1.   An anthrax hoax, I thought.

2.   Anthrax hoaxes also increased.

3.   Ashcroft said a Connecticut state employee, Joseph Faryniarz, had been charged with intentionally making false statements in connection with an anthrax hoax.

4.   Ashcroft also noted that four people have been charged this week with federal felonies for anthrax hoaxes.

5.   Attorney Paul Coggins was the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas last year when his staff handled the first anthrax hoax under a new federal law.

6.   A wave of anthrax hoaxes has burdened the FBI, which has struggled to keep pace with the growing threat.

7.   Dallas County District Attorney Bill Hill said his office will prosecute anthrax hoaxes aggressively.

8.   He also said that those responsible for mailing anthrax may be attempting to divert the attention of investigators by perpetrating anthrax hoaxes throughout the country.

9.   Numerous other anthrax hoaxes and panics spread around the nation.

10.   Saldanha was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in Manhattan on charges that he made false statements to federal officials in connection with an anthrax hoax.