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Covington police said Wednesday (April 25) they have arrested a juvenile in connection with a "chemical incident'' at a junior high school. Police said the chemicals were "consistent with materials commonly used to manufacture a bomb." The juvenile suspected of bringing the materials to the school, a 13-year-old, was charged with manufacture and possession of a bomb and was booked into the Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center in Robert, police said.Authorities from the Covington Police Department, Covington Fire Department and St. Tammany Sheriff's Office responded Tuesday to reports of a chemical spill of some sort at William Pitcher Junior High...

WASHINGTON, July 17, 2005 – Two American soldiers in Iraq were killed by improvised explosive devices July 16. Another two soldiers were wounded. In the first incident, a soldier assigned to the 155th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), died July 16 of wounds received July 15 from a car-bomb attack. The incident reportedly occurred during combat operations near Iskandariyah. Also on July 16, at about 4:00 p.m. in the Kirkuk province, an IED killed one Task Force Liberty soldier and wounded two other soldiers. The two wounded soldiers were taken to a coalition forces medical treatment facility....