Grad student allegedly poisoned her colleague, tried to flee U.S.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA grad student in Wyoming is accused of poisoning a colleague and then trying to leave the country, according to CBS News.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAili Wang, thirty-two, was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport, where prosecutors allege she was trying to return to China.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorProsecutors allege all of it, and she is presumed innocent, which is the part I want everyone to sit with.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe summary we have does not say what the substance was, or what happened to the colleague, so we won't guess.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHere's what I can say about the travel part. She picked LAX, and LAX is a place where plans go to be delayed.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe arrest is what stopped her, not the terminal.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorEither way, the airport finally held somebody up for a reason people could understand. Most of us get a gate change and a pretzel.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA pretzel I have paid nine dollars for.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd in a growth sense, that is the only thing at that airport that has ever left on time, Hank: the allegation.