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Monday, October 22, 2012  Amarillo Police dispatched its bomb robot at a situation near Interstate 27 Monday morning.

Thursday, August 16, 2012  Wheeler County deputies respond to an explosion at a RV park. Officers find drugs, guns and bombs.

Thursday, February 16, 2012  Officials are investigating the cause of the vehicle explosion that killed a man early Wednesday morning.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011  Four juveniles are now in police custody on charges stemming from the explosiveb left in an Amarillo mailbox Sunday.

Monday, August 29, 2011  "About 15 minutes after that, I heard this explosion outside", said Ed Schroeter, resident of the 4400 block of Evelyn, as he described what he heard Sunday when a homemade bomb exploded inside his neighbor's mailbox.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011  The suspicious backpack was spotted by three city employees about an hour before the parade was to start.

Monday, December 20, 2010  A computer monitor that was checked as baggage caused a security scare Monday morning at Newark Liberty International Airport, prompting officials to shut down part of a terminal for about an hour as a precaution.

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

Thursday, November 04, 2010  Police are trying to figure out where an abandoned postage stamp vending machine came from.

Friday, September 24, 2010  UPDATED: 4 p.m. CDT. A bank teller was kidnapped early Friday from his home by robbers who strapped a suspected bomb to his chest and used him to steal money from a Bank of America branch near the University of Miami, according to the FBI.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010  Oklahoma City police say a suspicious box found at a utility company's substation that caused police to shut down a busy highway was not an explosive device.

Friday, July 31, 2009  A search warrant in Potter county yesterday led to the discovery of a pipe bomb.