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A filibuster fit for Joe McCarthy
WASHINGTON -- Chuck Hagel's confirmation as secretary of defense ended as it began -- with a smear. "Senator Hagel has accused Israel of quote 'playing games' and committing, quote, 'sickening slaughter,'" Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said before...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, Ted Cruz, Thomas R. Carper, Carl Levin, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Rubio has dinner at the White House
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, one of President Obama’s most persistent critics, joined him for dinner at the White House on Wednesday night to talk immigration, the budget and a wide range of other... -
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: Ole Miss Rebels, The McGraw-Hill Companies Incorporated, Politics, Career and Workplace, Scott Garrett
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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: MySpace, Politics, Barack Obama, Government, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013)
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With new arrest, ricin case takes a strange turn
TUPELO, Miss. — Federal agents of all sorts invaded northeast Mississippi several days ago, on a mission: Find the man who sent a poison-laced letter to the president. But the United States government quickly found itself entangled, once again, in a...Tags: Stranger Than Fiction, Barack Obama, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Crime, Law and Justice, Abusive Behavior
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Suspect in ricin-letter case ordered held without bail in Mississippi
A karate instructor appeared in federal court in Mississippi and was ordered held on a charge that he produced the poison ricin and sent it in letters to President Obama and others. Wearing an orange jumpsuit and with his hands shackled, James Everett...Tags: Punishment, Barack Obama, Trials, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Crime, Law and Justice
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Mississippi man arrested in ricin case
TUPELO, Miss., April 27 (Reuters) - Federal agents arrested a Mississippi martial arts instructor on Saturday after his home and a former business were searched as part of an investigation into ricin-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and two...
Tags: Lawyers, FBI, Barack Obama, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Justice System
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Martial arts instructor arrested in case of poisoned letters
TUPELO, Miss. — FBI agents arrested a Mississippi martial arts instructor early Saturday in the bizarre case of poisoned letters sent to President Obama, a U.S. senator and a local judge. James Everett Dutschke was arrested without incident at his...
Tags: Mississippi Legislature, Barack Obama, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Anthrax, Stephen Breyer
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FBI says more tests may be needed to probe ricin potency
ReutersBy Susan Cornwell and Marilyn W. Thompson WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - The FBI said on Thursday that more tests may be necessary to determine the potency of a granular material identified as ricin that was packed into letters sent to President Obama,...Tags: Washington, DC, Barack Obama, Trials, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Disease Prevention
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Personal feud emerges in Mississippi ricin investigation
The investigation into ricin-laced letters addressed to the president, a U.S. senator and a Mississippi judge highlighted a personal feud Wednesday and an unusual cast of characters — starting with Paul Kevin Curtis, an Elvis impersonator who had...
Tags: Barack Obama, Trials, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Crime, Law and Justice, Book
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FACTBOX-FBI revisiting bioterror case lessons
ReutersWASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - Since deadly anthrax-laced letters were sent through the U.S. mail in 2001, killing five people and spreading nationwide panic, the FBI has beefed up its bioterror capabilities and created a Weapons of Mass Destruction...Tags: Politics, U.S. Postal Service, Barack Obama, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Fort Detrick (military base)
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Second Mississippi man investigated in ricin case
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Law enforcement officials searched the home of a second Mississippi man in connection to ricin-laced letters sent to the president and a U.S. senator after charges were dropped without explanation against a man arrested in the...
Tags: Barack Obama, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Trials, U.S. House of Representatives, Crime, Law and Justice
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