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URBANA, Ohio, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Police in Urbana, Ohio, say an Internet game played like a scavenger hunt caused a bomb scare and forced the evacuation of a retail area.
The bomb squad was summoned Sunday night after witnesses told police they saw a man place something under the metal base of a lamp pole, The Dayton (Ohio) Daily News reported Monday.
The 35-mm film canisters subsequently found under the base of the pole turned out to be part of an Internet game called "geocaching" in which players find hidden objects by using global positioning systems to track coordinates listed on Web sites, police said.
The canisters contained slips of paper with the names of players who had found the canisters, police said.
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NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 13 (UPI) --
A funeral is being planned for songstress Whitney Houston in her hometown of Newark, N.J., later this week, sources close to her family told NBC New York.
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MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C., Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Authorities in South Carolina said they were investigating the disappearance of a woman whose fiance was found dead in the couple's home near Charleston.
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NEWPORT, R.I., Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Lottery officials said Monday the winning $336.4 million Powerball ticket was sold at a Rhode Island convenience store, but the winner had yet to come forward.
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ATHENS, Greece, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Finance leaders in Europe say Greece has more to do to secure an international bailout loan that would stave off default when bonds mature in late March.
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