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A police bomb squad robot inspects a suspicious package in a plaza on Michigan Avenue on April 30, 2013. (Credit: Rachel Azark)

Michigan Avenue Reopened After Suspicious Package Deemed Safe

For the second day in a row, Michigan Avenue was shut down near the bridge over the Chicago River, as police investigated a suspicious device.

2013/04/30

O'Hare International Airport

Suspicious Package On Plane Delays Flight At O’Hare

A bomb scare at O’Hare’s Terminal 3 Monday afternoon has delayed a flight to the East Coast.

2012/12/10

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Suspicious Package Outside Kane County Court Turns Out To Be DVD, Video Game

A suspicious package prompted authorities to shut down the parking lot at the Kane County Judicial Center Wednesday morning, but it turned out to be only a DVD, a video game and a calculator.

CBS Chicago–2012/05/02

Daley Plaza

Suspicious Package Sends Workers Out Of Daley Center

Workers poured out of the Daley Center courthouse and office building Wednesday when a suspicious package was found nearby outside the County Building.

CBS Chicago–2012/04/25

Suspicious Envelope

Israeli Consulate To Reopen After Being Evacuated

The Israeli Consul General in Chicago says the consulate in the Ogilvie Transportation Center is expected to reopen Tuesday morning, a day after being evacuated because of a suspicious envelope.

CBS Chicago–2012/01/31

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Israeli Consulate Evacuated For Suspicious Package

The Israeli consulate in downtown Chicago was evacuated Monday afternoon after a worker opened a package containing a suspicious white powder.

CBS Chicago–2012/01/30

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Crews Investigate Fuel Spill, Suspicious Package On CTA Bus

Officials investigated a report of a suspicious package aboard a CTA bus that was also leaking fuel Monday afternoon in the Loop. The package turned out to contain corn starch.

2011/12/19

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Lake Zurich High School Locked Down Due To Suspicious Package

Lake Zurich High School was put on lockdown for a few hours this morning after a suspicious package was found.

2011/11/28

Metra Train

Suspicious Package Shuts Down Metra Electric Line In Hyde Park

A suspicious package halted the busy Metra Electric Line in the Hyde Park neighborhood late Friday morning.

CBS Chicago–2011/10/14

CTA Train (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

False Alarm About Suspicious Package Shuts Down Part Of Blue Line

The Forest Park branch of the Blue Line was shut down along its westernmost stretch Friday morning, for a report of a suspicious package that turned out to be a false alarm.

CBS Chicago–2011/10/07

A Blue Line train pulls up to the station.  (credit: CBS)

‘Suspicious’ Package Disrupts Service On Blue Line

Service on the CTA’S Blue Line was disrupted for more than an hour as police investigated a report of a suspicious package in the Northwest Side Logan Square neighborhood Wednesday evening.

2011/09/14

Blue Line Station Reopens After Suspicious Package Found

The Blue line subway stop at Jackson Boulevard, and the pedestrian tunnel that connects to the Red Line, have reopened Wednesday afternoon, more than two hours after they were closed due to a suspicious package.

CBS Chicago–2011/08/24

Emmett DeFrisco, 18, was charged with disorderly conduct, after a prop -- two bricks covered in duct tape, with wires sticking out -- he was using for a cos-play event at Millennium Park was found near "The Bean," prompting a bomb scare and an evacuation of part of the park. (Credit: Facebook)

Teen Says Suspicious Package At Millennium Park Was ‘Misunderstanding’

An 18-year-old Lincoln Park resident accused of causing an evacuation at Millennium Park Saturday evening told WBBM Newsradio 780 that he was taking part in a “costume play” and that it was all a misunderstanding.

WBBM Newsradio–2011/07/10

Authorities cleared walkways around Millennium Park on Saturday evening after receiving a report of a suspicious package near "The Bean" sculpture. (WBBM/Mallory Blazetic)

Suspicious Package Clears Part Of Millennium Park

Chicago police took three subjects in custody and said a suspicious object found near the iconic “Bean” sculpture was part of a “role-playing event.”

CBS Chicago–2011/07/09

Suspicious Package

Suspicious Package Found On Michigan Avenue In Wee Hours

Michigan Avenue downtown was busy and bustling as usual in the midday hours, but a suspicious package shut the road down in the wee hours when a suspicious package was discovered.

2011/06/22

Several ambulances were sent to a possible Hazmat situation at an Elgin courthouse. (Credit: Anna Scheid)

FBI Investigates Suspicious Substance Found At Elgin Courthouse

The FBI is leading the investigation into a threatening letter filled with white powder opened Monday at the Second District Appellate Court building in Elgin.

CBS Chicago–2011/05/03

Several ambulances were sent to a possible Hazmat situation at an Elgin courthouse. (Credit: Anna Scheid)

Elgin Courthouse Target Of Suspicious Package

An investigation is underway in Elgin after a suspicious substance was mailed to a court building.

CBS Chicago–2011/05/02

Dearborn Street Evacuation

Package In Loop Building Turned Out To Be Harmless

The situation is back to normal a day later, but right across from the Dirksen Federal Building downtown Wednesday, a building was evacuated for more than four hours due to a suspicious package.

CBS Chicago–2011/04/28

Police Generic

Floors Of Loop Building Evacuated For Suspicious Package

Three floors of a Loop building have been evacuated — and traffic is being diverted — as police investigate a “suspicious” package Wednesday afternoon.

CBS Chicago–2011/04/27

Red Line: Suspicious Package

Suspicious Package Closes Red Line Subway

CTA Red Line trains were rerouted out of the subway this morning, after a suspicious package was reportedly found tied to the tracks. Service is now back to normal.

CBS Chicago–2010/11/26

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