Sep 17 - By Associated Press
A federal jury has convicted a 66-year-old Sacramento man for mailing more than 100 anthrax hoax letters last year.
Aug 28 - By Associated Press
The national Republican Party has mailed a fundraising appeal suggesting Democrats might use an overhaul of the health care system to deny medical treatment to Republicans.
Aug 11 - By Associated Press
President Barack Obama says special interests who want to block health care changes are trying to scare the public with misrepresentations about his approach.
Jul 28 - By Associated Press
An employee spotted a black box with lights, wires and a timer in a Columbus, Ohio, office complex conference room and called for help.

Jul 20 - By Audra Ang, Associated Press Writer
They fled in droves, terrified by rumors of a radiation leak, with many jumping empty-handed into motorcycle taxis and farm trucks they hoped would take them out of harm's way.
Jun 15 - By Associated Press
Call it a rude awakening — and a scary one at that.
Jun 4 - By Associated Press
A military museum near Columbus, Ohio got more than it bargained for when the widow of a World War II veteran tried to donate an artillery shell.

Mar 25 - By Maria Danilova, Associated Press Writer
A widespread scare about vaccine side effects in Ukraine has led to a sharp drop in immunizations that could result in disease outbreaks spreading beyond the former Soviet republic, international and local health officials say.
Mar 24 - By Devlin Barrett, Associated Press Writer
Federal authorities are investigating a documentary film crew that allegedly sent letters to Congress mimicking the anthrax mailings weeks after the 9/11 attacks.
Mar 10 - By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press Writer
Sixteen patients exposed to a mismanaged insulin needle program have tested positive for hepatitis C, Army officials said Tuesday.
Feb 11 - By Associated Press
The FBI headquarters in El Paso was evacuated Wednesday after two people in the mail room were exposed to a white powdery substance in a letter that was addressed to Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential candidate.
Feb 1 - By Associated Press
Investigators believe a gasoline-powered generator running a fan for inflatable playhouses produced carbon monoxide at a child's birthday party, sending 17 people to a hospital.
Jan 14 - By Associated Press
About 50 people were evacuated from their homes after the parents of a former transit police officer charged with shooting an unarmed man found two suspicious packages on their porch.
Dec 11 - By Shawn Pogatchnik, Associated Press Writer
The Irish government pledged euro180 million ($235 million) and the European Union coughed up euro15 million ($20 million) more Thursday to help Ireland's pork industry following a dioxin contamination scare.

Oct 29 - By Associated Press
A federal judge has set bond at $25,000 for the man suspected of mailing more than 120 hoax anthrax letters nationwide.
Oct 27 - By Associated Press
The Reuters newsroom in New York has reopened three hours after an editor opened an envelope containing white powder. Police say the substance will be tested.
Oct 22 - By Colleen Long, Associated Press Writer
An employee of The New York Times opened a letter Wednesday containing a white powder that officials later said was harmless.
Oct 8 - By Associated Press
A Connecticut judge has given the brush-off to a blonde woman's lawsuit claiming L'Oreal Inc. ruined her social life when she accidentally dyed her hair brunette with one of its products.

Sep 25 - By Associated Press
After a bomb scare at the Philadelphia Phillies' ballpark, authorities pointed the finger at a fuzzy green suspect — The Phillie Phanatic.
Sep 6 - By Associated Press
Two American diplomatic outposts in Pakistan received envelopes containing an unknown white powder last week, sparking a security scare, a U.S. Embassy spokesman said Sunday.
Aug 26 - By Associated Press
Kaiser Permanente is telling 960 mothers that they and their babies may have been exposed to a San Francisco maternity ward worker diagnosed with active tuberculosis.
May 9 - By Associated Press
A trio of packaged pythons has caused a scare at a German post office. Police in Darmstadt say the snakes were stuffed into a parcel that was handed in for mailing to eastern Germany. It contained two tiger pythons and an albino tiger python of more than 3 feet in length.
Mar 30 - By Associated Press
Authorities say a portion of Los Angeles International Airport has been evacuated after a message was found saying there was a bomb in the ladies room.
Mar 28 - By Associated Press
A college student has apologized for causing a scare on a subway train when his science project short-circuited and started smoking in his backpack.

Feb 6 - By Associated Press
A masked person with a semiautomatic gun entered the office of a an elementary school Wednesday morning, waved his arms at administrators and fled the building, officials said.