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IRS internal haz-mat audit finds no trace of powder An Internal Revenue Service office in Northeast Philadelphia was evacuated for an hour yesterday morning after a mailroom employee thought she discovered black powder in a package, police and fire officials said. The woman told authorities the powder had given her an itchy rash.

But hazardous-materials investigators found no evidence of any powder after examining the woman's work station and the mailroom, a fire spokesman said. The incident occurred shortly after 10:30 a.m. at the IRS facility on Roosevelt Boulevard near Comly Road. Restore retirees' bennies, judge tells Unisys Corp. U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas J. Rueter has issued a ruling that calls for Unisys Corp. to promptly restore free lifetime medical benefits...