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Story Created: Mar 31, 2010 at 10:02 AM CDT

Story Updated: Mar 31, 2010 at 10:02 AM CDT

LONGVIEW, Texas (AP) - Two more suspicious devices were found in
east Texas mailboxes on Tuesday.

U.S. Postal Inspector Amanda McMurrey says the devices were
found in a mail collection box in Longview and in a residential
mailbox in a subdivision on Lake Cherokee, about 15 miles southeast
of Longview.

McMurrey says an apparent pipe bomb was found in the mail
collection box at an office building on Spur 502 just north of
downtown Longview on Tuesday afternoon. The Lake Cherokee device
was found about 4:40 p.m. Tuesday, but McMurrey said she didn't
have a description of the device.

There were no explosions and no injuries.

The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is
assisting the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and local law
enforcement in their investigation.

Longview is about 120 miles east of Dallas.

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