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 Monday.
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Authorities struggled to remove abandoned cars and reopen slick highways across the nation's midsection after a record snowfall buried the region and stranded holiday travelers and shoppers.
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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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The fully restored former refuge of President Abraham Lincoln was brought back into the public view Monday during a Presidents Day ceremony.
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By Jannette Pippin, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.  Dec. 18--EMERALD ISLE -- After the gifts have been unwrapped and the tree has come down, stacks of empty boxes and bags of trash remain.
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Explosives experts and forensic scientists were called in to examine suspect items found near the side of a British motorway, forcing the road's closure for a time, police said.
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HAMMOND, La., March 4 -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Sunday abruptly closed down a trailer site housing Hurricane Katrina victims  because of health and safety concerns. Its  residents said they were once again being left in the lurch since losing everything after the storm hit on...
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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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The closure of thousands of post offices is expected to be announced next week as part of a bid to save money.
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By Dennis Lien, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Sep. 25--It's one of the oldest historical sites in Minnesota. But that doesn't mean folks are lining up to own it.   A decade after the federal government closed the U.S.
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WEST POINT, Utah - A bus driver called police when he saw a student carrying what turned out to be a replica of a Civil War-era rifle that had been displayed in class all year. The call led to a 47-minute lockdown at West Point Junior High School and two elementary schools.
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OTHO, Iowa - Rain, snow and sleet won't keep the mail from being delivered. But mold? The post office in this small northern Iowa town has been closed since Dec. 8 after a black mold fungus called Stachybotrys was found in the building.
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By Sanjay Bhatt, Seattle Times  Dec. 9--An excavator's backhoe tore down the portico of an abandoned military commissary Friday, marking the end of one controversy over Magnuson Park's evolution, even as another controversy bubbled.
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The FBI is investigating whether a section of commuter train tracks was sabotaged after Metra workers discovered a dozen railroad spikes missing in an area on Chicago's South Side.
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The FBI and police search of a vacant lot known to neighborhood residents as a graveyard for people ordered killed by the late mob boss John Gotti ended Sunday after yielding the remains
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A federal courthouse within sight of the Capitol was evacuated Wednesday morning when a suspicious package was found near the building.
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By Anne Jungen, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 17--Police closed off several blocks on the city's South Side after illegal firearms and "potentially explosive" items were found while arresting a man at his East Avenue home Friday evening, authorities said.