Part of Lincoln Memorial closed after package found
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Part of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington has been evacuated and closed to tourists after suspicious items were found, a park police officer said on Monday.
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A fire destroyed a 610-year-old landmark that was considered the top national treasure, officials said Monday. Police said the cause of the blaze was unclear but officials said arson was suspected.
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A Northwest Airlines terminal at the Detroit airport was shut down Thursday after authorities found a suspicious package, CNN reported.
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. - An Unforkettable crime has been resolved: Authorities in Grand Forks recovered their missing grand fork.  The 6-foot-tall tourist attraction, which disappeared over the weekend, was spotted Wednesday by someone taking a morning walk.
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Authorities reopened Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House after a suspicious package was found in a park across the street.
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By Jonathan Bor, The Baltimore Sun  Sep. 17--The vacant lot off North Fulton Avenue in Sandtown-Winchester was like many in the city -- a dumping ground for discarded bricks, concrete, paper and wire. A neighborhood junkyard.
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Indiana State Police say Interstate 65 traffic is at a standstill south of Seymour, Indiana. Police say the Interstate has been closed for most of the night, with numerous jackknifed and broken-down semis.
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Two blocks of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House were closed for an hour and a half Thursday while authorities investigated a suspicious package found on the presidential grounds.
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ABOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN -- The US aircraft carrier that led a massive tsunami relief operation steamed away from the disaster zone yesterday after a mission that helped repair America's bruised image in the world's most heavily populated Muslim nation.
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Part of Dulles International Airport was evacuated for more than an hour on Monday after a potentially suspicious item was found at the main screening area, forcing the checkpoint's closure, officials said.
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Authorities issued a safety alert Thursday after a Valentine's Day lollipop was found with a blade-like piece of metal in it, and the store chain that sold it pulled similar items from its shelves nationwide.
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Streets around the White House were closed Tuesday morning after a woman threw a package into the courtyard of the adjacent Old Executive Office Building.
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The Lincoln Memorial in Washington was re-opened to tourists on Monday after officials determined that suspicious items found on the site were not a danger, a U.S. government official said.
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The FBI is investigating whether a section of Chicago commuter train tracks was sabotaged after Metra workers discovered a dozen railroad spikes missing
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Highway 126 was closed for several hours Friday because of a rock slide 30 miles east of Springfield, authorities said. The Oregon Department of Transportation said the boulders, some
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Authorities briefly closed the American Airlines terminal at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Sunday after a suspicious package was found.
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A section of New York City's Times Square was closed down briefly on Tuesday as police investigated what they described as a possible bomb scare, but the suspicious bag was later found to be forgotten luggage.