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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
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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 ...

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Fart Joke Leads To Bomb Scare, Arrest

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

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

AP | Posted 03.27.2012 | Weird News
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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...

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Live Grenades Prompt Evacuation Of NOPD Headquarters

WWLTV.com | Posted 01.13.2012 | Crime
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The NOPD headquarters was evacuated after live grenades were found inside of a car that was being processed Thursday, according to police....

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Bomb Squad Discovers Something Fishy At Airport

AP | Posted 11.26.2011 | Travel
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ATLANTA -- Police say a bomb squad called to the world's busiest airport found something fishy about the unclaimed luggage at Atlanta's international ...

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Grover Norquist's Office Evacuated After Bomb Threat

Posted 09.24.2011 | Politics
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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...

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

Posted 08.02.2011 | World
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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...

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Doggie Bag Ignites Bomb Scare in Long Island Court

AP | Posted 11.16.2011 | Weird News
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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...

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Police Say Large Firecracker Caused Bomb Scare

AP | GILLIAN FLACCUS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
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SAN PEDRO, Calif. — A large firecracker caused a blast near a Los Angles-area harbor that sent police scrambling to evacuate the neighborhood an...

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Times Square Reopen After Bomb Scare Shuts Down Midtown

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

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

Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
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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...

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Bomb Scare Caused By Messy Box Of Ribs

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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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. ...

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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
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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...

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Qatari Diplomat Who Sparked Airplane Bomb Scare Likely Sent Home

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

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

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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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...

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Bomb Squad Investigating Van Left In New York Times Square

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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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...

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

AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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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...

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

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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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...

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LaGuardia Terminal Evacuated In NYC, 1 In Custody

AP | STEPHANIE NANO | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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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...

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Rapper Subdues Bomb Suspect on LAX Flight

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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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...

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Boehner Bacon "Bomb" Leads To Ohio Evacuation

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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WEST CHESTER, Ohio — The office of an Ohio congressman who has fought against pork barrel spending was evacuated over a suspicious package that ...

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Indian Temple Stampede Leaves At Least 168 Dead

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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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...

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

Associated Press | GLEN JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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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...

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