israel’s “provocative announcement” last week. The organization has urged its supporters to email Congress and tell them they support Vice President ... Full story

New York - 'If you really want to learn how to coach, lose." So says Jonathan Halpert, who should know. Halpert was just named the Skyline Conference's 2009-2010 Coach of the Year and is currently finishing his 38th season as Yeshiva University's head basketball coach - the longest serving coach in the ... Full story

New York, NY - Gov. David Paterson this morning blasted his hand-picked US senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, for throwing him "under the bus" during his recent scandals, the DN's Glenn Blain reports. During an appearance on Don Imus' radio program on FOX Business Network, Paterson took a swipe at Gillibrand, who earlier this ... Full story