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  • Second Miss. man investigated in ricin case

    EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, JEFF AMY, Associated Press

    TUPELO, Miss. — Law enforcement officials searched the home of a second Mississippi man in connection to ricin-laced letters sent to the president and a U.S. senator after charges were dropped without explanation against a man arrested in the case last week. AP Photo/Oxford Eagle, Bruce Newman Paul Kevin Curtis, who had been in custody under suspicion of sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and others, wipes a tear from his eyes during a news conference following his release Tuesday in Oxford, Miss. The charg...

  • Miss. Gov. Barbour rules out 2012 presidential run

    Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

    JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour isn't running for president in 2012. The Republican issued a statement Monday saying he "will not be a candidate for president next year." Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour speaks in Jackson, Miss. Thursday night Barbour says he won't be a presidential candidate for 2012. AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File Barbour says it was a difficult, personal decision. But he said that it would have been an all-consuming effort to the exclusion of all else. He says he cannot offer "absolute f...

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