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Investigators treating mail packages as 'live devices'
Bomb plot not described as hoax
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Police have intercepted suspicious packages addressed to actor Robert De Niro, former Vice President Joe Biden and others. - photo by Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Investigators searched coast-to-coast Thursday for clues to the motives behind a mail bomb plot apparently aimed at critics of the president, analyzing the mechanics of the crude devices to reveal whether they were intended to detonate or simply sow fear two weeks before Election Day.
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