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NAACP false alarm shows region on edge over security
NAACP employees were going through the mail Thursday at national headquarters in Baltimore when they found a strange-looking envelope. It bore no return address and had a Memphis, Tenn., postmark — just like letters to President Barack Obama and a...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, FBI, Police Arrests, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Barack Obama
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Powerful poison Ricin found in letter sent to U.S. senator
WASHINGTON -- An envelope laced with the lethal poison Ricin and addressed to a U.S. senator was found at a Maryland mail processing facility, officials said Tuesday. The envelope, intended for the office of Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), was discovered...
Tags: Robert Mueller, FBI, Anthrax, Benjamin L. Cardin, Janet Napolitano
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Congressional candidate profiles
MEET THE CANDIDATES When Marylanders head to the polls Nov. 6, they will elect members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to casting their ballots for president. Dozens of people are running for a chance to represent the...Tags: Entertainment Events, Globalization, Wars and Interventions, Diseases and Illnesses, Baltimore City College
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Natchez Trace marks 75th anniversary
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, TupeloWhile celebrating and remembering the first 75 years of the Natchez Trace Parkway, elected officials talked about what the next 75 years will bring. Sen. Roger Wicker remembered a time when the road seemed impossible. "In 1976 I went into the United...Tags: U.S. Air Force, Alan Nunnelee, Jack Reed, Dwayne Johnson, Thad Cochran
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Poisoned letter suspect tried to evade authorities in Mississippi, documents say
Commercial AppealJames Everett Dutschke, the Tupelo, Miss., man charged with mailing ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and others, crouched in the back seat of an acquaintance's pickup covered by blankets in an apparent attempt to evade law enforcement...Tags: FBI, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Paul Kevin Curtis, Barack Obama
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Franken's plan for ratings reform finds no SEC consensus
Star TribuneSen. Al Franken pleaded with the Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday to change what he considers a hopelessly corrupted ratings system for financial products. The Minnesota Democrat believes rating companies promoted "junk" in exchange for...Tags: Scott Garrett, Financial and Business Services, Mortgages, Finance, Tim Pawlenty
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Duo of senators plead with SEC to take action on credit raters
ReutersBy Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators urged federal securities regulators to move quickly on fundamental changes to how credit-rating agencies are compensated, a step they said will reduce the type of...Tags: Scott Garrett, Labor Legislation, Al Franken, Ole Miss Rebels, Financial and Business Services
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Bryant: Let states decide on Net tax
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, TupeloRepublican Gov. Phil Bryant supports giving states the authority to force collection of sales taxes on Internet transactions, his spokesman, Mick Bullock, said Tuesday. But Bullock added, "The governor is not in favor of increasing taxes." Legislation...Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Regional Authority, Small Businesses, Haley Barbour, Sales
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U.S. judge sends ricin-letters case to grand jury -report
ReutersBy Robbie Ward TUPELO, Miss., May 2 (Reuters) - A federal judge ruled on Thursday that there was enough evidence for a grand jury to consider indicting a Mississippi man accused of mailing poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other U.S....Tags: FBI, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), U.S. House of Representatives, Punishment, Barack Obama
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Mississippi man assigned attorney during initial court appearance in poison letter case
Commercial AppealJames Everett Dutschke, a Tupelo man now charged with sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other public figures, apparently began setting the crime in motion last November, according to the criminal complaint against him. The...Tags: Netherlands, FBI, Prosecution, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Justice System
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Lawyer: Former ricin suspect's home is unlivable
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys for a Mississippi man who was briefly charged with sending ricin-laced letters to the president and others are encouraged after speaking with the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's office about repairing or replacing the man'...
Tags: Police Investigations, FBI, Netherlands, Elections, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013)
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Capitol police probe 'suspicious substance' in mail at office of Rep. Gregory Meeks
NewsdayThe U.S. Capitol police are investigating a "suspicious substance" that came through the mail and was found in the office of Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Queens), police and Meeks' office said. Police sent out a notice to members of Congress earlier Monday,...Tags: Gregory Meeks, New York City, Justice System, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Paul Kevin Curtis
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