May 22, 2013

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Ricin

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Man Arrested In Ricin Scare: FBI

AP | NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS | Posted 05.22.2013 | Crime

SPOKANE, Wash. — A 37-year-old man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a case in which a pair of letters containing the deadly poison rici...

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New Step Taken In Ricin Letters Case

AP | NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS | Posted 05.18.2013 | Politics

SPOKANE, Wash. — Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of ...

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Turkey Investigating Use Of Chemical Weapons In Syria

Reuters | Posted 05.09.2013 | World

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ISTANBUL, May 9 (Reuters) - Turkey has sent a team of eight experts to the border with Syria to test wounded victims of the country's civil war for ...

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Suspicious White Powder At Brooklyn Courthouse

Posted 05.07.2013 | New York

The NYPD has confirmed that police are investigating a suspicious white powder found Tuesday at the U.S. District Court House for the Eastern District...

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Case Of Poison-Tainted Mail Headed To Grand Jury

AP | HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 05.02.2013 | Politics

OXFORD, Miss. — A dust mask that tested positive for ricin also contained DNA from a Mississippi man suspected of sending poison-laced letters t...

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Ricin Letters Suspect In Court

Posted 05.02.2013 | Politics

By HOLBROOK MOHR, The ASSOCIATED PRESS JACKSON, Miss. — The first time James Everett Dutschke's name came up in court regarding ricin-laced lette...

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FBI Documents Link Suspect To Ricin

AP | Posted 04.30.2013 | Politics

By HOLBROOK MOHR and JAY REEVES, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have filed documents that say the deadly poison ri...

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Words That Shaped Last Week: "Presidential Libraries," "Ricin," and "Brunette Betty"

Vanity Fair | Posted 04.30.2013 | World

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By Juli Weiner For your edification, a look back at the phrases, nouns, and neologisms that have, for better or for worse, shaped the week's natio...

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Former Ricin Suspect Has Been Problem After FBI Investigation

AP | HOLBROOK MOHR and JAY REEVES | Posted 05.01.2013 | Politics

TUPELO, Miss. — Ricin was found in the former martial arts studio of the man suspected of sending poison letters to President Barack Obama and o...

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Gov't Search Left Former Ricin Suspect's Home Unlivable, Lawyer Claims

AP | HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 04.30.2013 | Politics

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OXFORD, Miss. — A Mississippi man's house is uninhabitable after investigators searched it but failed to find evidence of the deadly poison rici...

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Ricin Letters Case Begins

Reuters | Posted 04.30.2013 | Politics

(Adds judge keeping charges sealed until hearing set for Thursday) By Robbie Ward TUPELO, Miss., April 29 (Reuters) - A...

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Arrest Made In Ricin Letter Case

Reuters | Posted 04.27.2013 | Politics

By Robbie Ward TUPELO, Miss., April 27 (Reuters) - Federal agents arrested a Mississippi martial arts instructor on Saturday after his...

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Man Named In Ricin Case Goes Into Hiding

AP | HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 04.27.2013 | Politics

SALTILLO, Miss. — A Mississippi man whose home and business were searched as part of an investigation into poisoned letters sent to the presiden...

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Poison-Tainted Letters Spark Mystery

AP | HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 04.26.2013 | Politics

SALTILLO, Miss. — A Mississippi man whose home was searched in the investigation of poisoned letters sent to the president and others has appare...

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Another Man Being Investigated For Sending Poison-Tainted Letters To Obama

AP | HOLBROOK MOHR and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 04.25.2013 | Politics

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OXFORD, Miss. — The investigation into poisoned letters mailed to President Barack Obama and others has shifted from an Elvis impersonator to hi...

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Ricin Investigation Continues After Charges Dropped Against First Suspect

AP | JEFF AMY and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 04.24.2013 | Politics

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TUPELO, Miss. — Charges of sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and others were dropped Tuesday against an Elvis impersonator f...

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Charges Dismissed Against Elvis Impersonator In Ricin Case

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan J. Reilly | Posted 04.23.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Federal officials have dismissed charges against Paul Kevin Curtis, a Mississippi-based Elvis impersonator originally charged in connect...

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Reid: Another Ricin Letter Found

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.23.2013 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- A third ricin letter has been discovered by authorities in the nation's capital Tuesday, the same day the initial suspect in the mailing...

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Hearing To Focus On Ricin Suspect's Mental State

AP | JEFF AMY | Posted 04.24.2013 | Politics

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By Jeff Amy, The Associated Press OXFORD, Miss. (AP) -- The Mississippi man charged with sending poisoned letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S....

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Attorney: Scant Evidence Links Man To Poison-Laced Letters Sent To Obama, Others

AP | HOLBROOK MOHR and JESSICA GRESKO | Posted 04.20.2013 | Politics

OXFORD, Miss. — Federal authorities have produced scant evidence linking a Mississippi man to the mailing of ricin-laced letters to the presiden...

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Senate Mail Services Set To Resume

AP | HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 04.19.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Senate offices will begin receiving mail again on Monday, days after a Mississippi man was arrested on charges he sent ricin-laced lette...

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Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Update

Michael Warbux | Posted 04.18.2013 | World

In West, Texas, a fertilizer plant exploded last night killing 5-15 people and leaving 100-170 people injured. The explosion is speculated to be cause...

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Senate Official Confirms Tainted Mail Contained Poison

AP | HOLBROOK MOHR and ADRIAN SAINZ | Posted 04.18.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate sergeant-at-arms says a private lab has confirmed the presence of ricin in a letter sent to Sen. Roger Wicker. Terra...

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Ricin Experts Weigh In On Risk Posed By Bioterror Agent

| Posted 04.18.2013 | Science

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By Erika Check Hayden & Meredith Wadman The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said today that it has arrested a suspect in connection with t...

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Senator Gives Key Update On Poison-Tainted Letter

AP | HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 04.17.2013 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Police have a suspect in mind as they investigate a letter mailed to Sen. Roger Wicker that tested positive for poisonous ricin, a Senat...

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