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"White-powder" letters hit more banks and N.Y. Times By Randall Mikkelsen Wed Oct 22, 6:19 pm ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Seven Chase bank branches in Phoenix and the New York Times headquarters in New York received envelopes containing a suspicious white powder on Wednesday as a wave of threatening U.S. mailings spread. More than 45 threatening letters have been received since Monday at financial institutions in at least 11 states, FBI spokesman Richard Kolko said. "Most of the letters contain a powder substance with a threatening communication," he said. No harmful substances have yet been identified but more tests are...

NEW YORK, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Police are investigating a "white granular substance" sent to the New York Times on Wednesday in midtown Manhattan, police said. The incident follows a spate of threatening letters, some containing a powder, sent to Chase banks in the past few days New York Times spokeswoman Catherine Mathis said police were called to the newspaper's headquarters this morning after an employee on the 13th floor opened an envelope addressed to the paper.

Associated Press (9/15/2006, 8:30 AM PST) OAKLAND , (CA)--Oakland Raiders football practice was delayed nearly two hours today after a player reported finding an unknown white powdery substance on the practice field. Head coach Art Shell immediately suspended practice and called the police and federal investigators. After a complete analysis, FBI forensic experts determined that the white substance unknown to Raider players was the GOAL LINE. Practice resumed after special agents decided the team was unlikely to encounter the substance again.

TWO police officers were taken to a hospital today after opening an envelope that contained a suspicious white powder, the New York Police Department said. The two police officers worked in the mail screening facility at police headquarters in downtown Manhattan and opened an envelope that contained an "undetermined white powder," said police department spokesman Paul Browne. They underwent decontamination before being taken to hospital as a precautionary measure in case the powder turned out to be anthrax, Mr Browne said. The powder was not accompanied with a note. On July 14 and August 2, The New York Times said...

The New York Times said Wednesday it had received a second envelope with a suspicious white powder and a stamp with a Sept. 11 image, just weeks after a similar incident raised fears of an anthrax attack. The substance was discovered by a mail room worker Monday and city authorities have determined that it was "nonhazardous," said Times spokeswoman Abbe Ruttenberg Serphos. The handwritten envelope was addressed to the newspaper, not an individual, had a postmark from St. Louis and no return address, Serphos said. It contained a blank piece of paper. On the back of the envelope was a...

Defectors say China running 1,000 spies in Canada Last Updated Wed, 15 Jun 2005 23:59:15 EDT CBC News Two Chinese defectors say the Chinese government has a network of more than 1,000 spies and informants in Canada. The two men were diplomats in Australia, where they are now seeking political asylum. They say Australia and other countries such as the United States have Chinese spy networks operating inside them too. The defectors say the spies and informants have orders to disrupt the Falun Gong movement, which China calls "a dangerous cult," and to steal commercial and scientific secrets. Chen Yongleen,...

Suspicious packages turned up at four foreign missions and at Parliament House in Canberra today. The packages were received by the British high commission and the United States, Japanese and South Korean embassies. Each of the embassies that received the packages represents a country with troops in Iraq. "We can confirm the commission received a suspicious package earlier this morning," a British high commission spokesman said. "We are following AFP [Australian Federal Police] guidelines at present." The US embassy in Canberra has been closed. "I can confirm that the US embassy did receive a suspicious package," a US embassy spokeswoman...

Glenshaw (AP) State Rep. Jeffrey E. Habay was charged Wednesday for allegedly lying about a white powder he said he received in the mail from a contituent who was critical of him. Allegheny County authorities charged Habay, 38, with facsimile weapons of mass destruction, falsely incriminating another and fictious reports for claiming in May that he received an envelope in his home that contained a suspicious white powder.

Sorry, can't find newsarticle. My mother-in-law lives in Mt. Laurel. She just called and says the guy who dumped the white powder (salt) in the polling place this morning, struck again. this time it is the local firestation /polling place. I don't believe anyone caught him. I'm going to try to find news.

More than a dozen FBI agents investigating the 2001 anthrax attacks descended on Connellsville (PA) Airport Saturday to comb through a UPMC-McKeesport doctor's car. Agents vacuumed Dr. Kenneth M. Berry's white Mercury Sable for evidence, said Frank Sero, an employee at Connellsville Airport, Fayette County. He did not know what the agents were seeking, or what they took from the car. Forensic investigators frequently use vacuums to collect fibers, hair samples and other trace evidence. "I can confirm that we did conduct a search of a vehicle at the Connellsville Airport," said Special Agent Jeff Killeen, of the Pittsburgh field...

