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Alaska Airport Re-Opens After Bomb Threat

Guy refers to bomb in bag, triggers evacuation

By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 14, 2012 8:46 AM CDT

(Newser) – Anchorage's Ted Stevens International Airport is back open and one man is in custody this morning after a bomb scare yielded little other than an evacuation, reports the AP. Apparently a man traveling with two other men referred to a bomb in a checked bag early today, triggering a fruitless search and the evacuation of the airport's south terminal. The FBI and the TSA have been called in to investigate.

This file photo shows a stuffed polar bear on display in the International Terminal of Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage.
This file photo shows a stuffed polar bear on display in the International Terminal of Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage.   (AP Photo/Alaska Travel Industry Association)
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Naked_Emperor
Oct 14, 2012 2:45 PM CDT
See that glass incased polar bear?   A decade or so ago some workers pulled the glass down to clean inside. Remember the garfield dolls with the suction cups on their feet? With that grin on his face? They stuck one on the inside of the case, on the glass in front of the bear.  Funniest thing I have ever seen in an airport. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fpK4wobaL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
Mad
Oct 14, 2012 11:21 AM CDT
Paranoia will destroy ya!
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