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Cool clock, Joe! Wife of man jailed after mock IED delays flight insists device was alarm clock

U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Monday tweeted a photo of a device they say led topassengers on a United Airlines flight to Chicago being trapped on the tarmac inToronto for four hours earlier this month when it was found in someone’s luggageduring an inspection at the airports pre-clearance area. #Catchoftheday! Great work by Toronto #Preclearance! #CBP officers discovered this mock IED last week in a passenger's luggage. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/stROkj48ku — CBP (@CustomsBorder) April 17, 2017 CBP stopped processing while the IED was tested, & conducted a […]

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Clock Kid redux? Student brings homemade ‘IED’ to school

Warren Central Junior High in Vicksburg, Miss., was evacuated today after a studentapproached school authorities and told them a fellow student had shown him a “homemade IED.” The Clarion-Ledger reports that two male students were detained after a suspected bomb was found in a book bag on school property. Clarion-Ledger reporter Therese Apel live-tweeted the events of the day as they unfolded. Vicksburg Chief of Police Walter Armstrong praised the concerned student forhaving the courage to come forward and report the incident so that the school could […]

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