Briefly.Byline: The Register-Guard Anthrax anthrax (ăn`thrăks), acute infectious disease of animals that can be secondarily transmitted to humans. It is caused by a bacterium (Bacillus anthracis false alarm draws FBI scrutiny Preliminary tests found no traces of anthrax on a suspicious bag left outside a Eugene police substation earlier this week, Eugene police said. The FBI on Thursday confiscated con·fis·cate tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates 1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury. 2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate. adj. the garbage bag bearing a handwritten hand·write tr.v. hand·wrote , hand·writ·ten , hand·writ·ing, hand·writes To write by hand. [Back-formation from handwritten.] Adj. 1. note reading "anthrax" and performed some cursory tests, police spokeswoman Pam Olshanski said. A civilian employee of the police department's west university substation found the bag around 4 p.m. at the corner of East 13th Avenue and Alder alder (ôl`dər), name for deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Alnus of the family Betulaceae (birch family), widely distributed, especially in mountainous and moist areas of the north temperate zone and in the Andes. Street, less than a block from Sacred Heart Medical Center Sacred Heart Medical Center may refer to: In the United States:
Police evacuated the area and called in the department's bomb squad, which X-rayed the bag and found no explosives inside. The investigation continued Friday. Mail carriers to hold annual food drive Letter carriers will be collecting food for the hungry today as part of the National Association of Letter Carriers The National Association of Letter Carriers (or NALC) is a labor union for employees of the United States Postal Service who serve as letter carriers (informally, "mail carriers", "mailmen", or "postmen", although many are now in fact female). Food Drive. Nonperishable food donations left by mailboxes will be delivered to FOOD for Lane County by Crosstown Movers. The annual event is the largest single-day food drive in the nation. NORTHWEST Police continue probe of identity theft gang ROSEBURG - Roseburg police are investigating a widespread identity theft and forgery ring that has resulted in a dozen arrests, with more expected. The ring was discovered last month with the arrests of several suspected forgers on unrelated warrants, police said. Additional arrests followed. Police also seized four computers and other evidence, including counterfeit checks, bills and identification cards. Police say they believe the group, working loosely together, stole mail, created fake ID cards, forged stolen checks, created counterfeit checks and changed victims' accounts through computer and wire transfers. Arrested were Rudy Baptiste, 28; Bobby Ray Davis Ray Davis may refer to:
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