Vanessa Van Spall

Just weeks after a police-involved shooting in the area, the NYPD blocked off part of Times Square for about two hours starting at 11 a.m. They called in counterterrorism and bomb squads after officers noticed the 1992 Dodge van, which had a bogus law enforcement placard in the windshield, parked on Broadway between 41st and 42nd streets. Read More

Six passengers escaped with non-life threatening injuries after the van they were riding in slid over the edge of a Grand Canyon National Park embankment. Read More

Martin van Vliet, an economist at ING said that the European Central Bank will slowly unwind its unconventional policy measures in the first half of 2010, before embarking on a gradual interest rate rising campaign later in the second half of next year. Read More

Manchester United could be boosted by the return of captain Gary Neville for the game against Wigan after overcoming a groin injury. Read More

Police investigating the deaths of two young siblings who drove their toy four-wheeler into a Van Zandt County creek will refer the case to prosecutors. Read More

Some House Democrats who favor a government insurance plan, a central element of health care legislation passed in their chamber, acknowledged Sunday that it might have to be sacrificed as negotiators work out a final agreement with the Senate. Read More

Lately I've been on a teen sex comedy kick. Read More

THE prominence of emerging market investments in portfolios is likely to continue growing, resulting in higher foreign inflows to the JSE. Read More

POLICE are urging people to be aware of illegal hare coursing which is now in season. Read More