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

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(1010 WINS) (NEW YORK) -- City health department officials were investigating on Tuesday a "white powdery substance" that spilled out of an envelope inside the Manhattan offices of ESPN, police said. The substance was mailed to an ESPN employee along with a letter that "was highly critical of a promotional print ad," the company said in a statement. The woman who opened the envelope on Monday afternoon was taken to Roosevelt Hospital, where she was treated and released, said Officer George Jensen, a police spokesman. Her name was not released, and she did not appear to be ill. ESPN officials...

50 evacuated after powder find 25nov02 ABOUT 50 people were evacuated from a Commonwealth Government office in Brisbane today after a suspicious powder was found. A Queensland Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said two people who came in contact with the powder suffered irritation to their arms. He said the black powder was discovered in 10th floor offices of the Family Services Department in Ann Street. "It was black powder that was leaking out of a small envelope," the spokesman said. "The two people who came in contact with the powder suffered slight irritation to their arms, but they washed...

Gore's White Powder Report Called a Hoax (CNSNews.com) - A report of a mysterious white substance falling from an envelope at former Vice President Al Gore's office in Nashville is now said to have been a hoax. The staff was evacuated. A stamp reportedly on the envelope said "not inspected by the Corrections Department." Officials have not yet determined what the package contained. A state laboratory was to test the envelope's contents for anthrax or other harmful substances. Gore's office manager, Mary Patterson, opened the small package at approximately 1 p.m. EDT. Gore's offices in the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel...