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Navy: Sonar, Blasts Way Harmful Than We Thought

Matt Cantor — Fri, 11 May 2012 09:52:31 CDT

The Navy's use of sonar and explosives could deal damage to some 1,600 marine mammals near California and Hawaii every year—a figure far higher than once believed. The whales and dolphins are at risk of hearing loss and other injuries, the AP reports. What's more, the explosives could...

Bombs Found Near Kansas Statehouse

Rob Quinn — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:15:00 CST

Police in Topeka may have foiled an attack on government offices. Homemade bombs were found in a pickup truck near the Kansas capitol after cops spotted an empty holster in the vehicle, AP reports. The truck had a Florida license plate only issued to US military paratroopers. Its driver was...

Serviceman With Explosives Detained at Texas Airport

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 07:20:57 CST

A man who identified himself as being active in the military was detained after trying to go through a security checkpoint at a Texas airport with explosives in military-grade wrapping, federal and local officials said. The man was stopped yesterday at a security checkpoint at the Midland International Airport about...

Man Trying to Bury Cat Finds Something Else in Yard

Kevin Spak — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:43:54 CDT

Adrian Ayers was just trying to bury his cat yesterday when he found something that triggered a neighborhood evacuation. The 37-year-old Ohio man hit on a metal box full of bullets and what he thought was C-4, WKRC 12 reports. Police evacuated two city blocks, going door to door to...

US: Look Out for Bombs Inside Terrorists

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:24:32 CDT

The US government has warned domestic and international airlines that terrorists are considering surgically implanting explosives into humans, the AP has learned. There is no intelligence pointing to a specific plot, but the US shared its concerns last week with the carriers' executives. People traveling to the US from overseas...

Curry Spice 'Can Spot Explosives'

Rob Quinn — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 03:45:56 CDT

An ingredient commonly found in curry powder could make the world a safer place as well as a spicier one, researchers say. Circumin, the main chemical in the spice turmeric, can be used to create a cheap way of spotting explosives, according to research presented to the American Physical Society....

New al-Qaeda Plan: Implant Explosives Inside Attackers

Matt Cantor — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:50:06 CST

Some terrorists are hoping to create a new type of suicide bomber: One who has explosives implanted in his bodies, or, as the New York Daily News dramatically calls them, "Frankenbombers." “I am waiting for the interaction of the experienced brothers to connect the two sciences”—bombmaking and surgery—“together,...

California Will Seize, Destroy Bomb Factory in House

Matt Cantor — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:50:38 CST

Here's a sign of just how many explosives and chemicals authorities found in the home bomb factory in San Diego County: They figure the best way to deal with the house is to destroy it. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency to give authorities the leeway to seize it...

Oregon Terror Suspect's Mosque Torched

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 03:20:00 CST

Federal authorities are investigating a suspected hate-crime torching of a mosque attended by the Oregon teen charged in last Friday's attempted terror attack. Arson destroyed part of the Salman Alfarisi Islamic Center in Corvalis a day after former Oregon State University student Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, was arrested when police...