ADAM GOLDMAN

Associated Press Writer
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Case against Iranian foundation threatens mosques

The organization that federal investigators say is a front for the Iranian government has spent millions of dollars over the years on philanthropy: buying property for four U.S. mosques, funding religious schools and language classes, and translating books on Islam.

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US seeks to seize 4 mosques, tower linked to Iran

In what could be one of the biggest counterterrorism seizures in U.S. history, federal prosecutors sought to seize four U.S. mosques and a New York City skyscraper owned by a Muslim organization suspected of being controlled by the Iranian government.

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US seeks to seize 4 mosques, tower linked to Iran

Federal prosecutors are seeking to seize four U.S. mosques and a New York City skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled by the Iranian government.

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AP sources: al-Qaida's Afghan head contacted Zazi

The airport shuttle driver accused of plotting a bombing in New York had contacts with al-Qaida that went nearly all the way to the top, to an Osama bin Laden confidant believed to be the terrorist group's leader in Afghanistan, U.S. intelligence officials told The Associated Press.

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Sources: Terror suspect contacted senior al-Qaida

An Afghan immigrant accused of plotting a terrorist attack in New York after receiving training in Pakistan was in contact with a senior al-Qaida operative, intelligence officials familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press.

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Experts: Terror suspect could have killed scores

The Afghan immigrant accused of buying large quantities of hair dye and nail polish remover to make explosives had the goods to kill scores of people in New York — a devastating attack on a scale with the transit bombings in London and Madrid, according to documents and interviews with former FBI experts.

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Blackwater tapped foreigners on secret CIA program

When the CIA revived a plan to kill or capture terrorists in 2004, the agency turned to the well-connected security company then known as Blackwater USA.

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Food critic pens book about relationship with food

When Frank Bruni stepped on the scene as the chief restaurant critic for The New York Times more than five years ago, many industry insiders and observers thought the choice was odd.

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Terrorist flees to Lebanon, FBI confirms

A master bomb maker who once targeted commercial airliners and was suspected of aiding the Iraq insurgency has fled to Lebanon, an FBI official has confirmed.

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APNewsBreak: FBI to add bomb maker to wanted list

An FBI official says a notorious terrorist suspected of aiding the insurgency in Iraq will be added to the agency's list of its most wanted terrorists.

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AP INVESTIGATION: Terrorist eludes US in Iraq

As Pan Am Flight 830 descended toward Honolulu and passengers finished their breakfast, a blinding burst of light washed over them. And then, "BOOM!"

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Fans flock to new Yankees, Mets stadiums

Who cares about a few raindrops? Both the Yankees and Mets are set to take their new stadiums for a test drive with exhibition games Friday evening.

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NY judge freezes assets of Madoff's brother

A Nassau County judge on Wednesday temporarily froze the assets of Bernard Madoff's brother after he was accused in a lawsuit of losing nearly a half million dollars in a trust he administered.

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Madoff investors prepare for court confrontation

Bernard Madoff has yet to face the many investors he is accused of ripping off in a jaw-dropping Ponzi scheme that amounted to one of the biggest financial frauds in history.

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Mystery terrorist in NYC plot deported to Sudan

A recently released Black September terrorist convicted of placing three powerful car bombs in New York City in 1973 has been deported to Sudan, an African nation that once sheltered Osama bin Laden and other terrorists.

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APNewsBreak: Terrorist in NYC bomb plot deported

A law enforcement official says a Black September terrorist convicted of planting three car bombs in New York City in 1973 has been deported.

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Mystery terrorist was targeted for assassination

In 1980, a PLO official identified as "Abu Walid al-Iraqi" narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in which someone fired a rocket at his Italian sedan in the lawless streets of Beirut.

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NSA helped uncover 1973 NYC bombing plot

It was the National Security Agency that uncovered a 1973 plot to bomb New York City, a scheme since linked to a terrorist who is nearing release from prison, according to government documents and interviews.

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More time needed to raise plane engine from Hudson

Federal authorities say more time is needed to recover an engine that broke off a US Airways plane that splashed down in the Hudson River. It was thought the engine — located by police divers Wednesday about 65 feet below the icy water — could be pulled up as early as Thursday. But the National Transportation Safety Board now says it will need another day or two to coordinate the recovery.

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Investigation begins in plane's NYC splash landing

Everything about the fate of Flight 1549 seemed like a million-to-1 shot — a flock of birds crossing a jetliner's path and taking out both engines, a safe landing in the Hudson River by a former fighter pilot. As amazement about the "miracle on the Hudson" turned to questions, a team of 20 National Transportation Safety Board investigators began looking into how Thursday's bizarre near-disaster happened.

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Illinois governor's links to union questioned

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was preparing an executive order that would have allowed a group of home health care workers to unionize even as a criminal complaint says the governor was exploring options to get a job with a powerful union.

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Would-be dancer missing after meeting sex offender

State police searched woods, trash bins and a septic system Monday near the home of a convicted sex offender who left a nightclub last week with a woman who hasn't been seen since.

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Johnston speaks about Bristol Palin, Obama, baby

Levi Johnston, who's having a baby with Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter, can't believe all the things he's hearing. No, he wasn't held against his will on the campaign trail. No, he's not being forced into a shotgun wedding with 17-year-old Bristol Palin.

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Johnston speaks about Bristol Palin, Obama, baby

Levi Johnston, who's having a baby with Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter, can't believe all the things he's hearing. No, he wasn't held against his will on the campaign trail. No, he's not being forced into a shotgun wedding with 17-year-old Bristol Palin.

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NYPD: former detective arrested as 'Bling Bandit'

He was a respected former NYPD detective and a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War who struggled in recent months with inoperable liver cancer.

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