Stabbing Occurs at D.C. Agency Building

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http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?&idq=/ff/story/0001/20041207/1329905653.htm

WASHINGTON (AP) - One person was stabbed Tuesday inside a Department of Agriculture building and was hospitalized with injuries that weren't life-threatening, a department spokeswoman said.

Spokeswoman Julie Quick said the incident happened in a department building at 14th Street and Independence Avenue, several blocks from the White House. She said the unidentified victim was a contract employee.

Quick said the building was secured briefly so that authorities could search for the assailant and was later reopened. It was not immediately known whether anyone was arrested.

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