Weapon of Mass Distraction
When a student at Juanita High School in Kirkland, Wash., arrived at school, the bus driver told school officials that he had heard the boy say he had uranium in a box he was carrying. They looked inside and saw a rock and a Geiger counter, and called the fire department. The responders found the rock was totally harmless, and the box showed no signs of radiation. “FiestaWare from the ’50s is more radioactive than this,” said Lt. John Fox of the fire department’s hazmat team. The police have no interest in investigating. Still, the rock has been “seized” and a district spokeswoman says the unnamed student faces “appropriate disciplinary actions.” (King County Journal) ...Extra credit?
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