Anonymous Phone Warning Prompts Bus Halt
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Authorities halted two buses Thursday outside the Norfolk Naval Station after an unidentified caller mentioned a bus and warned city police, "a lot of people are going to die."
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A newspaper mistakenly published the telephone number of a sex talk service on the front page on its Election Day issue. The number was supposed to be for a national voter hot line.
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ASHLAND, Mass. - A faulty bank fax printed a message that was misinterpreted as a bomb threat Wednesday, leading authorities to evacuate more than a dozen neighboring businesses and a day care center.  The branch manager of the Bank of America called police about 10 a.m.
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Arrest of pregnant woman for talking loudly is latest incident in which Transit Police are accused of overzealous enforcement.
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ATHENS : Gunmen holding seven passengers hostage in a bus near Athens after releasing 16 in stages threatened to blow up the vehicle Thursday unless their demands for a ransom and safe conduct out of the country were met.
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VANCOUVER (CP) - Six bus passengers got a terrifying ride Friday when near white-out conditions in the Fraser Valley led to a Greyhound sliding off the freeway and rolling onto its side.
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Police received a cell phone text message before the Australian Embassy bombing, warning that foreign missions in Jakarta would be attacked unless the alleged head of the Jemaah Islamiyah terror group was freed, Australiaâs foreign minister said today.
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Secretive phone text messages late at night, mysterious bus trips to undisclosed destinations, notes slipped under hotel doors and a stalking sheep.
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Here is a typical e-mail waiting for Nhan Vu when he arrives at work in the morning, this one from a county official complaining on behalf of a constituent: "[A citizen] called in saying that when she is coming from Hoadley Road & then turning right onto 234 & then turning Left onto Counselor Road....
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A telephoned warning of a suspicious device forced the evacuation of a North Sea oil rig off Scotland on Sunday but it turned out to be a false alarm, emergency services said.
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Nissan North America (7201.T) has a  warning for customers: placing your electronic key too close to  your cellphone could leave you stranded.
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A bus was hijacked today and shots were fired at police who surrounded it on the outskirts of Athens. Police did not know how many passengers were aboard the bus.
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A man holding hostages on a bus in Athens threatens to blow it up if a ransom is not paid in the morning.
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TRAM services in the West Midlands have been reopened after a vandal attack caused massive disruption on the network. The line between Birmingham and West Bromwich opened to passengers yesterday morning after power cables were brought down last Wednesdaynight.
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The buses are a response to complaints from women who say some men are taking advantage of crowded public transportation to leer and grope and then disappear.
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When a Reverse 911 system tells San Deigo residents to leave, they pack their memory sticks, text their friends and check Twitter for updates on the road.
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As any cell-phone user knows, background noise, including traffic jams and bustling streets, can be a nuisance. The cacophony becomes even worse when the caller insists on yelling over the noise.