Setback for hysteriacrats?

‘We’re the laughingstock,’ resident says after cartoon signs prompt scare. Read on.

"The men did not speak or enter their own pleas, but they appeared amused and smiled as the prosecutor talked about the device found at Sullivan Station underneath Interstate 93, looking like it had C-4 explosive.
“The appearance of this device and its location are crucial,” Grossman said. “This device looks like a bomb.”
Some in the gallery snickered." More here.

"Marketing Stunt: Did Boston Overreact?" Great ABC News video here, via Boingboing.net.

Zebro on Boston's Aqua Teen Bomb Scare on Youtube: Funny, comprehensive (adult language).