7 Men Charged in Alleged U.S. Terror Plot

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A group of young men seized in a Miami warehouse have been charged in a federal indictment with conspiring with al-Qaida to ''levy war against the United States'' by committing acts of violence including blowing up Chicago's Sears Tower.

The seven individuals indicted by a federal grand jury were taken into custody Thursday when authorities swarmed the warehouse in the Liberty City area, removing a metal door with a blow torch. The indictment also alleges plans to blow a federal building in Miami in conjunction with the al-Qaida terrorist network.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other top-level Bush administration officials scheduled a news conference for later Friday and a similar briefing was in Miami. The seven were expected to appear in court later Friday.