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/ 30 November 2007

Hostage drama in Clinton campaign offices

A man claiming to have a bomb walked into Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign offices on Friday and took hostages, police and witnesses said. The man had what appeared to be a bomb strapped to himself, said Bill Shaheen, a top state campaign official. He took two hostages, both volunteers, and released others, Shaheen said.

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/ 12 December 2006

Ship that sank in 1849 found upright in lake

A 19th-century commercial sailing ship has been found sitting upright with its twin masts still intact in deep, frigid waters off the southern shore of Lake Ontario. ”It’s not unheard of to have well-preserved ships, but this one is in so good a shape,” a shipwreck explorer said on Monday. ”It almost looks like it could be floated.”