Arrest Is Made For Letters Believed To Have Poison

By MARK LANDLER and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, New York Times
Wed, 04/17/2013 - 6:28pm

Federal agents arrested a Mississippi man suspected of sending letters that showed evidence of ricin in initial testing to President Obama and a Republican senator, according to two officials.

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