Explosive Device

Police in Newport City, Vt., have arrested three people in connection with a pipe bomb threat that shut down Route 5 for several hours over the weekend. Police say a witness saw three men leave a house with the explosive device, and police stopped the men a short time later Saturday night. Route 5 was closed until the state police bomb squad said it was safe reopen the road at about 10:30 p.m. WCAX-TV says 23-three-old Cody Macfarlane, 24-year-old Nathaniel Chaffee and 24-year-old Jonathan Glover, all of Newport, were taken into custody for possession of a destructive device.

Police in Newport City, Vt., have arrested three people in connection with a pipe bomb threat that shut down Route 5 for several hours over the weekend. Police say a witness saw three men leave a house with the explosive device, and police stopped the men a short time later Saturday night. Route 5 was closed until the state police bomb squad said it was safe reopen the road at about 10:30 p.m. WCAX-TV says 23-three-old Cody Macfarlane, 24-year-old Nathaniel Chaffee and 24-year-old Jonathan Glover, all of Newport, were taken into custody for possession of a destructive device.

The Pentagon has identified the following service members who died recently in Iraq. At least 1,826 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. Private First Class Eric P. Woods, 26, of Omaha, on July 9 in Tal Afar from an explosive device. Army's Second Squadron, Third Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo. Sergeant Timothy J. Sutton, 22, of Springfield, Mo., on July 11 in Baghdad, where his vehicle struck a land mine. Army's Third Squadron, Third Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.

Police say a man was taken into custody at Philadelphia International Airport for having a loaded handgun in his luggage a little more than 12 hours after a man with explosives in his bag was taken into custody. Lt. John Walker says the 42-year-old man was arrested without incident at a security checkpoint around 7 p.m. Thursday. Walker tells the Philadelphia Daily News it's unclear the man knew the .25-caliber handgun was in his bag. Earlier Thursday a man was arrested at the airport after powerful fireworks were discovered in his backpack after he arrived for a cross-country...

A Duxbury soldier was killed Tuesday in Afghanistan, US officials announced yesterday. US Army Lieutenant Timothy J. Steele, 25, died after insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Kandahar Province, according to the US Department of Defense. Steele, who was a 2009 West Point graduate, had deployed in March 2011 with a unit based at Fort Drum, N.Y., according to the Army. His family could not immediately be reached for comment.

Police say a man was taken into custody at Philadelphia International Airport for having a loaded handgun in his luggage a little more than 12 hours after a man with explosives in his bag was taken into custody. Lt. John Walker says the 42-year-old man was arrested without incident at a security checkpoint around 7 p.m. Thursday. Walker tells the Philadelphia Daily News it's unclear the man knew the .25-caliber handgun was in his bag. Earlier Thursday a man was arrested at the airport after powerful fireworks were discovered in his backpack after he arrived for a cross-country...

QUINCY - Four youths were arrested yesterday, accused of making a so-called works bomb and throwing it over a resident's fence, police said. Police were called to a South Street home around 8:30 p.m. after a report that an explosive device was thrown over a rear porch, said Quincy police Captain John Duggan. The youths were arrested at the scene, Duggan said. There was no word on whether the bottle bomb exploded, but Duggan said no one was injured. On Wednesday night, police responded to a Water Street address in Quincy Center, about a mile from the South Street scene, when a similar...

A Rhode Island family is hosting a fundraiser for a Marine from Lincoln who is undergoing rehabilitation after losing both his legs in Afghanistan. Cpl. Kevin Dubois (du-BWAH') was injured by an improvised explosive device in July while setting up a perimeter for a medical helicopter sent to recover a member of his unit. The Lincoln High School graduate is at Balboa Naval Medical Center in San Diego undergoing rehabilitation. The fundraiser is being held Friday evening at the Sayles Hill Rod and Gun Club.

State-run media in Myanmar say a land mine went off in a house as someone was demonstrating how to arm the explosive device. Ten people are dead and another 23 wounded after the blast in restive Kachin state. It was not clear if Sunday's blast in Myitkyina, Kachin's capital, was linked to the unrest there. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported Tuesday that the explosion was so strong it damaged two other houses nearby. Kachin is home to one of several minority ethnic rebel armies that say they are fighting for greater autonomy against Myanmar's repressive military.

LONDON -- A British man accused of conspiring with "shoe bomber" Richard Reid pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of conspiracy stemming from a failed attempt to blow up a US-bound aircraft in 2001. Sajid Badat, 25, from Gloucester, England, was charged with conspiring with Reid, who was convicted in the United States, and a Belgian to make the explosive device. He was the first person convicted of a terrorist offense in Britain since the Sept.

