NEW YORK: Firefighters were called to investigate a suspicious white powder at a building housing the offices of The Economist magazine in New York on Tuesday, a Fire Department spokesman said. The spokesman said there were no reports of injuries and it was too early to say what the powder might be, though it was being treated as a potentially hazardous material. A Web log, or blog, written by a staff member of The Economist said her office had been evacuated and staff moved to another part of the building. "We're having an anthrax scare here," said the blog (www.janegalt.net), which is written by a journalist.
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