Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe (WASHINGTON) -- More anxiety on Capitol Hill with the announcement that the anthrax-laden envelope intercepted on its way to Sen. Patrick Leahy's office may have had enough spores to kill 100,000 people. The letter was found on Nov. 16 in a bunch of unopened mail that was intercepted and quarantined, then checked. The action was taken in the wake of that earlier incident in which an anthrax-doped letter was found addressed to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle. The FBI says that one of its experts estimates that the Leahy letter contains "millions of spores." Advertisement Meanwhile, officials in Connecticut report that they are stumped in their investigation of the inhalation anthrax death of that 94-year-old woman. They can't find any source for the contamination. (MINNEAPOLIS) -- Amid all the fears that the Minnesota Twins franchise may be axed by Major League Baseball in a belt-tightening move, the club is reporting that an Alabama businessman wants to buy the team. The club's Web site -- minnesotatwins.com -- is providing a daily play-by-play of the behind-the-scenes activities concerning attempts to keep the team in the Twin Cities. Advertisement The Web site says that Donald V. Watkins, based in Montgomery, Ala., says he is determined to own an MLB franchise and that the Minnesota team is at the top of his list. Watkins is 53 and is the owner of a commercial banking enterprise in Birmingham. He is also a trustee of Alabama State University. Baseball owners are flying into O'Hare International Airport for a meeting there to discuss future actions, including dealing with court actions and complaints about their announced downsizing of the national sport. (BATON ROUGE, La.) -- The most recent federal judge to spearhead the mandated desegregation of schools in the Louisiana capital city abandoned the case several months ago, saying he's stepping down to let someone else take up the task. Judge John Parker, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune's Bruce Alpert, "minced no words when he gave up his oversight of Baton Rouge's school desegregation case ..." Now, according to the publication, many in the city have had enough of a program that has effectively integrated only a handful of the city's more than 100 public schools. Now a coalition of black and white civic leaders says it's had enough. Some say that the uncertainty over the future course of public schools there is driving students away. Although Baton Rouge has seen a real growth spurt in recent years, public school attendance is down. Advertisement (INDIANAPOLIS) -- The award-winning Indianapolis Zoo says accolades won't pay the rent, and the facility has just announced an increase in daily and annual admissions. The Indianapolis Star is reporting that zoo officials cite rising salaries, benefits, utilities and upkeep as reasons to hike turnstile prices. General admission will go up from the current $9.75 to $10.75 for adults and to $6.75 for students. Annual passes will increase by $10 to $59 for one person and a guest, $69 for families and $89 for families with two guests. One zoo spokesman reminded patrons Monday that the utility bill for the zoo is now over $1 million a year.
