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Just when you thought it was safe to open your mail, anthrax loomed large on the public consciousness this fall as the deadly bacteria took lives and threatened others. Nervous Americans started using gloves to open their mail, as federal investigators tried (unsuccessfully) to track down the source of the spores.
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