Lab's move to Kansas begins to lift mystery around N.Y. island

Friday, May 21, 2010

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. -- Hannibal Lecter, the fictional villain in "Silence of the Lambs," said it sounded "charming." Author Nelson DeMille made it the centerpiece of his 1997 thriller about deadly viruses and hidden treasure.

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