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NYT Recieves Letter Containing Suspicious White Powder — And A Bank Records Editorial

Reuters |  Gawker |  Posted Friday July 14, 2006 at 05:05 PM

The eighth floor of the New York Times building has been evacuated after today receiving a letter containing a suspicious white powder and a copy of an editorial addressing the bank records controversy with a red "X" through it, in an episode reminiscent of the anthrax-letter scare of late 2001. The handwritten envelope was addressed simply to "The New York Times" and was postmarked from Philadelphia with no return address. The man who opened the envelope was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure, according to Times spokeswoman Catherine Mathis. Investigators are currently on the scene and staffers have been instructed not to enter the eighth floor.

Let's see what Melanie Morgan thinks about this.

Related: Electrocute Bill Keller! No, hang him! [Salon]

UPDATE: It's not anthrax.