Britain detonates World War II-era bomb
More than a thousand people were evacuated from an area in northern England today so a bomb squad could detonated a 500-pound bomb left over from World War II. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out more from reporter Jill McKenzie, who was there for the controlled detonation.
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