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JFK airport evacuation called over toothpaste

By GABRIELLE LEVY, UPI.com
Travellers wait in long lines at the bagage check-in at the British Airways terminal at JFK International Airport as security at all airports is on high on August 11, 2006 in New York City. The National Guard has been called in to help with security the day after the British authorities thwarted a terrorist plot, which was intended for flights between England and the USA. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)
1 of 2 | Travellers wait in long lines at the bagage check-in at the British Airways terminal at JFK International Airport as security at all airports is on high on August 11, 2006 in New York City. The National Guard has been called in to help with security the day after the British authorities thwarted a terrorist plot, which was intended for flights between England and the USA. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff) | License Photo

Travelers can breathe a little easier -- and with minty fresh breath -- after a bomb scare at JFK airport was found to be a false alarm.

Airport officials at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport evacuated Terminal 4, Concourse B, around 4 p.m. Sunday after a suspicious package was discovered in the bag room of El Al Airlines.

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The New York Police Department bomb squad gave the all-clear around 5:30, after the unattended package was cleared and identified as a tube of toothpaste, wrapped in duct tape and wires.

Last week, high tension over the Boston bombings saw several airports evacuated, including Miami International, New York's LaGuardia and Boston Logan.

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