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Towson Library Reopened After Being Evacuated

TOWSON, Md. (AP) -- The Towson Library has reopened after being closed earlier in the day because of a bag that officials considered suspicious.

Baltimore County police were contacted around 11:15 a.m. Saturday by a caller who reported seeing two men leave a black bag under a bench.

Police evacuated the library and several nearby businesses and closed a section of York Road while they investigated.

Police say the bag contained only clothes, and the men who left it there told officers that it was intended for the homeless.

(Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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