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  • Boston Scare Caused By Marketing Mistake

    02/01/2007 5:02:47 AM PST · by Puppage · 236 replies · 9,201+ views
    WNBC Television ^ | 02/01/07 | Puppage
    BOSTON -- Nine blinking electronic devices planted at bridges and other spots in Boston threw a scare into the city Wednesday in what turned out to be a marketing campaign for a late-night cable cartoon. At least one of the devices depicts a character giving the finger. Highways, bridges and a section of the Charles River were shut down and bomb squads were sent in before authorities declared the devices were harmless. "It's a hoax -- and it's not funny," said Gov. Deval Patrick. Turner Broadcasting, parent company of Cartoon Network, said the devices were part of a promotion for...
  • Breaking: 'Hoax Devices' Found At Several Boston Locations (Several 'Suspicous Packages' Found)

    01/31/2007 12:04:30 PM PST · by Howlin · 663 replies · 27,428+ views
    Boston.com ^ | January 31, 2007
    BOSTON -- Four "hoax devices" were found at several Boston locations Wednesday, hours after officials detonated a suspicious package on an elevated structure above the Sullivan Square Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority station. The additional packages were found at the Boston University Bridge, the Longfellow Bridge and near the intersection of Stuart and Columbus streets. A device described by officials as a pipe bomb was found in the basement of the Tufts New England Medical Center at 185 Harrison Ave. A spokesman for the Boston Police Department said that all of the packages appeared to be similar. "Our device was not...