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Nuke Worker Didn't Know He Had Pipe Bomb

Arizona power plant back to normal after lockdown

By Katherine Thompson, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 3, 2007 8:10 AM CDT

(Newser) – Roger W. Hurd, a nuclear plant engineer detained yesterday after a pipe bomb was found in the bed of his truck, told Arizona police that he doesn't know how the 6-inch-long device got there. The discovery of the bomb sparked a lockdown of the Palo... Read full story »

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