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MIT student's airport case stands

Dismissal request denied for wearer of light-up device

MIT student Star Simpson hoped to see her single charge of possessing a hoax device dismissed yesterday, but Judge Paul Mahoney gave himself until May 23 to make a decision. MIT student Star Simpson hoped to see her single charge of possessing a hoax device dismissed yesterday, but Judge Paul Mahoney gave himself until May 23 to make a decision. (TED FITZGERALD/POOL)
By Megan Woolhouse
Globe Staff / March 22, 2008

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An East Boston judge declined to dismiss a charge today against an MIT student who was arrested at gunpoint when she walked into Logan International Airport wearing a light-up sweatshirt that authorities believed was a bomb. (Full article: 397 words)

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