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"for operational reasons," according to a criminal complaint. Nafis also indicated he knew that choice would "cause a large number of civilian casualties, including women and children," the complaint said.
• The plot was phony, but authorities alleged on Wednesday that Nafis' admiration of Osama bin Laden and aspirations for martyrdom were not.
• FBI agents grabbed the 21-year-old Nafis -- armed with a cellphone he believed was rigged as a detonator -- after he made several attempts to blow up a fake 1,000-pound the bomb inside a vehicle parked next to the Federal Reserve in lower Manhattan, the complaint said.
• The bank in New York, located at 33 Liberty St., is one of 12 branches around the country that, along with the Board of Governors in Washington, make up the Federal Reserve System that serves as the central bank of the United States. It sets interest rates.
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May the funniest man win: Romney and Obama to face off, this time with a repertoire of jokes
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- The presidential campaign, which has been a spectacle of finger-pointing and recrimination, is oh so briefly taking a sharp detour so President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney can play politics for laughs.
• The rivals are quieting the hostilities Thursday evening to address the venerable Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, a white-tie gala at New York City's Waldorf Astoria Hotel that has been a required stop for politicians since the end of World War II.
• In keeping with tradition, both candidates have prepared lighthearted fare for the fundraising event organized by the Catholic Archdiocese of New York for the benefit of needy children. That was the case almost precisely four years ago when Obama and Republican presidential contender John McCain poked fun at themselves and each other just a day after an intense presidential debate at Hofstra University on Long Island.
• As in 2008, this year's dinner comes in the wake of a fiery and confrontational presidential debate -- again at Hofstra -- lending an air of drama to the pivot from acrimony to humor.
• What's more, the dinner's host is Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, the spiritual leader of the Archdiocese of New York and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which has clashed with the Obama administration over contraception pro (Continued on page 30)
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