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Reid: Letter With Poison Sent to U.S. Senator
WASHINGTON — An envelope addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi tested positive Tuesday for ricin, a potentially fatal poison, authorities said, heightening concerns about terrorism a day after...
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GOP Rep On Ricin Letter: ‘There Are Crazy People All Over The World’
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The reaction from Mississippi’s congressional delegation to a poisoned letter sent to Republican U.S. Sen Roger Wicker can be summed up in a word: “crazy.” House Republicans Alan...
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Sen. Levin: Michigan Office Received Suspicious Letter
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan Sen. Carl Levin says his regional office in Saginaw received a suspicious letter and that authorities have been alerted. Levin says in a statement that an aide received the...
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Ricin Letter Suspect Maintains Innocence
CORINTH, Miss. — A Mississippi man charged with mailing ricin-tainted letters to national leaders wrote in online postings that he had uncovered a conspiracy to sell human body parts on the black...
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Attorney: Ricin Letter Suspect ‘Maintains 100 Percent That He Did Not Do This’
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The man charged with mailing letters with suspected ricin to the president and others was surprised by his arrest and maintains he is innocent, according to his attorney. Paul...
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Wicker: I Hired Ricin Letter Suspect As Elvis Impersonator
WASHINGTON — Sen. Roger Wicker says he once hired the man accused of mailing suspicious letters as an Elvis impersonator. The Mississippi Republican said he hired Paul Kevin Curtis of Corinth, Miss.,...
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Ex-Wife: Ricin Letter Suspect Bipolar, ‘Wasn’t On His Medicine’
OXFORD, Miss. — The stories from family and acquaintances of a Mississippi man charged with sending ricin-laced letters to the president and other officials describe a caring father and enthusiastic...
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Hearing to Continue Monday in Ricin Letter Case
OXFORD, Miss. — The man charged with mailing ricin-laced letters to the president and a senator was expected back in court Monday, and the hearing could reveal what evidence authorities have collected...
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FBI Agent Testifies No Ricin Found At Suspect’s Home
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The third day of a hearing for the Mississippi man accused of mailing poisoned letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a local judge was expected to include testimony...
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Ricin Letter Suspect Released From Custody
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi man charged with sending poisoned letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a state judge was released from jail on Tuesday, federal official said,...
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Mississippi Men’s Feud Looms Over Ricin Probe
OXFORD, Miss. — The investigation into poisoned letters mailed to President Barack Obama and others has shifted from an Elvis impersonator to his longtime foe, and authorities must now figure out if an...
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Man Who Mailed Poison To The White House Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man who pleaded guilty to sending letters dusted with the poison ricin to President Barack Obama and other officials was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison....
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