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A better way to track a bomber
The mayhem in Boston the week of April 15 was a reminder of how an American city can be paralyzed by a homemade bomb. The same kinds of improvised explosive devices that menaced U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan can easily be deployed by freelance...
Tags: Oklahoma City Bombing (1995), U.S. Congress, Explosions, Bethlehem Steel, Emergency Incidents
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At Johns Hopkins, friends remember slain diplomat's zest, compassion
Friends and former classmates gathered Saturday at Johns Hopkins University to remember Anne Smedinghoff, a Foreign Service officer who was killed in a bombing in Afghanistan earlier this month, sharing stories of a too-short life marked by adventure....
Tags: Afghanistan, River Forest, Colleges and Universities, Johns Hopkins University, Anne Smedinghoff
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Ferndale man arrested in connection with bomb threat
Anne Arundel County Police on Thursday arrested a Ferndale man who they said called 911 and threatened a bomb attack similar to that of Monday's explosions at the Boston Marathon that killed three people and left almost 200 others injured. Police...
Tags: Prosecution, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Despite the Boston bombings, we're safer than we think
After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the most frequently heard forecast was: "This changes everything." Americans would live in constant fear of the next attack, many pundits predicted. The desire for safety would spawn a security state that...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Timothy McVeigh, Times Square, Al-Qaeda, Pakistan
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Another victim of Boston Marathon bombings: public spaces
Less than 24 hours ago, an apparent act of terrorism marred this year's Boston Marathon. It's too early to know many of the details about this tragic event. Late last night, officials were reporting three deaths and well over 100 injuries; soon we...
Tags: Oklahoma City Bombing (1995), Statue of Liberty, Terrorism, Dining and Drinking, United Nations
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Johns Hopkins graduate killed in bomb blast in Afghanistan
Anne Smedinghoff wanted to help the people of Afghanistan, those who knew her say. The 25-year-old Johns Hopkins University graduate was attempting to deliver textbooks to school children there when she and four other Americans were killed in a car bomb...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Chicago Tribune, Explosions, Afghanistan, Emergency Incidents
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C. Milton Wright High evacuated for bomb threat Monday
C. Milton Wright High School in Bel Air was evacuated early Monday afternoon after a bomb threat was phoned in, Harford County Public Schools said. The school received the threat by phone at about 11:30 a.m., according to a phoned notification sent to...
Tags: Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Explosions, Students, Teaching and Learning, Emergency Incidents
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Army R&D engineer named BEYA 'Most Promising Engineer'
An Army engineer was honored Feb. 9 as the Black Engineer of the Year, Most Promising Engineer - Government category at the BEYA STEM Conference in Washington, D.C. Moses K. Mingle, a supervisory electronics engineer for the U.S. Army Research,...Tags: Washington, DC, Engineering, Technology, Electronics, Science
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Atholton High School evacuated after bomb threat
Atholton High School in Columbia was evacuated Thursday afternoon after the school received a bomb threat on the building, according to an email distributed by the school. Howard County Police spokeswoman Sherry Llewellyn said a bomb threat was sent...
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The terrorist mentality is rooted in hatred, not despair
Reporter Mary Carole McCauley quotes writer Adam Lankford as saying terrorist attacks are motivated not by politics or religion but by despair ("Inside the mind of a suicide bomber," Feb. 10). I am sick and tired of hearing this misleading despair...
Tags: Fort Hood (military base), Suicide, Health and Medical Professionals, Terrorism, Abusive Behavior
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Baltimore-born terrorism expert explores 'The Myth of Martyrdom'
Adam Lankford thinks there's an oft-repeated misconception about suicide attackers that isn't merely wrong. It's potentially deadly. Lankford is the Baltimore-born terrorism expert who has just published a book titled "The Myth of Martyrdom: What Really...
Tags: Folklore and Mythology, Suicide, Washington, DC, University of Alabama, Terrorism
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Soldier who lost all limbs in Iraq gets double arm transplant
A soldier who lost all of his limbs in the Iraq War received double arm transplants at Johns Hopkins Hospital last month in a rare procedure that has already begun to restore some normalcy to his life.
Hopkins doctors are to speak in detail about the...Tags: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Iraq War (2003-2011), The New York Times, Hospitals and Clinics
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