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At least four Frederick residents were targeted by the Maryland State Police during a controversial surveillance of peaceful political activists in 2005 and 2006
In the nervous weeks and months following the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, a single mention to the East Coast news media about Paul Keim’s biological sleuthing on the anthrax letters case was all it took.
Firefighters and federal agents have responded to more than 30,000 incidents involving suspicious powders, liquids or chemicals since 2001 in what authorities say is the terrifying legacy of the anthrax attacks after 9/11.
Hoaxes, false alarms part of the anthrax attack legacy for law enforcement.
On July 30 of this year, a federal shield law stalled in the Senate when supporters—including the Society of Environmental Journalists—failed to garner enough votes to end the debate and force a vote on the issue. That’s the latest salvo in the effort of journalists and organizations such as SEJ and the Society of Professional Journalists to enact a shield law that would protect journalists from ...
More than 30,000 incidents reported since the days just after 9/11 Firefighters and federal agents have responded to more than 30,000 incidents involving suspicious powders, liquids or chemicals since 2001 in what authorities say is the terrifying legacy of the anthrax attacks after 9/11.Postal service and law enforcement officials say thousands of the incidents are hoaxes involving white ...
(ARA) - Anthrax. Biological attacks. Exotic diseases. These and many other issues are making headlines as the world we live in seems to get smaller and smaller. Yet there is a dedicated group of scientists who are confronting these, and many other, threats each and every day.
The world of Google circa 2001, a time capsule adventure, is available until the end of the month at Google.com/search2001.html in celebration of the search engine's 10th birthday.
The anthrax-tainted letters sent through the U.S. mail in the fall of 2001, infecting 22 people and killing five, hinted at the mayhem that could result from the large-scale release of a “weaponized” disease agent.
It’s a world without “mortgage meltdowns” and “Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.” Photo caption: Ten years ago (top), Google search results (and they were comparatively few) were displayed in cyan. In 2001 (middle), the search engine kept a running tally of pages in its archives. Today (bottom), a sleeker logo heralds a seemingly endless array of returns for surfers. Photo by Washington Post
My 17-year-old daughter and I were on the New Jersey Turnpike last week, heading north to visit some colleges, when our talk turned to the financial crisis.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the nuttiest thing" he'd ever heard.
Katie Holmes and hubby Tom Cruise can count on seeing some familiar mustachioed faces when "All My Sons," in which Holmes stars, opens on Broadway on Thursday.
When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the nuttiest thing" he'd ever heard. Yet deep inside an 86-page supplement to United States export regulations is a single sentence that bars U.S. exports of vaccines for avian ...
Come on, crazies, not the old mysterious white powder gag again. What is it about political psychopaths, abortion freaks, and Anthrax? They've got a fetish for the stuff. Get a new move, terrorists!...
When Chambersburg Area Senior High School students left Raymond Setaro's human biotechnology class Thursday, they had mock "anthrax" powder on their clothes.
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