Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Bomb found along Martin Luther King Jr parade route (Reuters)
• ND US Sen. Kent Conrad won't run for re-election (AP)
• NYPD WTC command will be staffed at 9/11 memorial (AP)
• FBI: Tests link 3 fiery letters found in Md., DC (AP)
• Police: SC boy called 911 after shooting relatives (AP)
• Clarification: Tea Party Challenges (AP)
• Lawyers accuse US of entrapping anti-Castro agent (AP)
• Britain moves to ban Pakistani Taliban under terror law (Reuters)
• Israel slow on aviation reform (AP)

Bomb found along Martin Luther King Jr parade route (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jan 2011 06:00 PM PST Reuters - The FBI is treating the investigation of an unexploded backpack bomb left along the parade route of a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday celebration as a possible case of domestic terrorism, an agency spokesman said on Tuesday.

ND US Sen. Kent Conrad won't run for re-election (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2011 05:09 PM PST AP - North Dakota U.S. Sen. Kent Conrad said Tuesday he will not seek re-election in 2012 because he wants spend more time working on ways to reduce the nation's $14 trillion debt, which he ranks with a terrorist attack as "the central threat facing the country."

NYPD WTC command will be staffed at 9/11 memorial (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2011 04:57 PM PST AP - A police command center to secure the area in and around the rebuilt World Trade Center site will be staffed with scores of officers by the time the Sept. 11 memorial opens on the 10th anniversary of the attack, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Tuesday.

FBI: Tests link 3 fiery letters found in Md., DC (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2011 03:23 PM PST AP - The FBI says initial forensic tests have linked the three fiery packages sent to government officials in Maryland and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

Police: SC boy called 911 after shooting relatives (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2011 03:09 PM PST AP - A South Carolina teenager shot and killed his father and his 83-year-old great aunt, and critically wounded his 80-year-old grandmother before he called 911 to report the attack, a police spokesman said Tuesday.

Clarification: Tea Party Challenges (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2011 12:29 PM PST AP - In stories Jan. 16 and Jan. 17, The Associated Press reported that when NBC asked House Speaker John Boehner to name a federal program he's willing to cut, Boehner replied, "I don't think I have one off the top of my head, but there is no part of this government that should be sacred." The NBC questioner asked Boehner to name a program the nation could do without following a discussion of defense and homeland security budgets.

Lawyers accuse US of entrapping anti-Castro agent (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2011 12:35 PM PST AP - Lawyers for a former CIA agent charged with perjury and other offences grilled a government attorney on Tuesday, suggesting she only granted their client an immigration hearing because she was helping federal prosecutors gather evidence they could use to bring criminal charges against him.

Britain moves to ban Pakistani Taliban under terror law (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jan 2011 09:41 AM PST Reuters - Britain has moved to ban the Pakistani Taliban as a terrorist group, making it illegal to belong to or raise funds for the organization in Britain, the government said on Tuesday.

Israel slow on aviation reform (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2011 06:32 AM PST AP - Israel's heavily fortified international airport is considered by many to be the go-to place for airline security, with vehicle checks, robots, closed-circuit cameras and controversial passenger profiling all helping to keep travelers safe from terror attacks.

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