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 Man in
 Ricin Case 
 Wakes Up 

FBI questioning 57-year-old about toxin found in Las Vegas hotel room

Mar 14, 08 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The man at the center of the Las Vegas ricin investigation regained consciousness today, although he remains hospitalized in critical condition, the Associated Press reports. Roger Bergendorff, 57, had been in a coma since Feb. 14; he has already been questioned by FBI agents about the toxin—considered a "... More »

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terrorism • FBI • Las Vegas • poison • toxin • Nevada • biological warfare • biological weapons • ricin • Roger Bergendorff

Utah Home Searched
in Ricin Case

Suburban neighbors evacuated

Mar 3, 08 7:03 AM CST
(Newser) - FBI agents yesterday searched the former Utah home of a man clinging to life after apparent ricin poisoning in his Las Vegas hotel room. Neighbors within a two-block area were evacuated but were later allowed to return to their homes.  Local residents described the man as a mild-mannered, down-on-his-luck... More »

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FBI • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Las Vegas • storage • poison • Utah • toxin • ricin

Firearms, Anarchist Book Found With Ricin

Man in critical condition; others test negative for deadly poison

Mar 1, 08 11:17 AM CST
(Newser) - The authorities who discovered ricin in a Las Vegas hotel room also recovered firearms and an “anarchist-type textbook” with an earmarked entry about the lethal toxin, CNN reports. The 57-year-old man whose room contained the poison remains hospitalized in critical condition and unable to speak with investigators, but seven... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Las Vegas • poison • toxin • ricin • Extended Stay America • castor beans

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Man in Critical Condition After Stay in Ricin Room

No apparent terror motive in toxin mystery

Feb 29, 08 3:05 PM CST
(Newser) - A man who stayed in a Las Vegas hotel room where ricin was found yesterday has been hospitalized for 2 weeks after exposure to the toxin and is in critical condition, CNN reports. A friend retrieving his belongings discovered the ricin. "We don't know who it belongs to or... More »

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Las Vegas • poison • toxin • biological weapons • ricin

Lead Exposure May Speed Mental Decline

Build-up of pollutants seen contributing to memory loss in elderly

Jan 28, 08 1:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Mental decline is widely considered an unavoidable aspect of aging, but a slew of recent studies link reduced functioning in the elderly to past lead exposure, the AP reports. Common pollutants aren't singlehandedly responsible for memory loss or tremors. But breathing or ingesting lead, pesticides, or mercury early in life... More »

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memory • elderly • mental health • poison • lead • lead paint

Poisoning Suspect Runs
for Parliament to Dodge Jail

He could win immunity for radiation death

Sep 17, 07 6:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Russian businessman accused of using radioactive polonium-210 to poison a critic of controversial President Vladimir Putin is trying to dodge prosecution by running for parliament, the London Times reports. The Kremlin has already refused to hand Andrei Lugovoi over to British officials, saying it would violate the Russian constitution.... More »

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Russia • Alexander Litvinenko • United Kingdom • Vladimir Putin • Andrei Lugovoi • poison • Russians

Cancer Cures Hiding in Poisonous Lake

Scientists fish new microbes out of a toxic soup that kills

Aug 28, 07 6:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two scientists may be fishing cancer cures out of an abandoned, poisonous lake, Wired reports. Don and Andrea Stierle are finding microbes in the green goup of an old Montana pit lake that don’t exist anywhere else – and happen to make compounds that inhibit a lung cancer and... More »

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cancer • lung cancer • science • Montana • ovarian cancer • cancer research • poison • lake • Don Stierle • Andrea Stierle • microbe • Butte

Carbon Monoxide
Fells VA Tech Students

19 sickened; 5 roomies seriously poisoned

Aug 20, 07 12:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Five female roommates were seriously poisoned yesterday after a carbon monoxide leak in off-campus housing at Virginia Tech sickened 19 people. Two of the women remained in critical condition and three were listed as serious.The accident was yet another blow for the school which yesterday dedicated a memorial to... More »

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Virginia Tech • Virginia • poison • accident • carbon monoxide • Virginia Tech shootings

Lugovoi Claims Brits Killed Litvinenko

Accused Russian says poisoned expat was a British agent killed by his handlers

May 31, 07 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - The man Britain has charged with killing former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko says that British Intelligence is behind the poisoning. At a dramatic news conference yesterday, Andrei Lugovoi, also former KGB, claimed that Litvinenko was a British agent who was killed by his handlers. And he accused Boris Berezovsky, a... More »

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Russia • Boris Berezovsky • Alexander Litvinenko • Vladimir Putin • Andrei Lugovoi • poison • Britain

Cricket Coach Poisoned and Strangled

New BBC investigation claims Bob Woolmer incapacitated

Apr 30, 07 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The murder mystery that cast a shadow over international cricket is deepening. A BBC investigation claims Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer, found strangled to death last month, was also poisoned. "It now seems certain that he had already been rendered helpless—leaving him unable to fight back," BBC's... More »

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Bob Woolmer • cricket • murder • death • poison

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