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And in New York, I'm Ailsa Chang, Columbia Radio News.
City authorities said that yesterday's explosion at a military recruiting office in Times Square was not connected to letters reading "We Did It," which were sent to about 100 Congressional members just hours after the explosion. The letters were apparently belated Christmas cards referring to the Democratic Party's congressional election victory in 2006.
The explosions occurred at about 3:40 yesterday morning, and a man was seen riding away on a bicyle wearing a hooded jacket.
In October, two small explosive devices shattered the windows at the Mexican Consulate, and police believe someone on a bicyle also threw those explosives. A nearly identical bombing occurred at the British Consultate in May 2005.
Two Staten Island lawmakers proposed legislation today to install suicide-prevention phones on bridges operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Assemblyman Michael Cusick and Senator Andrew Lanza propose linking the phones to a 24-hour suicide prevention hotline. One of the bridges targeted would be Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, where two suicides occurred last November.
A grand jury indicted Long Island mother Lee-a-triss Brewer on murder charges this morning. Brewer is suspected of drowing her three young children in a bathtub on February 24. She jumped from her second-floor apartment in New Cassel after calling 911 to report she had murdered her children. Brewer now faces first and second degree murder charges.
Governor Eliot Spitzer appealed to state and city college presidents yesterday to support his new plan to fund higher education. Spitzer proposes to use lottery money to create a four-billion-dollar endowment fund for colleges. He said that the fund could provide an annual income of 220 million dollars.
It's 47 degrees in New York City. Heavy rain is expected tonight, with a chance of thunderstorms tomorrow. A flood watch begins at 9-o'clock tonight. Sunday should be clear and sunny.
I'm Ailsa Chang, Columbia Radio News.