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Anthrax Was Stolen From Iowa Lab

October 10, 2001
CBS News is reporting that the anthrax used in the attack at the offices of American Media in Boca Raton was stolen from a lab in Iowa. The strain of anthrax had been manufactured in the 1950s. The spores were... continued

Organic Chicken More Dangerous??

October 10, 2001
Organic chickens are three times more likely than conventionally-bred poultry to be contaminated with a bacterium that causes food-poisoning. A team at the Danish Veterinary Laboratory found that all 22 organic flocks they investigated were infected with Campylobacter ? one... continued

Florida Anthrax May Be Manmade

October 10, 2001
Environmental tests on the American Media building in Boca Raton, Florida, indicate there are no traces of the anthrax bacteria in the building except those found on the computer keyboard of a man who died from the disease, according to... continued

Legendary Treasure Ship May Be Found

October 10, 2001
In 1633 a ferry loaded with one fifth of the wealth of England capsized in the Firth of Forth and was lost with all aboard, as the horrified King of England, Charlies I, watched helplessly from shore. Many believe this... continued

Unexpected High-Speed Antarctic Warming

October 9, 2001
Parts of Antarctica have recently been warming much faster than the rest of the Earth, according to scientists in the U.K. They believe this degree of warming is greater than it has been for nearly two thousand years. The scientists,... continued

Was Anthrax Mailed to Florida Office Building?

October 9, 2001
Investigators are trying to determine if a letter that arrived in the mailroom of a Florida tabloid publishing company could be the source of anthrax bacteria that killed an employee. Robert Stevens, 63, died Friday of inhalation of anthrax. He... continued

Suspicious Substance Closes IRS Office

October 9, 2001
As of 7:00PM EDT, the IRS Service Center in Covington, Kentucky that had been locked down earlier because of a suspicious substance found in an envelope, had been reopened. The material was found not to be dangerous. At approximately 3:00... continued

Understanding the Plague

October 9, 2001
With the world facing biowarfare after the recent Anthrax cases in Florida, scientists say they have mapped all the genes in the plague bacterium which could speed up research into vaccines and treatments. Along with smallpox and anthrax, the bubonic... continued

Bush Notifies Congress: US May Deploy Ground Troops

October 9, 2001
In a letter to House and Senate leaders today, President Bush stated that the US would deploy ground forces in connection with the war on terrorism. He added, in an interview after the letter was sent, "Whether or not we... continued

Hurricane Iris Roars Toward Belize

October 8, 2001
hurricane - Hurricane Iris, with sustained winds of 140 mph, is heading for the Central American nation of Belize. It is feared that this dangerous hurricane will devastate the country. The military is attempting to evacuate the 65,000 residents of... continued