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White Powder Sent to Wall Street Journal

More than a dozen NYC-based executives get envelopes with Tenn. postmark

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(Newser) – The Wall Street Journal received more than a dozen envelopes filled with an unidentified white powder today, addressed to various New York-based executives at the newspaper. Police and hazardous-materials crews are investigating, according to a spokesman, and the floor used by paper execs and editorial-page employees has been evacuated. All envelopes bore the same Tennessee postmark.

The envelopes, sent to more than a dozen Journal executives in New York, bore the same Tennessee postmark.
The envelopes, sent to more than a dozen Journal executives in New York, bore the same Tennessee postmark.   (AP Photo)
News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch smiles during a talk at a conference in San Francisco in this Oct. 17, 2007, file photo.
News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch smiles during a talk at a conference in San Francisco in this Oct. 17, 2007, file photo.   (AP Photo)
In a file photo a news stand displays the Wall Street Journal in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles Tuesday, April, 17, 2007.
In a file photo a news stand displays the Wall Street Journal in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles Tuesday, April, 17, 2007.   (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
News Corp. headquarters is shown on Tuesday, July 31, 200,7 in New York.
News Corp. headquarters is shown on Tuesday, July 31, 200,7 in New York.   (AP Photo)
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Caps
Jan 21, 09 2:43 PM CST
Such a same. Another redneck. Reply
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Jan 24, 09 3:13 AM CST
Sorry Caps...if it was a redneck he woulda sent them a dead skunk....lol.....or even worse, a live one.....in a Elvis mailbox...rofl...riff Reply
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