WASHINGTON – Michigan Sen. Carl Levin says his regional office in his state received a suspicious letter and that authorities have been alerted.
Levin says in a statement that an aide received the letter Wednesday, but did not open it. Authorities are now investigating.
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The Democratic lawmaker says he and his staff do not know if the mail presented a threat.
Separately, the FBI says a substance in letters sent to President Barack Obama and a Republican senator have preliminary tested positive for ricin, a potentially fatal poison
The FBI says those letters are related and are both postmarked out of Memphis, Tenn., dated April 8. Both letters were intercepted at off-site mail facilities.
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