"Chained Australian woman, 18, freed after 10-hour bomb scare in her home" August 04, 2011|Associated Press
SYDNEY - A suspicious device that had been attached to a Sydney teen’s neck contained no explosives and appeared to be part of an elaborate hoax, Australian police said today.
In a scene that could have been straight from a Hollywood thriller, bomb squad specialists worked for 10 horrifying hours yesterday to free Madeleine Pulver, 18, from a bomblike device she said was chained to her neck by a man in disguise who entered her suburban Sydney home in the afternoon....
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