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Thursday, February 14, 2013  The Illinois Secretary of States bomb squad team trains every month and this week they were at the vacant Lamoine Village apartment complex in Macomb.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012  A four-hour multi-jurisdictional investigation determined the suspicious package was harmless.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012  Update: (PHOTOS ADDED) A bomb-diffusing robot is being used to handle the suspicious package discovered Tuesday morning.

Friday, February 24, 2012  Terminal One was reopened two hours after a bag screener found the package as it went through X-ray.

Friday, June 17, 2011  Update: New story, video added.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011  Streets surrounding the Wayland and Alexandria areas were evacuated for several hours Monday. Once the bomb squad arrived, it took about twenty minutes to crack the case. The "bomb" was fake.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010  'Suspicious object' shuts Pentagon train station -- it was only a blinking Christmas ornament.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010  Story updated, all clear given.

Thursday, November 04, 2010  French official says 1 mail bomb from Yemen was 17 minutes from exploding

Tuesday, November 02, 2010  Suspicious package found at German chancellor's office after wave of mail bombs in Greece

Tuesday, November 02, 2010  Authorities intercepted packages in September they now suspect as dry run for mail bomb plot

Monday, November 01, 2010  Story updated with video and photo: Officials say aircraft may be been target of bombs sent from Yemen, an al-Qaida stronghold

Sunday, October 31, 2010  Qatar Airways say parcel containing mail bomb found in Dubai traveled on 2 passenger planes

Saturday, October 30, 2010  Investigators in Yemen examine more suspect packages in hunt for terrorists in bomb plot

Friday, October 29, 2010  Full statement from President Barack Obama regarding Friday's terror threat