TSA officers screening checked luggage at Gulf Shores International Airport in Alabama X-rayed a bag and discovered five inert Civil War era cannonballs, some as large as a grapefruit, wrapped in paper towels. The items were identified as stolen from Fort Morgan based on paint markings, and the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office said a juvenile had taken them from the fort's storage area and placed them in a relative's luggage. Fort Morgan's director declined to press charges, and the cannonballs were returned.
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