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NSA surveillance revealed abandoned al-Qaedas NY stock exchange bombing plot

The US-led surveillance programme which has created a lot of furor for snooping on citizens' web activities and phone records has revealed information about al-Qaeda's plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange(NYSE) in 2008. FBI Assistant Director Sean Joyce said that the agency found out through the electronic surveillance that al-Qaeda was actually in the initial stage of bombing the NYSE ...
Seen At 11 Exploding Cellphones Pose A Serious Danger

NEW YORK (CBS 2) — If you’re like most people, your cellphone is probably always close at hand. But as CBS 2's Kristine Johnson reported Wednesday night, the public is taking heed of a warning about exploding phones. It is happening more and more and causing some serious injuries. Fred Smilansky said he woke up one morning to find his cellphone that had been charging overnight ...
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — They are at the helm on your everyday train - engineers who are supposed to be guiding trains to safety. But as CBS 2's Jessica Schneider reported Wednesday night, disturbing statistics have shown the people you entrust might be breaking the rules. Data ...
Ramirez Rookie Phenom Puig Beat Up Yankees In Nightcap

NEW YORK (AP) Hanley Ramirez capped a six-hit day with a pair of RBI singles, Yasiel Puig homered to complete a dazzling debut in New York and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Yankees 6-0 Wednesday for a split of their day-night ...
Hughes and Yankees fall flat in nightcap

LAD@NYY: Adams makes an impressive diving stop NEW YORK -- Phil Hughes' troubles within the not-so-friendly confines of Yankee Stadium continued on Wednesday, as the right-hander allowed five runs and heard boos as the Yankees fell to the Dodgers, 6-0, in the second game of a day-night doubleheader. Hughes completed six innings and kept Los Angeles' lineup in the yard, but he was ...

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Jersey town mourns loss of regular guy Gandolfini

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Several hurt when car veers onto sidewalk

A car rocketing down an avenue in Manhattan's dense East Village swerved out of control, plowed down a sidewalk and smashed through a storefront flower stand Wednesday morning, injuring eight people, witnesses and officials said.A 60-year-old grocery store worker was critically hurt in the 6:30 a.m. crash, which left half a city block in shambles.Police arrested the driver, Shaun ...
Joe Torres daughter saves baby in Brooklyn

The daughter of former Yankees manager Joe Torre caught a baby who fell from a second-story window in Brooklyn Wednesday, officials said.Cristina Torre, 44, made the save, confirmed Major League Baseball spokesman John Blundell. Police said the baby escaped serious injuryHer father, Joe Torre, 72, the league's executive vice president for baseball operations, was a proud papa ...

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NSA surveillance revealed abandoned al-Qaeda's NY stock exchange bombing plot

The US-led surveillance programme which has created a lot of furor for snooping on citizens' web activities and phone records has revealed information about al-Qaeda's plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange(NYSE) in 2008.

FBI Assistant Director Sean Joyce said that the agency found out through the electronic surveillance that al-Qaeda was actually in the initial stage of bombing the NYSE which is just half a mile away from the 9/11 terror strike site World Trade Centre, ABC News reports.

According to the report, the surveillance agencies including the NSA have been defending the alleged 'snooping' programme carried out on the US citizens' tracking their web activities and phone records.

The US officials have claimed that the surveillance programme has helped the security officials to stop more than 50 terrorist plots over 20 countries.

The NYSE plot disclosure centers around an auto parts dealer in Kansas city named Khalid Ouazzani who pleaded guilty in 2010 for his role in a conspiracy to provide funding to al-Qaeda.

Ouzzani had helped uncover the abandoned plan by becoming a cooperating witness about talks with extremists regarding bombing the symbolic heart of America's capitalist system. ...