The New York Times is reporting that “at least a dozen” envelopes containing an unidentified white powder were sent to the Wall Street Journal. Officials said it will be it would be some time before the powder was identified.
Read the full story here.

Clearly, someone’s pissed that their 401(k) is worthless, and decided to shoot the messenger.
same thing happened at Harborview yesterday.
How long until the talibangicals blame it on Teh Gayz?
5…4…3…2…
Probably due to the giant pic of Obama on yesterday’s WSJ front page.
Oh come on, Will. Every newspaper in the fucking country probably had a giant picture of Obama on the front page yesterday.
we can expect all the terror attacks to flood in, now that Bush isn’t around to protect us
@6 Yes, the man who almost choked to death on a pretzel was the only thing standing between us and our enemies.
Be scared! Be very very scared!
Today -sure.
But not yesterday.
Freepers are known for doing stuff like this.
No, Will. Freepers are known for a variety of stupidities — almost as many as you — but they are not in fact known for mailing threatening white powders.
See, I knew you’d eventually admit who your buds were, Fnarf.
“at least a dozen” ? Sure it wasn’t 11? Sounds like the Ricin that was intended for Seattle’s gay bars was misdirected.
Maybe its a productivity booster from Murdoch, you know, depending on what it is…
send MAD RAD to investigate
Snort it.