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Tuesday, January 08, 2013  Many people consider the trappings of Hollywood as the scourge of our society, but in the Autumn of 1979, Tinsel Town used the fine art of smoke and mirrors in a caper so daring few screenwriters could ever weave such a tale.

Tuesday, October 05, 2010  The Pakistani immigrant who tried to set off a car bomb in Times Square was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison, a mandatory penalty that left him defiant as ever.

Thursday, July 15, 2010  Brian Shah's medical bills are piling up to more than $200,000 each year.  So his family and friends have come together to host the Brian Shah Classic.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010  The man who pleaded guilty to the failed Times Square bombing has offered an unapologetic and chilling account in court as to why he did it.

Monday, June 21, 2010  Calling himself a "Muslim soldier," a defiant Pakistan-born U.S. citizen pleaded guilty Monday to carrying out the failed Times Square car bombing, saying his attack was the answer to "the U.S. terrorizing ... Muslim people."

Monday, June 21, 2010  A Pakistan-born U.S. citizen faces arraignment in New York on an indictment accusing him of using money and training from the Pakistani Taliban to plot a failed Times Square car bombing.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010  While sequestered in a New York hotel room, the Times Square bomb suspect revealed he had thought about targeting other landmarks and asked investigators why the bomb he built failed to go off.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010  The White House's top terrorism adviser says a newly formed high-value detainee interrogation group, known as the HIG, was used to question Times Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad, as well as other suspects in the U.S. and abroad, over the past few months

Tuesday, May 18, 2010  The suspect in a botched car bombing in Times Square has left a New York City courtroom after his first public appearance since his arrest two weeks ago.

Friday, May 14, 2010  A new government program aims to train thousands of parking industry employees nationwide to watch for and report anything suspicious — abandoned cars, for example, or people hanging around garages, taking photographs or asking unusual questions.

Thursday, May 13, 2010  UPDATED 4:15 p.m. CDT. Three Pakistani men suspected of providing money to NYC car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad were arrested by the FBI in a series of Thursday morning raids across the Northeast, law enforcement officials said.

Friday, May 07, 2010  NEW YORK (AP) — Police cleared streets around Times Square on Friday and called in the bomb squad after finding a cooler left on a sidewalk a block away from where where a failed car bomb was found over the weekend.

Friday, May 07, 2010  A law enforcement official says authorities are looking for a suspected money courier they say helped finance from overseas a Pakistani-American man's Times Square car bomb plot.

Wednesday, May 05, 2010  Faisal Shahzad, a man accused of trying to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, was videotaped buying consumer-grade fireworks at a Pennsylvania store that a company official said were not nearly strong enough to make a powerful bomb.

Wednesday, May 05, 2010  U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Faisal Shahzad had been providing valuable information to investigators as they sought to determine the scope of the plot to blow up the SUV last Saturday night in the heart of Times Square.