| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Ricin-tainted letters sent to Bloomberg | | The preliminary tests indicate ricin was also found in a letter sent to the director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, New York Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne said. FULL STORY |
| Trailer comes unhitched, kills 7 | | A trailer came unhitched from a tractor-trailer truck near Syracuse, New York, Wednesday, striking an approaching minivan and killing seven people, said sheriff's department spokesman Mark Helms. One person was injured in the crash. |
| Ex-player found dead 'was leery' | | Sometime Sunday, onetime college football standout Cullen Finnerty called his family from a fishing trip to say he was nervous. He wanted off the river. |
| Boy, 12, pleads not guilty to killing sister | | A 12-year-old accused with stabbing to death his 8-year-old sister at their Northern California home pleaded not guilty on Wednesday during an appearance in a Calaveras County juvenile court, his attorney told CNN. |
| Possible tornado hits campground | | What may have been a tornado struck the Yogi Bear's Jellystone Campground near Bagley, WI, a government spokesman said. There were no injuries. |
| Teen builds 1-man submarine for $2,000 | | The submarine's body may be constructed from drainage pipes and the hatch from a recycled skylight, but according to its 18-year-old inventor, this single-person U-boat can plunge to a depth of 30 feet and has already completed three successful dives. |
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