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SelectPlusAP Top StoriesAP Top StoriesThe Associated PressHere's the latest news for Friday, Aug. 1st: Man suspected in anthrax case commits suicide; Arrest made in Wisconsin shootings; China prepares for Olympics; Corn eating contest.This is A-P NewsMinute.A U-S official says an Army scientist apparently committed suicide just as prosecutors were preparing to seek the death penalty against him for the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks.Bruce Ivins was a leading military anthrax researcher who died Tuesday in Maryland.An official in Wisconsin says they have caught the suspect wanted in the deaths of three teens.They and a fourth person were gunned down as they were gathered at a river in the northwestern part of the state.The president of China is trying to make sure the spotlight this month stays on the athletic field and off of his country's politics.Hu Jintao spoke just a week before the start of the Olympic games in Beijing and as his country faces intense pressure on its human rights and environmental records.As competitions go, this one is, well, rather corny.The contest is to see who can eat the most corn on the cob in three minutes.For the record, the winner downed ten ears. ___ ___, The Associated Press with AP NewsMinute.

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[gobigorange99]

Thats true, why did the government take so long to find this guy.

[btigtime2]

I have yet to hear of a motive from the man suspected in the anthrax case... Of course how hard is it to come up with a motive to hate the Federal Government?

Was he in jail? How did he die?

The story in the paper did not answer very many questions either, seems odd.