THINGS ARE BACK TO NORMAL THIS AFTERNOON AFTER SHOPPING AT THE BRISTOL MALL WAS CUT SHORT THIS MORNING. OFFICIALS SAY A NOTE WAS DISCOVERED ON THE EMPLOYEE BATHROOM DOOR AT J.C. PENNEY THAT ALERTED POLICE TO THE POSSBILITY THAT A BOMB COULD BE INSIDE THE MALL. AFTER A THREE-HOUR SERACH BY EXPLOSIVES-DETECTION UNIT FROM THE BRISTOL VIRGINIA POLICE DEPARTMENT, NO EVIDENCE OF A BOMB WAS DISCOVERED. JUST AFTER NOON, EMPLOYEES WERE BACK AT WORK, AND THE BRISTOL MALL RE-OPENED TO THE PUBLIC.