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Streets blocked off, Bomb Squads in the area, anyone know what's happening?
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Omaha police bomb squad detonates suspicious package downtown
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I'm guessing they detonated a couple gargantuan jimmy John sandwiches in an unmarked bag?
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The news media needs to find a different verb to describe firing a water cannon at a suspicious package. Detonate implies that the thing actually had explosives and blew up.
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Live "breaking news" really shows how bad the local media is...

They get paid to screw up that bad!!!
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