Bomb threat at University of Minnesota

CHICAGO - Eight buildings at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis were evacuated after a bomb threat, the school's student newspaper reported today.

The Minnesota Daily said on its website that a bomb threat note was found in one building in the early afternoon and that it and other classroom buildings in the vicinity were ordered emptied as a precaution.

It said students were told not to congregate in the area but to return to their residence halls.

- REUTERS