Court documents: Fla. man says 'bad spirits' made him kill his wife, 5 childrenOctober 13th, 2009 Fla. man says 'bad spirits' made him kill familyNAPLES, Fla. — Court documents show a Florida man told investigators "bad spirits" made him kill his wife and five children.
Attorney: Army to allow 1st officer to refuse Iraq duty to resignSeptember 25th, 2009 Attorney: Anti-Iraq officer resigning from ArmyHONOLULU — An attorney says the first commissioned officer to be court-martialed for refusing to go to Iraq will be allowed to resign from the service. Kenneth S. Kagan attorney says in a statement Friday that the Army plans to grant 1st Lt.
NC Marine charged in wife's death said in 911 call that he wanted to kill himself but couldn'tSeptember 24th, 2009 NC Marine calm in 911 call reporting wife's deathJACKSONVILLE, N.C. — A North Carolina-based Marine charged with killing his wife calmly told 911 dispatchers that he had written a suicide note but was unable to kill himself.
Law enforcement nationwide on the lookout for tiny, cheap and deadly hydrogen peroxide bombsSeptember 22nd, 2009 Tiny, cheap and deadly: hydrogen peroxide bombsWASHINGTON — A quart-sized container of homemade explosives is cheap, deadly and difficult to detect — and that is exactly why the type of chemical bomb feared to be at the heart of an ongoing terror investigation worries law enforcement so much. As FBI and New York police counterterrorism agents investigate a Denver man who authorities say received al-Qaida explosives training and recently traveled to New York, law enforcement officials around the nation have been advised to be on the lookout for any signs of bombs built with hydrogen peroxide.
Report: UN nuclear agency chief says threat posed by Iran is somewhat 'hyped'September 2nd, 2009 UN nuclear watchdog says Iran threat 'hyped'VIENNA — The global threat posed by Iran's suspect nuclear program is "hyped" because there's no hard proof that Tehran has an ongoing effort to build an atomic weapon, the head of the U.N. nuclear agency asserts in a magazine interview.
Gunmen kill 3 people on street in southwestern Pakistani city of QuettaAugust 26th, 2009 3 killed in shooting in PakistanQUETTA, Pakistan — Police say gunmen have opened fire on a group of men in a street in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, killing three. Officer Abdul Rahim said Wednesday's attack in Quetta was a "targeted killing" but did not elaborate.
Woman allegedly threatens to kill postal worker in Alaska over late packageAugust 25th, 2009 Irate woman allegedly threatens postal workerANCHORAGE, Alaska — An off-duty Anchorage police officer arrested a woman accused of threatening to kill a postal worker because a package was late. Anchorage Police Lt.
Terror arrests spur warning to police about US extremists getting training, coming homeJuly 29th, 2009 US extremists with training abroad raise concernsWASHINGTON — Antiterrorism officials are increasingly concerned about American-bred extremists who travel abroad for terror training and then return home, sometimes quietly recruiting followers over the years. Federal authorities have issued a bulletin to law enforcement agencies around the country on the heels of the arrest Monday in North Carolina of a man whose devotion to the cause of violent jihad allegedly began 20 years ago.
NH tax evaders convicted of plotting to kill feds in months-long standoff at fort-like homeJuly 9th, 2009 NH tax evaders convicted of plot to kill agentsCONCORD, N.H. — Tax evaders Ed and Elaine Brown were convicted Thursday on all counts of plotting to kill federal agents during a nine-month standoff at their fort-like home in rural New Hampshire.
New Hampshire tax evader denies booby-trapping property to harm federal agentsJuly 7th, 2009 NH tax evader denies booby-trapping propertyCONCORD, N.H. — A convicted tax evader has denied at his trial that he booby-trapped his New Hampshire property to kill federal agents.
5 arrested in Panama in plot to kill US DEA agent, being brought to US for court appearancesJune 12th, 2009 5 men accused of plotting to murder US drug agentNEW YORK — Five men have been arrested in Panama in a plot to kill a U.S. drug enforcement agent.
NYC man charged with threatening to "blow up" Obama, Supreme Court nominee SotomayorJune 5th, 2009 NYC man charged with threatening Obama, SotomayorNEW YORK — A Manhattan man who threatened to kill U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor and said he wanted to kill President Barack Obama has been arraigned on charges of making a terroristic threat.
Police arrest man suspected in multiple car thefts at a Connecticut churchMay 5th, 2009 Accused car thief arrested at Conn. churchNORWICH, Conn.
Al-Qaida in North Africa to kill British hostage if radical preacher not released by UKApril 26th, 2009 Al-Qaida in threatens to kill UK hostageCAIRO — Al-Qaida in North Africa says it will kill a British hostage if the British government does not release an imprisoned radical preacher. The group said in a statement posted Sunday on an Islamist Web site that it will execute a British tourist held by the group since late January if the extremist Muslim preacher Abu Qatada is not freed in 20 days.
English classes for Binghamton immigrants resume for 1st time since gunman's rampageApril 21st, 2009 English classes resume for Binghamton immigrantsBINGHAMTON, N.Y. — English classes for immigrants in Binghamton, N.Y., have resumed for the first time since a gunman's deadly rampage nearly three weeks ago.