Arrest made in ricin case; mailings are an eerie echo of 2001 anthrax attacks

Fire crews arrive at the unmarked postal building by the Beltway every few days, donning protective rubber suits and carrying away suspicious letters addressed to members of Congress. At a similarly secret building in the District, agents set aside letters once or twice a week to the president containing powder or other cause for concern. […]

Huge Explosion in Texas

WACO, TX—Emergency crews from throughout Central Texas responded Wednesday night after a major explosion at a burning fertilizer plant in West north of Waco. West firefighters were dispatched to the plant earlier in the evening after an earlier fire rekindled. The explosion was reported at around 7:50 p.m. in a frantic radio call from the […]

BOSTON TERROR

BOSTON TERROR

  At least three dead and over 130 injuries are reported  in the aftermath of today’s terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon. An earlier NY POST report that a dozen persons died in today’s explosion in Boston remains unconfirmed, although the Post continues to post this information on their site. Another report that a Saudi […]

GAS PRICE SLOPING DOWN

From www.gasbuddy.com Average retail gasoline prices in New York have fallen 3.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.83/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 6,118 gas outlets in New York. This compares with the national average that has fallen 4.0 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.58/g, according to […]

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