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Police says an initial inquiry into white powder sent in a dozen envelopes to the WSJ lower Manhattan headquarters appears to be flour. Meanwhile the same day, Harvard's Alan Dershowitz received a similar envelope with the same postmark from Knoxville, Tenn. It too is being evaluated. No one was injured in either incident.

The editorial and executive offices of the Wall Street Journal in lower Manhattan received about 10 envelopes with mysterious white powder this afternoon, essentially shutting down most of the operations.  Hazardous materials teams are trying to figure out the substance. Since the 2001 anthrax poisonings, many hoax envelopes have been sent to media and financial institutions.

Victoria's Secret is getting the kind of exposure it doesn't want. Formaldehyde, the carcinogan, has been found in some bras and women are saying they've experienced skin rashes, hives and scarring.  Fabrics can contain formaldehyde as there are no U.S. restrictions. The bras remain on the shelf.