Prof in '03 Plague Scare Shuts Airport

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MIAMI - The suspicions airport security officials had when they saw the metal canister grew when they learned about the man who brought it in from the Middle East: a scientist who prompted a bioterrorism scare, and ultimately went to prison, after he reported missing vials of plague samples seven years ago.

Officials shut down most of Miami International Airport overnight, roused nearby hotel guests from their beds and detained 70-year-old Thomas Butler until Friday morning, when he was released without charges, a senior law enforcement official said.

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Prof in '03 Plague Scare Shuts Airport

Tests on the canister found nothing dangerous, said th...

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