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Ricin letter sent to Obama; suspicious packages, envelopes reported on Capitol Hill
Associated PressLetters sent to President Barack Obama and a Mississippi senator tested positive for poisonous ricin in preliminary checks Wednesday, and authorities chased reports of other suspicious mail at a U.S. Capitol already on edge. An FBI intelligence...Tags: Patrick R. Donahoe, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Richard Shelby, Joe Manchin III, U.S. Senate
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Emergency services personnel prepare for 'zombie attack' drill in Shippensburg
waynesboro@herald-mail.comA preparedness drill for emergency services personnel will take a creative spin just days before Halloween, when volunteers in the training exercise don zombie costumes. “If you are prepared for the zombie attack, you are prepared for anything,&...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Halloween, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Bird Flu, Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities)
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Scientists question anthrax attack findings
Two scientists say they’ve written a research paper questioning the government conclusion that an Army microbiologist at Fort Detrick was the sole perpetrator of the 2001 anthrax attacks that killed five people and sickened others. Epidemiologist...Tags: Justice System, Diseases and Illnesses, Fort Detrick (military base)
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Package at Ranson post office contained cookies; 'pop' was from light fixture
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comWhat was reported to authorities as an exploding package that sent white powder into the air at the Ranson post office Friday morning turned out to be a malfunctioning fluorescent light, Ronald Fletcher, a firefighter with Citizens Fire Co. said Friday....Tags: Emergency Incidents, Facebook, Diseases and Illnesses, Career and Workplace, Employees
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