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Man calls in bomb threats to Delray Beach sober house, say police
A 28-year-old former resident of a Delray Beach sober house phoned in profanity-laced bomb threats in which he claimed the facility would become the "next Boston," police said. Michael Sontag, of Yonkers, N.Y., was arrested by Palm Beach County Sheriff's...Tags: Delray Beach, Explosions, Bombings, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
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Bank manager's boyfriend faked bomb vest, indictment says
The boyfriend of an assistant bank manager arranged for her to strap on a fake bomb so she would appear to be a hostage -- setting the stage for him to rob $565,000 from an East Los Angeles bank last year, according to a federal indictment unsealed...
Tags: Theft, Explosions, Bank of America Corp., Crime, Law and Justice, Bank Robbery
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Men indicted in connection with bizarre kidnapping, bank robbery
Several men -- including a friend of a bank manager who was kidnapped and strapped with explosives as part of a bizarre bank robbery in East L.A. last fall -- have been indicted in connection with the crimes, several law enforcement sources said. Ray...
Tags: Kidnapping, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Theft, Explosions, Bank Robbery
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Explosion uncovers Lansford meth lab
]An explosion and flash fire in a house in the 100 block of E. Patterson Street in Lansford Sunday night led authorities to a suspected methamphetamine-making operation. The occupants of the home initially told police someone threw a Molotov cocktail...
Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Drug Trafficking, Explosions, Prosecution
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Car bombs in Iraq kill at least 65 people
BAGHDAD -- Car bombs around Iraq killed at least 65 people Monday as the country's worst wave of violence since U.S. troops withdrew a year and a half ago continued. The attacks that occurred by busy commercial streets in Shiite and Sunni areas followed...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religious Conflicts, Baghdad (Iraq), Basra (Iraq), Explosions
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Syria's government presses battle in key rebel city of Qusair
BEIRUT -- Renewed clashes were reported Monday in the strategic Syrian city of Qusair, where government forces pressed an offensive aimed at chasing rebels from the supply and logistics hub. There were conflicting accounts from the government and the...
Tags: Lebanon, Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Rebellions
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US military praises Pakistan's steps to curb fertilizers used in Afghanistan bombs
Associated PressISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has taken a number of steps to prevent fertilizers made within its borders for agriculture from being used as explosives in roadside bombs that target American troops in Afghanistan, said a top U.S. military officer Monday....Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Afghanistan, Explosions, Bombings, Islamabad (Pakistan)
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Suicide bomb blast kills Afghan provincial leader, 12 others
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomb blast killed a top leader of a northern Afghan province and at least 12 other people Monday, the latest in a step-up of attacks by Taliban insurgents ahead of Washington’s planned troop withdrawal at the end of...
Tags: Hamid Karzai, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Afghanistan, Explosions, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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Dozens killed in wave of bombings in Iraq
A string of car bombs and shootings tore through Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, killing at least 57 people and escalating fears of a return to widespread sectarian bloodletting, officials said The attacks, some of which hit market places...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religious Conflicts, Baghdad (Iraq), Al-Qaeda, Explosions
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Gordon Gayle dies at 95; received Navy Cross for attack on Peleliu
Retired Marine Brig. Gen. Gordon Gayle, who received the Navy Cross for leadership and bravery during the assault on Peleliu, one of the bloodiest and most complex and controversial battles fought by Marines during World War II, has died. He was 95....
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Explosions, Armed Forces, United States Naval Academy, Georgetown
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Libya's deputy prime minister says deadly Benghazi explosion last week was an accident
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's deputy prime minister says an investigation has indicated that a deadly explosion in Benghazi last week was an accident and not an attack. Awd el-Buraasi told reporters in Tripoli Sunday that military officials do...Tags: Government, Muammar Gaddafi, Politics, Explosions, Libya
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For the record
Hotel workers: An article in the May 12 California section about a proposal to increase wages for hotel workers said that it would apply to unionized workers. Proponents want the higher $15-an-hour wage to go to both union and nonunion workers at larger...Tags: Employees, Explosions, Career and Workplace
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