Not far from Chicago:
Pipe bomb found in parked car
Naperville buildings evacuated
February 22, 2004 — Two apartment buildings in the 1600-block of County Lake Road in Naperville were evacuated after investigators were tipped off about a pipe bomb. State police say an anonymous person called Homeland Security Saturday to say he spotted a pipe bomb in the trunk of a car.
Homeland Security then notified the FBI. The vehicle was tracked down and inside the trunk was a foot long pipe bomb along with a shoebox containing a white powdery substance.
Residents were evacuated while state police secured the vehicle and it was towed away. Investigators say it appears to be an isolated incident.
"This is a very, very serious incident where you have two live explosive devices found on a person's vehicle. We're taking this very seriously at this point. I'd like to also say in no way was this connected to any kind of terrorism or any kind of terrorist act or anything like that. At this point, we're investigating the reasons that this occurred," said Trooper Doug Whitmore, Illinois State Police.
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http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/022204_ns_bombthreat.htmlAlso Chicago Trib:
Pipe bomb scare leads to nearby evacuations
Published February 22, 2004
NAPERVILLE -- A suspected pipe bomb and a box containing a white powder were discovered in the trunk of a car in Naperville Saturday, forcing the evacuation of two nearby apartment buildings while police investigated.
Officers from the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force later determined the pipe did not have any explosives and the box contained "something close to a flash powder," Illinois State Police Trooper Doug Whitmore said.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0402220371feb22,1,1939538.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed