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Paul Kevin Curtis, the Mississippi man charged with sending ricin-laced letters to the White House, a U.S. senator and a Mississippi judge, was released on bond Tuesday and the FBI may have turned its attention to another man in connection with the poison attacks.
James Everette Dutschke, of Tupelo, Miss., said the FBI was searching his home in connection with the ricin letter case, according to the Associated Press. Dutschke told the AP that he was innocent and said he doesn’t know anything about the ingredients for ricin.
Miss. man released in ricin case as FBI searches second home
US sues Novartis, alleging kickbacks to pharmacies
The U.S. government filed a civil fraud lawsuit against Novartis AG on Tuesday, accusing a unit of the Swiss drug maker of causing the Medicare and Medicaid programs to pay tens of millions of dollars in reimbursements based on fraudulent, kickback-tainted claims.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in Manhattan said Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp had since 2005 induced at least 20 pharmacies to switch thousands of kidney transplant patients to its immunosuppressant drug Myfortic from competitors' drugs, in exchange for kickbacks disguised as rebates and discounts.
Republicans back gay marriage ahead of vote in RI
The five Republicans in the Rhode Island Senate are backing gay marriage as a legislative committee prepares for a pivotal vote on the issue.
The Senate Republican Caucus announced Tuesday that its members will support legislation allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry. The senators cite their support for liberty and limited government and say same-sex couples deserve the same marriage rights as anyone.
Suspect killed by police one of five dead in Seattle shooting
Gunfire erupted at an apartment complex in a city south of Seattle on Sunday and five people were shot dead, including a suspect who was killed by arriving officers, police said. Officers responding to an emergency call at 9.30pm, at the apartments in Federal Way, about 20 miles south of Seattle, encountered a chaotic scene.
"When officers arrived there were still shots being fired," said a Federal Way police spokeswoman, Cathy Schrock. They found two wounded men on the ground in a parking lot. One of the men reached for a gun as police moved in to assist the two, she said.
Rain, snow to hammer Midwestern towns already hit by floods
Heavy river flooding in six Midwestern states that forced evacuations, shut down bridges, swamped homes, and caused as many as five deaths was at or near crest in some areas Monday morning.
The Mississippi River surged across the region Sunday evening, with high water levels reported in places like Grand Rapids, Mich., according to Weather.com.
Earlier, fierce floodwaters closed roads and bridges in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan.
Protesters ready for opening of Bush library, as wars on terror, in Iraq help define his legacy
History is far from settled over the Iraq war as former President George W. Bush prepares to open his presidential center Thursday before an all-star crowd of thousands and present his side of the story.
More than four years after Bush left office, protesters are lining up to criticize his eight years in office, saying he began an unjust, politicized war built on the belief that Iraqis were developing weapons of mass destruction - a belief officials now say were wrong.
ACLU calls for Miranda rights for Boston bombing suspect
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is calling for the Obama administration to read the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings his legal rights.
The Department of Justice indicated Friday that the administration would not read 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev his Miranda rights, citing a public safety exception.
But Anthony Romero, the ACLU's executive director, said Saturday that the immediate threat is over and that Tsarnaev, an ethnic Chechen who became a naturalized U.S. citizen last year, should now be treated like any other suspected criminal.
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