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BEN NUCKOLS,Associated Press JESSICA GRESKO,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A package an official said was addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ignited Friday at a Washington postal facility, a day after fiery packages sent to Maryland's governor and transportation secretary burned the fingers of workers who opened them. Authorities were bracing for more packages to surface. "Right now we don't have any other packages, but we're not taking anything for granted," D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said. I...
Parcel addressed to Napolitano ignites in DC BEN NUCKOLS,Associated Press JESSICA GRESKO,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A package an official said was addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ignited Friday at a Washington postal facility, a day after fiery packages sent to Maryland's governor and transportation secretary burned the fingers of workers who opened them. Authorities were bracing for more packages to surface. "Right now we don't have any other packages, but we're not taking anything for g...
Parcel addressed to Napolitano ignites in DC BEN NUCKOLS,Associated Press JESSICA GRESKO,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A package an official said was addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ignited Friday at a Washington postal facility, a day after fiery packages sent to Maryland's governor and transportation secretary burned the fingers of workers who opened them. Authorities were bracing for more packages to surface. "Right now we don't have any other packages, but we're not taking anything for g...
BALTIMORE (AP) — A 21-year-old construction worker who had recently converted to Islam and told an FBI informant he thought about nothing but jihad was arrested Wednesday when he tried to detonate what he thought was a bomb at a military recruitment center, authorities said. Antonio Martinez, also known as Muhammad Hussain, faces charges of attempted murder of federal officers and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, according to court documents filed Wednesday. Bomb was a fake provided by agent The bomb he is a...
BP hoped to know as early as today if a stream of mud will finally end its Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a five-week disaster that was putting other U.S. offshore drilling projects on hold as far away as Alaska. President Barack Obama planned to announce today that a moratorium on new deepwater oil drilling permits will be continued for six months while a presidential commission investigates, a White House aide said. Controversial lease sales off the coast of Alaska will be delayed pending the results of the commission's investig...
