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Sunday, April 28, 2013  The arrest of a 41-year-old Mississippi martial arts instructor in a probe of poison-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and others capped a week in which investigators initially zeroed in on a different man.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  Charges have been dropped against a Mississippi man accused of sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and others.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  More discussion is likely Tuesday of the mental state of the Mississippi man accused of mailing poisoned letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a local judge.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  A Mississippi man accused of mailing letters with suspected ricin to national leaders believed he had uncovered a conspiracy to sell human body parts on the black market and claimed "various parties within the government" were trying to ruin his reputation.

Monday, March 25, 2013  Parents and students from the Westhill Central School Disitrct attend a budget meeting Monday night to discuss the $1.1 million in cuts the district faces.

Sunday, March 24, 2013  More than one hundred current and former postal workers came out today in Syracuse to make their voices heard. They were looking to stop deliveries from being eliminated on Saturdays.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012  A 59-year-old man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for sending threatening letters to four New York judges while he was an inmate.

Sunday, September 09, 2012  Congresswoman Buerkle's Syracuse office got one of the 21 letters in 2011

Monday, December 19, 2011  Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has asked the state's 932 towns to show his office their ethics codes in an effort to bolster self-policing by local government.

Saturday, November 19, 2011  Two inmates who tried to sweeten their love letters, quite literally, by adding a sprinkling of sugar to the envelopes accidentally touched off a hazardous-materials scare at a prison in upstate New York.

Thursday, July 14, 2011  A 46-year-old man pleads not guilty to federal charges of sending anthrax hoax letters to U.S. District Court Clerk's offices in Syracuse and several other cities across the country.

Monday, June 20, 2011  A Long Island woman is accused of sending threatening letters to a Little League official and his son because her son didn't make a summer baseball travel team.

Friday, April 01, 2011  The post office at Carousel Center will shut its doors at the end of the day.

Friday, February 18, 2011  A rate hike is official now, but the price of your basic letter won't change.

Friday, February 18, 2011  The next time you head to Carousel Center, don't bother bringing letters or packages to send. The Postal Station at the mall will close its doors on Friday, April 1st.