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The wife of the accused Times Square bomber lived a suburban life of shopping and Everybody Loves Raymond—until her handsome young husband became a monster. Asra Q. Nomani goes inside the world of Huma Mian.

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An image of terror suspect Faisal Shahzad is seen on a TV screen as US Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Deputy Director of the FBI John S. Pistole and New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly hold a briefing regarding the investigation into the Times Square attempted bombing, in Washington, DC, on May 4, 2010.

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Suspected Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad with wife, Huma Mian.

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Screengrab of Huma Mian's profile on social networking site orkut.com.

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Suspected Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad (R) with his wife, Huma Mian, and others stand in Times Square in a photo believed to have been taken a year and a half to two years ago.

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Terror suspect Faisal Shahzad in a photo from the social networking site Orkut.com

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Law enforcement and FBI agents remove evidence from a house in Bridgeport, Conn., Tuesday, May 4, 2010. Faisal Shahzad, a U.S. citizen who had recently returned from a five-month trip to his native Pakistan, was arrested at a New York airport on charges that he drove a bomb-laden SUV meant to cause a fireball in Times Square, federal authorities said.

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FBI search an alley on the property of a house where Faisal Shahzad lived, in Bridgeport, Conn., Tuesday, May 4, 2010.

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Agents from the FBI and other law enforcement agencies work at a 24-hour operations center at FBI headquarters, Monday, May 3, 2010, in the Chelsea section of New York. The center was set up to coordinate the investigation of the Times Square incident involving a vehicle loaded with explosive material.

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A frame made from a surveillance video released by the New York Police Monday May 3, 2010, shows a man, right, picking up a bag after removing a shirt in an alleyway in New York. Police investigating the failed car bomb attempt in Times Square say the videotape tape shows a possible suspect.

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New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly discusses Saturday evening's Times Square incident during a news conference at One Police Plaza, Sunday May 2, 2010 in New York.

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Police officers stand guard in Times Square May 3, 2010 in New York City. The area resumed normal operations, with increased police presence, after a car bomb was discovered on Saturday evening May 1 before it could be detonated.

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A Nissan Pathfinder sport utility vehicle that was packed with bomb materials is removed from the scene in Times Square, May 1, 2010.

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A Times Square section of Manhattan was shut down after a suspicious van was discovered on West 45th Street near Seventh Avenue around 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 1, 2010.

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A bomb technician examines a Nissan Pathfinder sport utility vehicle that was packed with bomb materials in New York's Times Square, May 1, 2010. Police tipped off by a street vendor found and defused a car bomb inside a sport utility vehicle, thwarting an "act of terrorism" that forced the evacuation of New York's Times Square on Saturday and could have killed many people, authorities said early on Sunday.

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