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Faulty fax, mistaken as threat, prompts evacuation of stores

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In a scene reminiscent of the Cartoon Network bomb scare that paralyzed the Boston area in January, police shut down a strip mall yesterday in this small western suburb after employees at a Bank of America branch mistook a botched fax for a bomb threat.

Frustrated shop owners said the branch overreacted to the strange fax, which turned out to be an in-house marketing document sent by the bank's corporate office.

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{"commentId":747355,"authorDomain":"lunartick"}

I just saw this article on BoingBoing and I have to say, it's freakin hilarious!

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Reply#1 - Thu May 31, 2007 1:26 PM EDT
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