I want 5-1/2 inches, and I want to bleed...

[Carol Anne CypherPunk]

* Robert Kong, 13, was arrested and charged with manufacturing a
destructive device, namely a 5-1/2-inch pipe bomb that he had
made, gift-wrapped, and presented to a female classmate in
Corvallis, Ore., for her birthday.  He said he followed the
instructions he had seen on an Internet site.

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WEIRDNUZ.520 (News of the Weird, January 23, 1998)
by Chuck Shepherd

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