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New security for Discovery building after stand-off

The Discovery Channel parent company is considering new security measures for its Silver Spring headquarters after a gunman armed with explosive devices took three people hostage there last September.

Tags: Discovery , Discovery Channel , Discovery Communications , Hostage , hostage situation , hostage crisis , SWAT team , Montgomery County Police

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Devices detonated at Discovery gunman's home

Authorities have completed their search of Discovery Communications headquarters, a day after a man with a history of protesting the company's environmental programming burst into the headquarters with an explosive device strapped to his body and took three people hostage at gunpoint before police shot and killed him.

Tags: Discovery Communications , Montgomery County Police , gunman , hostage situation , Tom Manger , FBI , SWAT team , ATF , Jim McNulty , David Leavy

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Gunman had history protesting at Discovery

A man believed to have held three people hostage at the Discovery Communications building had a lengthy history of protesting against the company.

Tags: Discovery Communications , hostage situation , protests , Montgomery County Police

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