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New York airport terminal evacuated due to suspicious bag


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Authorities closed one of the terminals at New York's LaGuardia Airport on Saturday and took a man into custody after discovering a suspicious bag, a television station reported.

    A police bomb squad was called in to check out the man's bag, NBC's New York affiliate said.

    A spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said the airport's main terminal was evacuated about 5:30 a.m. There was no indication when the terminal would be reopened.

    (Reporting by Bill Trott)