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...been identified as cutaneous anthrax, a far less deadly type than the inhaled anthrax traced to the three tabloid employees in Florida. NBC officials say the woman, who is expected to fully recover, received and opened a suspicious letter on or around September 25th (the letter contained a powder substance, which tested negative for the disease). She reported the letter to the authorities, began getting tested for anthrax and started taking the antibiotic Cipro. She tested negative until this week, when she began exhibiting symptoms, including a lesion on her skin. FBI and CDC officials are on the scene...
...Meanwhile, further downtown, employees at the New York Times waited for test results on a letter received this morning - also containing a suspicious-looking powder...
...Then the bacterium would have to become spores in order to travel through the air. Then they?d be disseminated - most likely as a slurry, which is a liquid, or possibly as a powder. Either way the spores would be imperceptible, because in order to be used as a weapon, the particles have to be microscopic in size. Over a period of hours, sunlight would kill the bacteria, so the danger of infection starts to fade over time...
This is my own concoction that looks kind of funny but someone just recently asked me for the recipe. Take yogurt, add garbanzo and kidney beans, Italian dressing, curry powder, salt free 17, and pick a couple other spices for variety—you get a high protein, good-tasting snack...
...particularly sticky situation since its editorial style has been founded on the premise of mixing real life with superheroes. This means that many of its characters "live" in New York and recently Marvel has used anti-terrorism as a major theme. "To some extent we are sitting on a powder keg and people could say, 'look at all this violence and terrorism,' and we could have run from it," notes Jemas. "But I think in the long haul a lot of the reason why this form of expression that we do at Marvel is popular is because it resonates...