Secret Service: Suspicious letter mailed to Obama

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service has intercepted a letter addressed to President Barack Obama that contained a “suspicious substance.”

A law enforcement official said the letter is very similar to one recently mailed to Mississippi Republican Sen. Roger Wicker. That letter tested positive Tuesday for poisonous ricin.

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