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Getting the bomb out of the pasture

  • By Martin Gibson Columbia Gorge News
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HOOD RIVER — On Nov. 14, an Oregon State Police bomb technician helped recover an improved explosive device from Hood River for later destruction.

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Target practice substance suspected in blast death

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A blast that killed one man near U.S. Highway 26 between Portland and Mount Hood is believed to have been caused by a mixture that is used to make exploding targets for firearms practice, authorities said Friday.

A true boom for the 4th
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A true boom for the 4th

  • Ben Mitchell
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The fireworks display put on by the Hood River Lions Club every Independence Day is always a much-anticipated capstone to the Fourth’s festivities.

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Texas probes blast

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WACO, Texas (AP) — Texas law enforcement officials on Friday launched a criminal investigation into the massive fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 people last month, after weeks of largely treating the blast as an industrial accident.

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Pipe bomb found in The Dalles house

  • RaeLynn Ricarte
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Device lacked explosives A pipe bomb that turned out to be empty of explosives was found Sunday morning by renters at 1083 Irvine Street and authorities in The Dalles are seeking the person who left it there.

Police: "CAPTURED!!!" Boston bomb suspect captured, brother killed
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Police: "CAPTURED!!!" Boston bomb suspect captured, brother killed

  • EILEEN SULLIVAN and JAY LINDSAY, Associated Press
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WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) — A 19-year-old college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings was taken into custody Friday evening after a manhunt that left the city virtually paralyzed and his older brother and believed accomplice dead. WITH AP VIDEO

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Gunfire in manhunt zone

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WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) — Gunfire erupted Friday night amid the manhunt for the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, and police in armored vehicles and tactical gear rushed into the Watertown neighborhood in a possible break in the case.