1. The Secret Service says a letter similar to two ricin-laced letters sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been intercepted by a White House mail screening facility. The letter was addressed to President Obama and has been turned over to the FBI.

 

　　2. The council on American-Islamic relations wants the Justice Department to investigate the death of Ibragim Todashev, the Chechen immigrant who authorities recently shot to death while he was being interrogated about ties to Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

 

　　3. An Arizona mother who was jailed on drug smuggling charges in Mexico is proclaiming her innocence in a TV interview. Yanira Maldonado was arrested after 12 pounds of marijuana was found under the seat of her bus. But her family says she was framed.

 

　　4. Russian researchers say they have discovered a perfectly preserved woolly mammoth carcass with blood, fueling hopes of cloning the ice animal. The carcass was found on a remote island in the Arctic.