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NEW YORK, Sept 2 New York police reopened Park Avenue in midtown Manhattan on Thursday afternoon after investigating a suspicious vehicle and declaring it safe.
The bomb squad had been called to investigate a black Mercedes Benz and 10 blocks of Park Avenue were briefly closed to traffic and pedestrians, a police spokeswoman said.
"It's nothing," she said. It was unknown why the vehicle was considered suspicious.
Nearby Times Square was evacuated on May 1 after a Pakistani-American citizen, Faisal Shahzad, attempted to detonate a car bomb. Shahzad has pleaded guilty to 10 charges, including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. (Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Eric Beech)
MIAMI/CHICAGO, Aug 19 Federal health officials on Friday warned pregnant women not to travel to trendy Miami Beach after Florida confirmed that the mosquito-borne Zika virus was active in the popular tourist destination.
* Moody's downgrades Corrections Corporation of America's senior unsecured bond rating to Ba1; outlook revised to negative
BRASILIA, Aug 19 Brazil collected 107.416 billion reais ($33.37 billion) in federal taxes in July, the government said on Friday, down 5.8 percent from a year earlier when adjusted for inflation and below market expectations.