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Bomb damages Times Square military recruiting station

A bomb blast damaged an empty military recruiting station in New York City's Times Square early Thursday morning.

Nobody was at work when the bomb went off at 3:45 a.m., police said, but the blast shook guests at nearby hotels.

"If it is something that's directed toward American troops than it's something that's taken very seriously and is pretty unfortunate," said Army Capt. Charlie Jaquillard, commander of Army recruiting in Manhattan.

The recruiting station housed Army, Marine, Air Force and Navy recruiters.

-- Lance Murray

-- Associated Press Photo

Bomb blast outside Sopranos actor's theater 'a message'

First actor Michael Imperioli's television character, Christopher Moltisanti, gets snuffed out by Tony Soprano on The Sopranos. Then in real life, someone exploded a homemade bomb Tuesday outside a New York City theater, Studio Dante, owned by Imperioli. The New York Post reports that police believe someone was trying to send Imperioli or his family a message.

-- Lance Murray

-- Star-Telegram file photo of Michael Imperioli inside Studio Dante.