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US adviser on board of firm that sold anthrax drug

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 20th

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, who has served as a bio-warfare adviser to the president, the Pentagon, and the Department of Homeland Security, urged the government to stockpile an anti-anthrax drug while serving as a director for the company that supplied it, according

Across America, a week of chaos, horror _ and hope

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 20th

By JESSE WASHINGTONAP National Writer Moment after nail-biting moment, the events shoved us through a week that felt like an unremitting series of tragedies: Deadly bombs. Poison letters. A town shattered by a colossal explosion. A violent manhunt that paralyzed a major city, emptying streets of

Across America, a week of chaos, horror _ and hope

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 20th

Miss. man arrested for mailing suspected ricin

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By HOLBROOK MOHR and ADRIAN SAINZAssociated Press CORINTH, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi man accused of mailing letters with suspected ricin to national leaders believed he had uncovered a conspiracy to sell human body parts on the black market and claimed "various parties within the government" were

Obama honors bombing victims in Boston

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent BOSTON (AP) - President Barack Obama sought to inspire a stricken city and comfort an unnerved nation Thursday, declaring that Boston "will run again" and vowing to hunt down the perpetrator of the twin blasts that brought mayhem and death to the Boston

Obama to honor bombing victims in Boston

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is seeking to refocus a nervous nation's attention on those killed and gravely wounded in what he called an "act of terror" at the Boston Marathon. Americans also will be looking to the president to offer

Defiance, tenderness, wariness in wake of Boston

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 17th

By NANCY BENACAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A Virginia woman makes a point to get out and go jogging. A Texas mom stays in and snuggles her toddler a little closer. A nurse from Massachusetts looks over her shoulder more often while touring D.C. Strains of defiance, tenderness and wariness are

Miss. man accused of sending letters with ricin

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 17th

By HOLBROOK MOHRAssociated Press OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi man was arrested Wednesday, accused of sending letters to President Barack Obama and a senator that tested positive for poisonous ricin and set the nation's capital on edge a day after the Boston Marathon bombings. Paul Kevin

Miss. man accused of sending letters with ricin

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 17th

Senator: Police have suspect in ricin mailing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 17th

By HENRY C. JACKSONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Police have a suspect in mind as they investigate a letter mailed to Sen. Roger Wicker that tested positive for poisonous ricin, a Senate colleague said. "The person that is a suspect writes a lot of letters to members," Sen. Claire McCaskill, D