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Disarmed: Explosive Found Downtown

Yellow box (center) was focus of K.C. Police bomb squad robot and technicians in protective gear.
Dan Verbeck
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KCUR
Yellow box (center) was focus of K.C. Police bomb squad robot and technicians in protective gear.

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Kansas City, Mo. – A commercial fireworks-type explosive set off on the southern edge of Kansas City's downtown forced hundreds to travel somewhere other than parts of Grand Boulevard Thursday afternoon. A police bomb robot was working near 17th and Grand. KCURs Dan Verbeck was there.

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