"Hoax" triggers Boston security scare
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Police were investigating an apparent security hoax in Boston on Wednesday involving at least five suspicious devices in separate locations across the city which were later found to be fake bombs.
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Airport and transit authorities responded to an FBI report of a possible terrorist attack against Boston by boosting security &#151; adding patrols, activating radiation detectors and posting pictures of some of the suspects.
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By The Roanoke Times  'Phish' are biting   !-- 2013(unknown) --> don't take the bait  Several Roanokers were among those who received "phishing" messages in  the name of the Wachovia bank chain on Wednesday.
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A group of electronic light boards featuring an adult cartoon character triggered bomb scares around Boston on Wednesday, spurring authorities to close two bridges and a stretch of the Charles River before determining the devices were harmless.Suspicious packages give Boston police 'the finger '
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An investigation was launched yesterday after a journalist posing as a surveyor sparked a security scare at the Queen&#39;s official residence in Scotland.
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Police said at least four suspicious devices found separately around Boston on Wednesday were not explosives following a security scare that triggered the closure of the Charles River along with two major bridges.
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A bomb threat that saw a Virgin Atlantic airliner diverted to Stansted has been branded a hoax by police.
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A journalist posing as a workman triggered a security scare at the Queen&#39;s official residence in Scotland, police confirmed yesterday.
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A flight from Los Angeles to London was diverted to New York Thursday because of what officials said may have been an unfounded security scare.
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Massachusetts also interested as "pretexters" may have been based there.
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The FBI said Tuesday that the possible terrorist plot reported against Boston by a tipster last week was a false alarm.
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Police searched Bulgaria's presidential headquarters Wednesday after an anonymous caller said a bomb was planted in the building, but the threat proved to be a hoax.
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Bomb units scrambled Wednesday to investigate four suspicious devices reported almost simultaneously throughout Boston. The reports forced the temporary shutdowns of part of an interstate, a key inbound roadway and a bridge between Boston and Cambridge.
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Police are investigating a series of hoax e-mails sent to those with loved ones missing after the Asian tsunami.
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It seems even a crusty old newshound like me can get burned. My item last week about a couple naming their baby âYahooâ turns out to be a hoax cooked up by a (now-unemployed) Romanian tabloid reporter. Reporters making things up just for a laugh? I am shocked, simply shocked.Â
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An ill-advised PR stunt for Aqua Teen Hunger Force causes chaos in Beantown when authorities scramble to defuse what appears to be a coordinated terror attack. In Table of Malcontents.
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The pranksters in Boston tested a city's patience--and the boundaries of taste in a country torn between fears of terrorism and an appetite for guerrilla comedy.