A Taunton military veteran is facing charges of stockpiling weapons after police seized homemade explosives, several firearms, and a slew of other dangerous items from his apartment, according to court records. Devin Tellier, 28,cq is expected in Taunton District Court Friday for a dangerousness hearing. He is charged with possession of an explosive device, possession of a sawed-off shotgun, possession of fireworks, and receiving a stolen firearm, according to documents filed in Taunton District Court.

A Taunton military veteran is facing charges of stockpiling weapons after police seized homemade explosives, several firearms, and a slew of other dangerous items from his apartment, according to court records. Devin Tellier, 28, is expected in Taunton District Court on Friday for a dangerousness hearing. He is charged with possession of an explosive device, possession of a sawed-off shotgun, possession of fireworks, and receiving a stolen firearm, according to documents filed in Taunton District Court.

GREENSBORO, N.C. - As the last US troops withdrew from Iraq yesterday, friends and family of the first and last American fighters killed in combat cherished their memories rather than dwelling on whether the war and their sacrifice were worth it. Nearly 4,500 American fighters died before the last troops crossed the border into Kuwait. David Hickman, 23, of Greensboro was the last of those war casualties, killed in November by the signature weapon of this war - an improvised bomb.

A suspected militant who blew himself up in southern Pakistan during a raid by security forces was carrying a U.S. and a Pakistani passport, authorities said Saturday. According to a statement by Pakistan's paramilitary Rangers, the dead man has been identified as Saeed Abdul Salam. He detonated an explosive device Thursday when troops raided his apartment in the port city of Karachi. Post-mortem tests on Salam's body confirmed the man died due to the explosion of a hand grenade, it said, adding "documents used for acts of terrorism...

State-run media in Myanmar say a land mine went off in a house as someone was demonstrating how to arm the explosive device. Ten people are dead and another 23 wounded after the blast in restive Kachin state. It was not clear if Sunday's blast in Myitkyina, Kachin's capital, was linked to the unrest there. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported Tuesday that the explosion was so strong it damaged two other houses nearby. Kachin is home to one of several minority ethnic rebel armies that say they are fighting for greater autonomy against Myanmar's repressive military.

A Rhode Island family is hosting a fundraiser for a Marine from Lincoln who is undergoing rehabilitation after losing both his legs in Afghanistan. Cpl. Kevin Dubois (du-BWAH') was injured by an improvised explosive device in July while setting up a perimeter for a medical helicopter sent to recover a member of his unit. The Lincoln High School graduate is at Balboa Naval Medical Center in San Diego undergoing rehabilitation. The fundraiser is being held Friday evening at the Sayles Hill Rod and Gun Club.

PARIS -- A French railroad worker found an explosive device buried in the bed of a passenger line between France and Switzerland yesterday, the Interior Ministry said. Bomb disposal specialists neutralized the device, which was half-buried under a track in the village of Montieramey, on a train line heading from Paris to Basel, Switzerland, about 105 miles southeast of Paris, the ministry said in a statement. It was discovered shortly after noon. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

By Jessica Bartlett, Town Correspondent Police are searching for suspects in an explosion that took place on a Quincy resident's front porch Wednesday night. According to police, an officer on patrol at an intersection was approached at 9:19 p.m. by an individual, who asked if the officer would follow him to an address on Water Street. The officer obliged and followed the man to the residence, where he spoke with the victim through the translator. According to the victim, a 60-year old Asian male who had not called 911 because of the language barrier, two individuals...

BERLIN - An attack at Berlin's main train station was thwarted yesterday when workers found a hidden device before it could explode, police said. Earlier yesterday, a similar device exploded near a high-speed train line west of Berlin, causing some damage but no casualties and halting train traffic there for the day. An unknown leftist group claimed responsibility for the device that exploded, saying it wants to protest Germany's role in the war in Afghanistan. Police were examining the message's authenticity and trying to determine if the same group was responsible for both attacks.

This story was reported by Travis Andersen, Mark Arsenault, Brian Ballou, and Milton J. Valencia of the Globe staff. It was written by Valencia. The Ashland man who allegedly plotted to fly explosive-laden, remote-controlled airplanes into federal buildings in Washington, D.C., was asked to leave a Roxbury mosque last year because of his radical Islamic views and suspected support of Al Qaeda, a mosque official said yesterday. Rezwan Ferdaus was said to revere the terrorist organization, and he criticized the mosque's participation in interfaith efforts and in...