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January 10, 2011

Incendiary Packages Mailed in Maryland and Washington, D.C. 
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Some postal workers in Washington, D.C. were evacuated on Friday after
an incendiary device ignited inside a package addressed to U.S.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. The
Baltimore Sun reported the package was similar in design and shape to
packages received Thursday in Maryland, addressed to the state's
Democratic governor Martin O'Malley and the state's transportation
secretary. In Maryland, the incendiary devices flared up and singed the
fingers of Maryland employees handling mail at state government
buildings.



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