Ohio widow’s donation of WWII artillery shell spurs neighborhood shutdown as bomb squad called

October 5th, 2009 Turned-in live shell clears Philly police stationPHILADELPHIA — A man who turned in an old artillery shell to Philadelphia police has learned a lesson: Call ahead. A police district headquarters was evacuated Saturday after the man brought in a live projectile for a howitzer tank.

August 7th, 2009 Ohio teen cleared of twin's death plans to sueCOLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio teenager cleared of killing his identical twin says he plans to sue authorities over his arrest. Derris Lewis said Friday he lost his freedom and the chance to start his education at Ohio State University when he was arrested in January 2008.

August 6th, 2009 Woman cleaning out her garage finds live pipe bombPORTLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A woman made an explosive discovery while cleaning out her garage: a live pipe bomb.

July 24th, 2009 Donated land mine _ luckily_ a dudARVADA, Colo. — A land mine recently left at a thrift store was authentic — but luckily inert.

July 22nd, 2009 Land mine left in Colorado Goodwill donation boxARVADA, Colo. — A land mine found in a suburban Denver Goodwill donation box forced the evacuation of a strip mall.

July 7th, 2009 Ex-wife believed held hostage in Connecticut homeSOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. — A Connecticut ad executive has apparently taken his ex-wife hostage at their home and fired shots out of the house.

June 24th, 2009 Suspicious item in Ohio luggage: Pickled mangoesCOLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio airport summoned a bomb squad to detonate a suspicious item that turned out to be pickled mangoes. X-ray equipment used by federal security screeners in Columbus could not detect what was inside a sealed canister in luggage being inspected around 7 p.m.

June 16th, 2009 Bomb squad blasts suspicious package, find BibleLEAVENWORTH, Kan. — A bomb squad used a disrupter gun to blast a suspicious package left on the counter of the Leavenworth post office, but only a Bible was found inside.

June 15th, 2009 Court steps into dispute between Shell, stationsWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is stepping into a dispute between Shell Oil Co. and gas station operators who claim the oil company tried to drive them out of business.

June 10th, 2009 Shell station sells gas blended with wheat biofuelAMSTERDAM — Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has begun selling gasoline containing 10 percent ethanol derived from wheat straw at a Shell station in Ottawa, Canada. Though there are now thousands of gas stations worldwide that sell gasoline blends containing some ethanol fermented from corn or sugar cane, the Ottawa station is believed to be the first to sell ethanol derived from straw, Shell said.

June 9th, 2009 Fla. fisherman hooks live missile in Gulf watersMADEIRA BEACH, Fla. — Florida authorities say a commercial fisherman reeled in a live missile in the Gulf of Mexico and kept it on his boat for 10 days.

May 9th, 2009 Leahy to return Citigroup donationBURLINGTON, Vt. — Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., will return a $1,000 campaign donation from Citigroup, the banking giant that has received $45 billion in federal bailout money.

May 3rd, 2009 60 years after WWII, Okinawa still rife with bombsITOMAN, Japan — Under a blazing mid-afternoon sun, 1st Lt. Toshikazu Nakano squats in a muddy pit at the edge of a housing development and brushes rocks away from a shiny metal object lodged firmly in the ground.

April 25th, 2009 Parker's 31 points match Gervin for half recordDALLAS — San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker has matched George Gervin's franchise playoff record for points in a half, scoring 31 by halftime in Game 4 of their series against Dallas. Parker made 12 of 17 shots, including two 3-pointers, to help the Spurs take a 55-51 halftime lead Saturday.

April 24th, 2009 NYC teacher barricaded inside Bronx classroomNEW YORK — A New York City middle school teacher has barricaded himself in a classroom. The police department bomb squad is on the scene, but officials say there is no indication that an explosive device is at the school.