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University of Texas reopens after bomb threat, but classes canceled

All buildings at the University of Texas at Austin were reopened Friday afternoon after a bomb threat earlier prompted a campus-wide evacuation, officials said.

 

Bomb threats at 2 universities; one caller claims to be Al Qaeda

University of Texas

Two universities, in Texas and in North Dakota, ordered the evacuation of their campuses on Friday after receiving bomb threats.

 

UK Olympics trainee charged over bomb threat

Officials say an Olympics security trainee has been charged with making a bomb threat ahead of the games last month. Police said Saturday that 21-year-old Thomas Hall was due to appear at a hearing at Thames Magistrates' Court, in east London, later this month.

 

San Antonio airport terminals reopened after bomb threat

The San Antonio International Airport was evacuated for about 90 minutes on Wednesday after a caller said three bombs were planted in a parking garage, but police did not find anything dangerous.

 

Bomb threats at seven Walmarts

At least seven Walmarts across Missouri were evacuated this week because of several bomb threats, KCTV reports.

 

JetBlue plane bound for Chicago diverted after bomb threat

Jet Blue Bomb Threat

A domestic dispute was likely at the root of a bomb scare that forced a Boston-to-Chicago flight carrying 83 passengers to land in Buffalo on Monday, but the FBI says there was never a real threat.

 

Bomb threat prompts plane evacuation at Pa. airport

A plane at Philadelphia International Airport was evacuated early Saturday after someone called in a bomb threat. Airport officials received a call at approximately 2:00am local time from someone who claimed there was a bomb on a plane, WCAU-TV reported.

 

Steve Jobs FBI File Notes Past Drug Use, Tendency to 'Distort Reality

Steve Jobs

The Federal Bureau of Investigation released a decades-old file it kept on Steve Jobs, the deceased Apple Inc. (AAPL) co-founder, after a background check and bomb threat against the executive.

 

Alaska Airlines flight evacuated after bomb threat

Alaska Airlines flight evacuated after bomb threat

An Alaska Airlines flight landed safely on Monday at Oakland International Airport and has been cleared, after a bomb threat aboard the aircraft was called in, an airport spokeswoman said. Alaska Airlines flight 342 was isolated on a taxiway after landing just before 8 a.m. local time and passengers were bused to the terminal, said airport spokeswoman Joanne Holloway. The flight was bound from Seattle to Oakland.

 

2 Pakistan Airlines flights get bomb threats

Two flights operated by Pakistan's state-owned airline received bombs threats on Wednesday, and both landed safely, one in Turkey, the other in Malaysia, officials said....

 

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