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2 Updates on Rep. Harris:

Harris Regrets Bogus Terror Plot Claim

Thu Aug 5, 5:26 AM ET

By WILL LESTER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Republican Rep. Katherine Harris (news, bio, voting record) said Wednesday she regrets concerns caused by her claim that a plot existed to blow up the power grid in Carmel, Ind. City officials disputed the claims of a plot.

"I was told in an open, group setting that a recent situation threatened a Midwestern community and that it had been diffused," Harris said Wednesday. "I regret that I had no knowledge of the sensitive nature of this situation and any undue concern this may have caused."....

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Claimed terror plot 'didn't happen'

There's no evidence of Katherine Harris' claims about a bomb scheme, an Indiana official says.

BY DAVID HACKETT

VENICE -- The director of the Indiana Counter-Terrorism and Security Council said Wednesday that there is no evidence to back up a claim by U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris that a man of Middle Eastern heritage had plotted to blow up the Midwest power grid in a suburb of Indianapolis

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