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UW campus buildings evacuated due to bomb scare; item proved safe

The Dane County Bomb Squad said a suspicious item resembling a pipe bomb found in the back of a van Downtown on Friday was safe, according to the Madison Police Department. UW-Madison?s Geology Museum and Charter Street Heating Plant were evacuted for at least two hours due to the item, found in a van parked on the 600 block of Spring Street.