Odor triggers biohazard alert in D.C.

Sunday, January 4, 2004

WASHINGTON -- The nearly empty U.S. Capitol was evacuated Saturday after a sensor detected a possible biohazard in the basement of the building's Senate wing, but the problem turned out to be an industrial solvent.

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