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Spanish police arrest man who tried to enter airliner cockpit during flight
May 15, 2007

MADRID, Spain: Spanish police arrested a man who tried to enter the cockpit of an airliner flying from the Canary Islands to Madrid on Tuesday with 140 passengers on board, officials said. The incident forced the pilot to turn the Spanair plane around and go back to the islands, although the plane eventually took off again for Madrid, said Jose Segura, the Spanish Interior Ministry's top representative in the archipelago off west Africa.

About 35 minutes after the initial takeoff from the island of Gran Canaria, the man got out of his seat and tried to get into the cockpit. "He said he wanted to say hello to the pilot," Segura said in a telephone interview. Segura said there was a brief "situation of tension" but the man eventually went back to his seat. Upon landing in Gran Canaria, police arrested him. Segura said he would not characterize the incident as an attempted hijacking. Segura said the man was in his early 40s, but he declined to give further details.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/15/europe/EU-GEN-Spain-Passenger-Arrested.php

Authorities Blow Up Suspicious Device In Downtown La Crosse (Wisconsin)
May 15, 2007

A suspicious device causes some tense moments, Tuesday, in downtown La Crosse. The La Crosse Police Department says the device was found at around 10:15 a.m., lying near a statue at the corner of Main and Second Streets, by city Park and Rec employees. Officers blocked off Second Street, between Pearl and State Streets, while they investigated the device.

The Fort McCoy Bomb Squad was called in to help in the investigation. With their help, the device was detonated at around 12:30pm. La Crosse Police say the device does not appear to be an explosive. The remaining pieces of the device are being sent to the State Crime Lab for further analysis.

http://wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=6518260

Pipe bomb threat closes intersection near Ventura (California)
May 15, 2007

Suspicious object in roadway not a bomb The Ventura County Sheriff's Department's Bomb Squad closed an intersection Monday night in the Ventura area after a report of a pipe bomb, Capt. Tom Convery said.

At 8:01 p.m., sheriff's officials received a call from California Highway Patrol authorities after somebody reported that there was a pipe bomb on top of a gas main in the area of Santa Clara and Los Angeles avenues, Convery said.

Late Monday night, the intersection was closed in all directions, officials said. Convery said the squad could spend hours at the scene because of the possible danger and due to the seriousness of such threats.

http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2007/may/15/no-headline---nxxwcbomb15/