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Bomb Scare

'Helmet Man's' Misunderstanding With Feds Sets Off Bomb Scare

AP | HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and ERIN GARTNER | Posted 09.16.2012 | Crime

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri man who walked into a downtown Kansas City federal building and set off a bomb scare after asking about whether he was ...

Fart Joke Leads To Bomb Scare, Arrest

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 02.10.2012 | Weird News

Nothing clears a room like a fart -- except, perhaps, a bomb scare. Harold Wayne Hadley, Jr., 19, was arrested at a Mississippi junior college afte...

Bomb Joke No Fun For FedEx Employee Charged With Threat Of Terrorism

AP | Posted 03.27.2012 | Weird News

SALT LAKE CITY — Prosecutors in Utah charged a FedEx driver with a threat of terrorism count over allegations he joked that a package he was del...

Live Grenades Prompt Evacuation Of NOPD Headquarters

WWLTV.com | Posted 01.13.2012 | Crime

The NOPD headquarters was evacuated after live grenades were found inside of a car that was being processed Thursday, according to police....

Bomb Squad Discovers Something Fishy At Airport

AP | Posted 11.26.2011 | Travel

ATLANTA -- Police say a bomb squad called to the world's busiest airport found something fishy about the unclaimed luggage at Atlanta's international ...

Grover Norquist's Office Evacuated After Bomb Threat

Posted 09.24.2011 | Politics

The offices of Americans for Tax Reform, the anti-tax group run by conservative activist Grover Norquist, were evacuated Monday morning after a bomb t...

Bomb Suspect Nabbed After Three-Hour Stand-Off In England

Posted 08.02.2011 | World

A man was arrested after a three-hour siege at a bank in Hertfordshire, England where he was carrying a bomb, the BBC reports. Officers had report...

Doggie Bag Ignites Bomb Scare in Long Island Court

AP | Posted 11.16.2011 | Weird News

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. -- A dog that wasn't quite housebroken may have indirectly been responsible for a bomb scare at a New York courthouse. The troubl...

Police Say Large Firecracker Caused Bomb Scare

AP | GILLIAN FLACCUS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

SAN PEDRO, Calif. — A large firecracker caused a blast near a Los Angles-area harbor that sent police scrambling to evacuate the neighborhood an...

Times Square Reopen After Bomb Scare Shuts Down Midtown

AP | VERENA DOBNIK and COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — Police cleared streets around Times Square on Friday and called in the bomb squad after finding a cooler and a shopping bag left on a...

Colbert Unites New Yorkers In Wake Of Bomb Scare (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy

Despite the media's repeated claim that the Time Square bomb was "crude" and "amateurish," Colbert knows there's no taking chances. Addressing "Mr. Te...

Bomb Scare Caused By Messy Box Of Ribs

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — A messy box of ribs left in a Clarksville parking lot caused police to call in the bomb squad and a bomb inspecting robot. ...

Mohammed Al-Madadi Returning To Qatar: Diplomat Will Leave U.S. After Airline Cigarette Bomb Scare

AP | MATTHEW LEE and P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

WASHINGTON — The U.S. plans to close the book on the bomb scare aboard a Denver-bound airliner after receiving assurances from Qatar that the di...

Qatari Diplomat Who Sparked Airplane Bomb Scare Likely Sent Home

AP | MATTHEW LEE and P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

WASHINGTON — A Qatari diplomat was on his way to an official visit with an imprisoned al-Qaida sleeper agent when he touched off a bomb scare by...

Union Square Bomb Search: Bomb Squad Inspecting Suspicious Vehicle In New York City

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — New York City police evacuated part of an apartment building and blocked off some streets near Manhattan's Union Square after a Thurs...

Bomb Squad Investigating Van Left In New York Times Square

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — A white van without license plates parked in the heart of Times Square caused a security scare Wednesday that rattled New Yorkers and...

New Haven Police Find Pipe Bombs, Explosives In Man's Car

AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Two Connecticut men face charges of bomb making and other offenses after police say they found them in a Mercedes with explos...

Morehead City, N.C. Makes News After Port Shut Down (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Morehead City, N.C. is in the news today after the Morehead City port and Highway 70 were closed down in an explosion scare. WSAV-3 reports that a co...

LaGuardia Terminal Evacuated In NYC, 1 In Custody

AP | STEPHANIE NANO | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — Air travelers at New York's LaGuardia Airport found themselves in a mess of delays and missed connections Saturday after a homeless m...

Rapper Subdues Bomb Suspect on LAX Flight

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Raymond Leon Roker

According to his publicist, none other than Atlanta rapper Asher Roth was involved in detaining the man who just made a bomb threat on an Atlanta-to-L...

Boehner Bacon "Bomb" Leads To Ohio Evacuation

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WEST CHESTER, Ohio — The office of an Ohio congressman who has fought against pork barrel spending was evacuated over a suspicious package that ...

Indian Temple Stampede Leaves At Least 168 Dead

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

JODHPUR, India — Thousands of pilgrims panicked by false rumors of a bomb stampeded at a Hindu temple in western India on Tuesday, killing at le...

MIT Student Arrested For Fake Bomb "Art" At Boston Airport

Associated Press | GLEN JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

An MIT student wearing what turned out to be a fake bomb was arrested at gunpoint Friday at Logan International Airport and later claimed it was artwo...