Scare
Sep 23 2008, AP

Authorities in Ohio are accusing a man of planting fake pipe bombs at two post offices to divert attention while he robbed a bank.

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A package labeled “anthrax” sits on a counter at the photo desk of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer newsroom was evacuated briefly Wednesday after an editor opened what appeared to be one of a...