Fed. Prosecutors said suspect planned bombings in New York

  Eyewitness NewsFT. LAUDERDALE -- Federal prosecutors say a South Florida man arrested last month plotted to set off a bomb in New York City to avenge deaths in Afghanistan.

Prosecutor Karen Gilbert said during a detention hearing Tuesday that 20-year-old Raees Alam Qazi traveled to New York on Nov. 23 to obtain explosives and conduct an attack on an unspecified target. But Qazi was not successful and returned to Florida on Nov. 27.

Gilbert says recordings indicate Qazi was a lone wolf with allegiance to al-Qaida. Qazi told the FBI after his arrest he changed his mind about the attack.

Qazi and older brother Sheheryar Alam Qazi are accused of providing material support to terrorists and attempting to obtain a weapon of mass destruction. Both have pleaded not guilty.

The brothers are naturalized U.S. citizens originally from Pakistan.

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Donations planned on National Donut Day

  Eyewitness NewsNEW YORK (WABC) -- They're saying it's the largest box of Entenmann's Donuts ever created and they're unveiling it at celebration in Manhattan honoring the 75th annual National Donut Day.

Entenmann's plans to donate $25,000 to The Salvation Army at the event Friday at Madison Square Park. Organizers will also share a Proclamation Letter signed New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

The National Donut Day holiday is held annually on the first Friday of June. It was established by The Salvation Army in 1938 in Chicago to honor "donut lassies" who served treats to soldiers in WWI.

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George McGovern falls before planned TV appearance

  Eyewitness NewsSIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Former Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern has been hospitalized after falling and hitting his head while getting ready for a live interview on C-SPAN.

McGovern's daughter Ann McGovern tells The Associated Press that her father fell in Mitchell, S.D., and is being transported by helicopter to a Sioux Falls hospital. The former South Dakota senator was getting set to take part in a live program called "The Contenders," focusing on failed presidential candidates who changed the landscape of American politics.

Ann McGovern says the injury is unrelated to her 89-year-old father's hospitalization in late October for exhaustion.

McGovern fell outside of the Dakota Wesleyan University's McGovern Library in Mitchell, which is across the street from one of his homes. Witnesses say he was bleeding profusely but conscious and talking.

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Some time off planned for last space shuttle crew

A photo provided by NASA shows the space shuttle Atlantis on launch pad 39a of the NASA Kennedy Space Center shortly after the rotating service structure was rolled back, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, Cape Canaveral, Fla.. Atlantis is scheduled to launch at 2:28p.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo / NASA, Bill Ingalls))

  By MARCIA DUNNCAPE CANAVERAL, FL -- After nearly a week in orbit, the astronauts on NASA's last space shuttle flight will get some time off.

The crew of four will squeeze in a little more cargo hauling at the International Space Station on Thursday morning, then kick back and relax. The six station residents will enjoy some down time as well.

Several tons of food, clothes and other supplies were delivered by space shuttle Atlantis. All that needs to be hand-carried into the space station. The cargo carrier will be filled back up with old station equipment and trash for return to Earth next week.

Atlantis will leave the space station next week and head home to Florida. It's the last flight for NASA's 30-year shuttle program.

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