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Frances Street in Annapolis, Md., is blocked off as officials investigate a suspicious package in the Jeffery Building, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Two packages sent to state government buildings 20 miles apart released smoke and odors when they were opened Thursday, but no one was seriously injured, officials said.

3rd package ignites at Washington postal facility

Ben Nuckols, Jessica Gresko, The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, January 7, 2011 - 5:12pm

WASHINGTON — A package an official said was addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ignited Friday at a Washington postal facility, a day after fiery packages sent to Maryland’s governor and transportation secretary burned the fingers of workers who opened them.

Authorities were bracing for more packages to surface.

“Right now we don’t have any other packages, but we’re not taking anything for granted,” D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said.

Initial information indicated the parcel that ignited in northeast Washington about 2:45 p.m. was similar to the two packages opened in Maryland on Thursday, authorities said. The Washington postal facility was evacuated after an employee discovered a parcel that looked similar to the Maryland mailings, authorities said. No injuries were reported.

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The Armed Forces Career Center in Catonsville, Md. is pictured Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010. Antonio Martinez, also known as Muhammad Hussain, of Baltimore faces charges of attempted murder and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction after authorities say he tried to detonate what he thought was a bomb at this military recruitment center near Baltimore.

Bomb plot suspect knew about Oregon sting

Ben Nuckols, The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 1:16pm

BALTIMORE -- A 21-year-old man charged with trying to blow up a Baltimore-area military recruiting center briefly hesitated when he heard about a federal sting operation that nabbed an alleged terrorist in Oregon last month but decided to keep going with his plan, authorities said.

Antonio Martinez, a naturalized U.S. citizen who goes by the name Muhammad Hussain after recently converting to Islam, faces charges of attempted murder of federal officers and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.

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Man arrested in recruitment center bomb plot

Ben Nuckols, The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 11:41am

BALTIMORE -- A Baltimore man was arrested Tuesday for plotting to blow up a military recruitment center, authorities said.

The man was caught in a sting operation and was plotting to blow up an Armed Forces recruiting station in Catonsville with what he believed to be a vehicle bomb, the U.S. Attorney's Office for Maryland said in a statement.

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Holy card! Nuns auctioning rare Honus Wagner

Ben Nuckols, The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 4:49pm

BALTIMORE -- Sister Virginia Muller had never heard of shortstop Honus Wagner.

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(The Associated Press) This May 24 satellite image provided by NASA from the Moderate Imaging Spectroradiometer Instrument that flies aboard NASA's Terra satellite, shows sunlight illuminating the lingering oil slick from the Deepwater Oil Rig explosion off the Mississippi Delta.

After another failure, BP scrambles to stem leak

Ben Nuckols The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 7:11pm

ROBERT, La. -- After failing again to stem the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, BP scrambled Sunday to make some progress in ending the spill that the president's top energy adviser said was the biggest environmental disaster the U.S. has ever faced.

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