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"Police wearing protective chemical gear retrived a "highly suspicious" package containing brown powder and a screed against the Metropolitan Transit Authority this morning at the Canal Street 1/9 subway station, shutting down train service and sealing off the area........"

There was a scare at Naperville's city hall early Friday after two city workers, sorting mail, suddenly developed mysterious itching on their hands and forearms. Police and firefighters locked down the building and began a search for toxic materials that ultimately turned up nothing--though it frazzled some nerves. As the search began, another employee, then two more, all working nearby, developed similar symptoms. For two hours, a Naperville hazardous materials team searched the building but turned up no trace of powder or any substance that might have caused the itching. The crew tested the utility bills the Naperville Municipal Center...

NORTHBROOK, Ill. (May 20) - Thirty-one students accused in a videotaped hazing have been offered a deal to graduate on time if they won't fight expulsion or try to exploit the widely publicized incident with a book or movie deal. Glenbrook North High School officials say some of the students are considering the offer, which also requires the students to attend counseling and perform community service. School board attorney Lawrence Weiner said they would be expelled but the school would freeze their grades at their previous levels instead of automatically flunking them. ''They'll graduate with their class,'' he said. School...

Just announced on CNN--they think the powder is explosive, not chem weapons.

LONG HILL TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) -- Authorities in New Jersey, where at least five anthrax-laden letters were mailed in 2001, closed another post office after white powder fell from a package containing a threatening letter. An initial test was negative for anthrax, but a secondary test was inconclusive, Postal Service spokesman Tony Esposito said. He said one employee came in contact with the powder but didn't appear to have symptoms. The post office was closed Saturday as a precaution, pending tests by the state health department. The substance was discovered Friday night when a postmark machine stamped a padded envelope...

Developing...White Powder found at ABC News.

Suspicious Powder Found in Mass. Eight Police Departments North of Boston Receive Envelopes Containing Unidentified White Powder The Associated Press B O S T O N, Sept. 4 — Eight police departments in towns north of Boston received envelopes Wednesday containing an unidentified white powder, authorities said. "They came in regular mail, I don't if there was anything with them," said Jennifer Mieth, a spokeswoman for the state department of fire services, which was coordinating the response.State police identified the towns as Hamilton, Peabody, Salem, Middleton, Topsfield, Marblehead, Wenham and Lynnfield."We've sent HAZMAT teams to respond," Miethe said. "Police...

White Powder Scare at Al Gore's Tennessee Office Tue Aug 27, 4:23 PM ET NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - Police sealed a Nashville office rented by former vice president Al Gore ( news - web sites) on Tuesday after an envelope containing white powder was opened, police said. The Nashville Metro Office of Emergency Management said police and a hazardous materials team were conducting tests and employees in the office were being checked but there was no immediate word whether the powder was anthrax or anything dangerous. Jano Cabrera, a Gore spokesman, said an office worker opened a small plain envelope...