Suspicious white powder found in mail at Bill Clinton's office NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton's office was briefly evacuated after a worker opened a package containing a suspicious powder, police said. A Secret Service agent assigned to the Manhattan office opened the package Tuesday morning, police said. A letter and a vial of powder were inside. Preliminary tests were negative for anthrax. The city Department of Health would conduct further tests, said Detective Bernard Gifford, a police spokesman. Clinton was not in the office when the package was opened. The building was evacuated for two hours while...

Suspicious white powder found leaking from a package at the Eatonton - Putnam County post office. The package was addressed to Washington DC. I am expecting more info soon, and will update as I get it.

Nine people have been quarantined after officials found a white powder in an envelope at Brooks City-Base today. No one is complaining of sickness and no one was taken to a hospital, but the nine are being held for observation, San Antonio Fire Department officials said. A building at 7980 Lindbergh Lane, with about 150 people inside, was evacuated when the powder was discovered, but only nine people were in the room, District Fire Chief Randy Jenkins said. The letter was in an area where in-house mail was processed, and it was not sent through the U.S. Postal Service, Jenkins...

Suspicious White Powder Found at Williamstown, N.J., Post Office The Associated Press Published: Feb 10, 2004 MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - The Williamstown Post Office was evacuated as a precaution Tuesday after several postal carriers found a white powder in their mail, officials said. Members of the Gloucester County hazardous materials squad were sent into the building, said Cathy Yarosky, spokeswoman for the U.S. Postal Service. FBI agents joined the investigation, said FBI spokeswoman Linda Vizi. "We're taking samples and will make a determination as to what the substance is," Vizi said. Six postal workers were taken to a hospital...

Jack Kelly: The poison trail Iraq's labs posed a danger beyond the usual WMD Sunday, February 08, 2004 Analysis has confirmed that the suspicious white powder found in a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist contained the deadly poison ricin. In January 2003, British police found traces of ricin in an apartment used by Algerians who were linked to the al-Qaida cell run by Abu Musab Zarqawi, who was operating out of Baghdad at the time. Iraq was working to weaponize ricin up until the U.S. invasion last March, David Kay's investigators in the Iraq Survey Group found....

Prosecutors in a trial in Miami complain that their seats and evidence boxes are being covered with voodoo powder. US District Judge Patricia Seitz has been shown a large quantity of the greyish dust which was dumped in what's believed to be a Santeria ritual. Santeria experts say voodoo powder can bring good luck, swaying juries, judges or prosecutors in favour of the accused. The powder was left in evidence boxes next to the prosecution table in the courtroom which is trying defence attorney J.C. Elso on money-laundering charges. Veteran Assistant US Attorney Richard Gregorie said he respects all religions...

Postal Worker Finds Suspicious Powder In Letters TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A postal worker found white powder in about 20 letters addressed to politicians around the country early Tuesday, leading firefighters to seal off part of the city's main post office. The Tallahassee Fire Department said the powder was being tested by the Leon County Health Department to see if the powder was anthrax or another hazardous material was placed in the letters, which were addressed to members of Congress. Test results weren't expected for two or three days, officials said. Postal workers immediately secured the area after discovering the powder...

Envelopes with white powder determined to be hoaxes, officials said By Dave Birkland Seattle Times staff reporter Envelopes containing white powder, some containing anti-war messages, were found at six locations in West Seattle this morning, and all were quickly determined to be hoaxes, officials said. At mid-morning, no one had taken responsibility, nor were there any suspects, according to Seattle police, whose bomb squad responded to the sites. All six appeared to be linked. The white powder on each was determined to be wheat flour, according to Helen Fitzpatrick. It started about 7 a.m., when an employee at the West...

White powder scare in at South Bend office (New Twist On The Powder-By-Mail Game) The letter, containing a packet of Tylenol tablets, was crushed during mailing Posted: 05/16/2003 04:38 pm A South Bend office building was shutdown for awhile Friday morning after a powdery substance was found in a letter. Police turned people away from the building and firefighters didn't know what they had after responding to the call from Healthcare Resources located on South St. Louis Street. An employee opened a letter and a white powder substance flew out. Two women who were exposed to the powder became worried...

White Powder found in envelope in Senator Saxby Chambliss Office. Cobb County Georgia. HAZMAT is on scene. Per AM640 in Atlanta.