Another Bomb Scare Rattles New York

The fifth bomb scare to rattle New Yorkers since the failed Times Square bombing has turned out to be a false alarm. Several blocks of Manhattan were cordoned off and the bomb squad was called in after a Con Ed employee spotted a car with two gas canisters inside parked outside the company's headquarters and raised the alarm. The car turned out to belong to a man who was at a nearby concert by the Buzzcocks, a British punk band.

The man told police the canisters were in his vehicle because he works as a landscaper. The bomb squad used flash charges to blast out the Oldsmobile's windows before the man was located with the help of the Buzzcocks, who stopped the concert to make an announcement. "They stopped in the middle of the song and said, 'Does anyone have a 1991 Cutlass?'" a woman who was at the gig told the New York Daily News. "It's scary. This is a sign of the times."
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