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  • April 2008
    • Feds Bust Plane Passenger With Bomb Parts in Baggage

      Feds Bust Plane Passenger With Bomb Parts in Baggage

      (Newser) - A Jamaican national was arrested after checking a bag at Orlando International Airport that contained the makings of pipe bombs, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The FBI detained Kevin Brown, 32, after a TSA “behavior specialist” spotted him during check-in yesterday. He was charged with attempting to carry an explosive device onto an aircraft; a federal judge denied him bail at a hearing today. More »

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      airport   airport security   TSA   luggage   explosives   pipe bomb

  • November 2007
    • Nuke Worker Didn't Know He Had Pipe Bomb

      Nuke Worker Didn't Know He Had Pipe Bomb

      (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 Verde Nuclear Generating Station, the largest such facility in the US, reports the Arizona Republic. More »

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      nuclear reactor   pipe bomb

  • August 2007
    • Explosives Charges Raise Terrorism Fears

      Explosives Charges Raise Terrorism Fears

      (Newser) - Two Florida college students who had an explosive device in the trunk of their car when they were stopped for speeding have been indicted on federal explosives charges, and one faces a charge of supporting terrorism, the Tampa Tribune reports. A legal expert called the indictment, unsealed today, "very bizarre because they almost sneak in terrorism." More »

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      terrorism   explosives   fireworks   pipe bomb

  • April 2007
    • Cops Capture "Bishop" Bomber

      Cops Capture "Bishop" Bomber

      (Newser) - Police nabbed "The Bishop"—the bandit who's been sending unwired pipe bombs to Midwestern investment firms for the last two years—they announced yesterday. John P. Tomkins, a 42-year-old machinist in DuBuque, Iowa, was charged with one count each of mailing an extortion letter and possessing an unregistered explosive device. More »

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      stock market   police   bombing   Denver   Kansas City   pipe bomb

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