Three students chased and detained a man who police believe tried to steal five paintings from a Boston art gallery, including etchings by Pablo Picasso and Rembrandt.

An activist who was angry that police were not handing out enough parking tickets got more than he bargained for recently.

In the days before his failed attempt to detonate a car bomb in the heart of Times Square, the American suspect, who had recently returned from his native Pakistan, did a dry run, a law enforcement official said today.