A letter sent to the Washington DC office of GOP Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi and intercepted at a postal facility has initially tested positive for the poison ricin. President Obama is threatening to veto the CISPA cybersecurity bill, saying the bill does not go far enough to protect privacy and civil liberties. Alaska activists took the first step in getting legalization of marijuana on the ballot before voters in 2014. Eastern Iran has been rocked by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake along the Pakistani border, with the tremors felt as far away as India. The head of the IRS told Congress the agency has "never" obtained e-mails without a warrant, despite the ACLU publication of an 2009 IRS handbook stating otherwise.