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Suspicious parcel leads to evacuation (PA)

PALMYRA - Police evacuated 32 dwellings in two buildings at the Palmyra Harbour Condominiums last night after a resident of the complex opened a suspicious package and found chemicals that could be made into an explosive, police said.(snip)
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/112-08112004-346229.html

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Officials await results of tests on envelopes left at bank (Ohio)
http://www.vindy.com/basic/news/282703055224062.php

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POWNAL silenced
North Adams Transcript - North Adams,MA,USA
... 911 communication radios that the phones were not working and
emergency calls ... continued into early evening, signs advising of the phone outage were posted ...

ONE Year and 10 Seconds Later: Northeast Blackout Anniversary ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... uniquely start automatically within 10 seconds of a power outage, helping
protect ... power for critical systems such as airports, hospitals, 911 emergency response ...

BEAVER County Phone Outage Affecting 1,000 Customers Pittsburgh Channel.com - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... Beaver County 911 said this outage is affecting about 1,000 phone customers.

YEAR after blackout, few new safeguards in place Kansas City Star (subscription) - Kansas City,MO,USA
... for example, local officials are waiting until the anniversary of the outage to reveal ... New York City is still struggling to revamp its emergency 911 system and ...