UP IN SMOKE MUSIC PLAYER RESULTS IN BOMB SCARE.Byline: EUGENE TONG tong 1 tr.v. tonged, tong·ing, tongs To seize, hold, or manipulate with tongs. [Back-formation from tongs. Staff Writer CANYON COUNTRY - A county sheriff's bomb squad lit the fuse on a ``Mission: Impossible III'' promotion Friday when it detonated a suspicious-looking device found inside a newsstand. The device, found about 9 a.m. in a Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). news rack outside Canyon Liquor on Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. Road, turned out to be a music player designed to play the spy saga's theme song when the door opened. But for sheriff's Deputy Tony Hawkins, the device he described as a red, rectangular box with openings that looked like speakers might have been more than it appeared. ``It looked suspicious to me, so I went ahead and called Arson and Explosives,'' he said. ``They came and looked at it and decided to detonate det·o·nate intr. & tr.v. det·o·nat·ed, det·o·nat·ing, det·o·nates To explode or cause to explode. [Latin d it.'' Sheriff's deputies evacuated e·vac·u·ate v. e·vac·u·at·ed, e·vac·u·at·ing, e·vac·u·ates v.tr. 1. a. To empty or remove the contents of. b. To create a vacuum in. 2. about five people from the strip mall strip mall n. A shopping complex containing a row of various stores, businesses, and restaurants that usually open onto a common parking lot. Noun 1. , whose tenants include a dry cleaner, a check-cashing service and a Thai-Chinese restaurant, then closed Soledad Canyon Road at Sand Canyon Road for about 20 minutes, Hawkins said. The tenants watched anxiously from a gasoline station across the street while a sheriff's deputy in full explosives gear examined the newsstand. ``It's kids playing a joke, I hope,'' said Limha Song, owner of Canyon Cleaners, who was told to leave her shop. ``It's very scary these days. People are more crazy.'' Sheriff's deputies blasted the device twice. Times spokeswoman Amy Moynihan said these ``singing'' newsracks are part of the newspaper's promotion for ``Mission: Impossible III,'' which opens Friday 5 and stars Tom Cruise. The device has been installed in about 4,500 newsstands throughout Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . ``This is the first time where this promotion has ever been done,'' she said. ``It's very interactive.'' eugene.tong(at)dailynews.com (661) 257-5253 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) A member of the bomb squad checks the remains of a suspicious package found in a newsstand outside Canyon Liquor in Canyon Country on Friday morning. The device turned out to be a promotional music player. (2) A member of the sheriff's bomb squad prepares to detonate a suspicious package found in a news rack outside at the corner of Soledad Canyon and Sand Canyon roads on Friday morning. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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