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2 charged in Harvard Medical School explosion

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BOSTON — Two men who were in the Boston area for college Halloween parties last weekend set off fireworks inside an empty Harvard Medical School building, authorities said Tuesday in announcing their arrests.

Logan David Patterson, 18, and Dominick Frank Cardoza, 20, were taken into custody Tuesday on federal charges of conspiracy to damage by means of fire or an explosive.


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By MICHAEL CASEY and LEAH WILLINGHAM – Associated Press

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