NY, Washington, aware of terror threat, not afraid (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110910/ap_on_re_us/us_terror_threat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110909/capt.0fabe7ec1ea343ad8ef07ae5214a4e52-07fccd1dfdd549d08bfb5867c52e9412-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=cY8dx0OuFwjnv__e6FDxmg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A New York police officer examines the rear section of a truck at a vehicle check point on Friday, Sept. 9, 2011 in New York. The city is deploying additional resources and taking other security steps in response to a potential terror threat before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. U.S. counterterrorism officials are chasing a credible but unconfirmed al-Qaida threat to use a car bomb on bridges or tunnels in New York or Washington. (AP Photo/Jin Lee)" border="0" /></a>AP - Undaunted by talk of a new terror threat, New Yorkers and Washingtonians wove among police armed with assault rifles and waited with varying degrees of patience at security checkpoints Friday while intelligence officials scrambled to nail down information on a possible al-Qaida strike timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of 9/11.</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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