Bartlett tours mail sorting center evacuated for suspicious items
Rep Roscoe Bartlett completed a tour of Tileo Drive postal sorting center when the building was evacuated and hazardous materials crews sent. After 90 minutes, workers returned as no anthrax tests were positive and no one was given Cipro. One item was sent for further testing marked Spores for testing.
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Health Department
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Dr. Bartlett
Postal Service
Mayor Promises City Emergency Plan In Place
Mayor Jim Grimes reassured the public that the city emergency operations plan is ready to counter terrorism and disasters. The plan, aligned with Conference of Mayors Summit recommendations, includes a Homeland Security Committee and acts as a protective framework for residents and visitors. He urged reporting suspicious vehicles near the water plant, bridges, and highways, and pressed for immediate action.
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Conference of Mayors
Grimes
Homeland Security Committee
Federal workers can get Cipro at county clinic
The Frederick County Health Department schedules a noon to 2 p.m. clinic today for federal employees who handled mail from Washington's Brentwood postal center. They will receive 10 days of the antibiotic Cipro while tests for contamination are conducted. If results are positive, 50 additional days will be provided.
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Brentwood Postal Center
Health Department
Margo Smith
Blanco thinner but survives inhaled anthrax at home
Ernesto Blanco, 73, still coughs and lost 16 pounds in two weeks but is improving after inhaling anthrax likely at his Boca Raton home. The Cuban American grandfather who directed mail at American Media Inc. remains tired yet hopeful to return home as physicians note his unlikely survival.
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Ernesto Blanco
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Blanco
Boca Raton
American Media Inc
Probe widens as handwriting linked to anthrax letters
FBI profilers say handwriting analysis and profiling point to one person who likely wrote the three anthrax letters and spent time in the United States. Officials caution no specific suspect yet and consider various theories including a U.S. resident with biotech background, a terrorist, or foreign involvement. No evidence ties Osama bin Laden or al Qaida to the attacks.
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United States
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Osama bin Laden
al- Qaida
Gunshots shake city as police probe North Market St home
Frederick police investigated an early morning shooting at 704 North Market St. Four shots were fired through a front door. No injuries or arrests reported, though blood was found at the entrance. Neighbors described a woman and baby inside. detectives photographed blood and bullet holes while keeping the block closed.
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Andy Dewese
Denese
Seventh Street
Dewese
Union leaders urge NYC postal workers to transfer
NYC union chief William Smith led about three dozen workers at the Morgan Processing and Distribution Center rally urging transfers to other facilities over unsafe conditions. An attorney threatened court action if the government does not shut the plant, while Postal Service officials say cleaning suffices and may close if health professionals advise.
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New York
Willam Smith
Morgan Processing and Distribution
Postal Service
David Solomon
Fice
Solomon
Pakistanis flood toward Afghan holy war in border drive
Thousands of men and youths from northeastern Pakistan depart by buses and trucks bound for Afghanistan's Kunar region to join a holy war against the United States. The march, led by deep frontier loyalties, reflects a mass mobilization with vows to obey militant leaders and face cross border incursions.
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