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2,000 POUNDS OF EXPLOSIVES STOLEN IN PENNSYLVANIA

February 20, 1998 Web posted at: 9:20 p.m. EST (0220 GMT)

SLIGO, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- A coal company in Pennsylvania told the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Friday that 2,000 pounds of mining explosives have been stolen.

The explosives were taken from the C&K Coal Co. on February 16, and authorities are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible.

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