Friday, September 14, 2012

UT-Austin, North Dakota State reopen after bomb threats

Sep. 14, 2012 - Thousands of people streamed off the University of Texas at Austin campus on Friday after phoned-in bomb threats prompted evacuations and officials warned students and faculty to get away as quickly as possible. (/Associated Press)University of Texas students and staff are being allowed back into buildings after officials declared the campus safe from an unspecified bomb threat this morning. “We're extremely confident that the campus is safe. We are allowing people to go backUpdate at 2:03 p.m. ET: When the decision was made to evacuate buildings at UT-Austin, the university sent out texts to the approximately 69,000 users signed up to its alert system, directing them to evacuate buildings, UT Police Chief Robert DahlstromUpdate I: The University of Texas at Austin said all buildings may be re-entered at 12 p.m. All activities except classes will resume at 5 p.m.; all classes are canceled for the day. Update II:The Associated Press has reported noAUSTIN — An emergency email alert sent thousands of students scrambling from the University of Texas early Friday morning after school officials received a bomb threat from a man with a Middle Eastern accent who claimed
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