Apr 17, 2013 8:25 PM EDT (RNN) – A suspect has been arrested in connection to the ricin-laced letters that was sent to President Barack Obama, according to NBC News. Kenneth Curtis of Tupelo, MS was taken into custody by federal authorities, NBC reported. The letters that were sent to Obama and Mississippi Sen. Roger…

THREE FATAL VICTIMS OF THE BOSTON MARATHON TERRORIST BOMBING ATTACK The bombs in Boston killed an 8-year old boy, Martin Richard (left); a 29-year-old woman, Krystle Campbell (center), and a Boston University graduate student and Chinese citizen, Lu Lingzi (right). Read More: http://news.yahoo.com/boston-marathon-bombs-believed-packed-pressure-cookers-013934377–sector.html;_ylt=Av20YAxreZd440T_VXlSan8JVux_;_ylu=X3oDMTIxaWw5MG51BG1pdANBVFQgV2lkZ2V0cm9uIEhvbWUgMDMyMDEzBHBvcwM1BHNlYwNNZWRpYUF0dFdpZGdldHJvbkFzc2VtYmx5;_ylg=X3oDMTFkcW51ZGliBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3BtaA–;_ylv=3

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Authorities are investigating a letter addressed to President Barack Obama after the contents preliminarily tested positive for the deadly poison ricin, the second report of such a letter in two days. The FBI said the envelope was received at a mail screening facility outside the White House and was immediately quarantined. The…

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