Explosives found at New York cemetery

Explosives found at New York cemetery

NEW YORK

A caretaker doing gardening work at a historic cemetery dug up a plastic garbage bag containing military-grade explosives last year and left it at the site, where it remained until a volunteer told authorities about it Monday, setting off a big police response.

The employee found the C-4 in May or June 2009 after digging down about a foot into the ground at New York City Marble Cemetery on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said. It contained eight bricks of the explosive, which Kelly said couldn’t have gone off because there was nothing to detonate it.

Obama seeks GOP support for projects

WASHINGTON

President Barack Obama on Monday lobbied for Republican support from Capitol Hill for a burst of spending on transportation projects, calling his proposal a jobs creator for the middle class and an overdue investment in the country’s foundation.

“There’s no reason why we can’t do this,” Obama said in a brief Rose Garden event. “There’s no reason why the world’s best infrastructure should lie beyond our borders. This is America. We’ve always had the best infrastructure. ... All we need is the political will.”

Witnesses to recall Fort Hood attack

FORT HOOD, Texas

For the first time in nearly a year, Army Maj. Nidal Hasan will come face to face with dozens of people he’s accused of attacking in last year’s shooting rampage at Fort Hood.

An Article 32 hearing, which starts today in military court and is expected to last at least three weeks, will determine whether there is enough evidence to put the Army psychiatrist on trial. It also will be the first time witnesses have testified about the worst shooting on a U.S. military base.

Associated Press