January 21, 2009 by Tim McDowell.

God help us now!

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January 21, 2009 by Tim McDowell.

The Wall Street Journal received more than a dozen envelopes containing an unknown white powder, and New York City police and hazardous materials crews are investigating the matter, a spokesman said.

The mail was addressed to several New York-based executives at the newspaper published by News Corp.’s Dow Jones & Co. At least 10 of the envelopes are being held in the mailroom of the Journal’s Lower Manhattan headquarters, while at least three others have been distributed throughout the building, the spokesman said.

The floor shared by newspaper executives and editorial-page employees has been evacuated.

The suspicious envelopes, addressed by hand in pen, arrived with different return addresses but the same Tennessee-based postmark. One envelope, addressed to Robert Thomson, the Journal’s managing editor, was opened by one of his assistants, a spokesman confirmed.

A Dow Jones executive sent New York City-based Journal employees an email cautioning them not to open any mail. ”While we don’t think there is cause for alarm at this time, we are asking everyone not to open any mail while we investigate,” Dow Jones vice president of communications Howard Hoffman said in the email.

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January 21, 2009 by Tim McDowell.

Two floors of The Wall Street Journal’s lower Manhattan headquarters were evacuated Wednesday after the discovery of at least 13 suspicious envelopes containing white powder.

At least four envelopes were opened and others were left unopened in the mailroom Wednesday, police said. The Journal said it had received more than a dozen envelopes containing the substance.

The mail was addressed to several New York-based executives at the newspaper. At least 10 of the envelopes were being held in the mailroom of the Journal’s Lower Manhattan headquarters. The evacuated floor is shared by newspaper executives and editorial page employees. The return address was Knoxville, Tenn.

The powder is being tested, and those who came into contact with it have been isolated, police said. Journal employees were warned via e-mail not to open their mail, the paper reported.

The Wall Street Journal is owned by News Corp., the parent company of FOX News.

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