The FBI statement denying the arrest, which was transmitted on the AP wire at 2:59, quieted the television chatter about whether a suspect had been captured.

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The AP wire story that was picked up by a number of publications last Friday went on to describe that the two campaigns responded like they had been handed hot rocks.

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The wire service said the investigation into its records appears related to an AP story about a thwarted terrorist plot in Yemen to bomb an airplane bound for the United States.

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