1.   An anthrax case was confirmed in New York while authorities investigated contamination at tabloid offices in Boca Raton that claimed one life.

2.   And nearly half of Americans say the government is withholding information they need to know about the recent anthrax cases.

3.   And though those events were more anthrax cases and more raids on Afghanistan, investors latched onto a confident mood.

4.   Anthrax cases were rare in the United States before terrorists spread spores through the mail in September.

5.   Anthrax cases, they said, might be more common than first believed and it is only now that doctors are looking for the pneumonia-like disease.

6.   Anthrax hoax cases in the United States have been frequently associated with domestic terror, motivated by anti-government or anti-abortion extremism.

7.   As scary as the anthrax cases are, so far at least, just one person has died.

8.   Ashcroft said there is not enough information available to determine whether the anthrax cases are related to terrorist activity.

9.   At a briefing on Monday, Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said officials believed all the anthrax cases in Washington originated from the Daschle letter.

10.   Because anthrax cases are so rare in developed countries, much about it remains unknown.