Man suspected of threatening White House gets in standoff outside Federal Building in LA

September 16th, 2009 White House: Senate health bill a 'building block'WASHINGTON — The White House says a health care reform bill from a key Senate committee is "an important building block" in getting closer to comprehensive health care reform. Sen. Max Baucus released the long-awaited version of the bill from his Senate Finance committee Wednesday.

August 25th, 2009 Reports: 3 dead after standoff in northeast Tenn.MOORESBURG, Tenn. — Three people are dead following an overnight standoff with police at a barn in rural northeastern Tennessee.

August 17th, 2009 LA police standoff suspect accused of bomb threatLOS ANGELES — A man who staged an hours-long standoff near the West Los Angeles Federal Building has been charged with threatening to blow up the White House. The Los Angeles County district attorney's office says 56-year-old Joseph Moshe (MOH'-sheh) of Los Angeles was charged Monday with making a false bomb threat and attempted criminal threats.

August 14th, 2009 LA police lob tear gas into car where man holed upLOS ANGELES — Police have lobbed three rounds of what is believed to be tear gas into a car where a man suspected of making threats against the White House is holed up outside the Federal Building in West Los Angeles. Video aired on KABC-TV showed armed officers approaching the vehicle, inserting a canister in the rear window then backing away.

August 14th, 2009 Police standoff ends at LA federal buildingLOS ANGELES — A man suspected of making threats against the White House was pulled from his car Thursday after an hours-long standoff in the parking lot of the Federal Building in West Los Angeles. The man had refused to leave his red Volkswagen Beetle and withstood four rounds of chemical agents tossed inside the car after police broke a rear window.

August 14th, 2009 Smoke seen coming from car in LA standoffLOS ANGELES — Smoke has been seen coming from the windows of a red Volkswagen Beetle, where a man suspected of making threats against the White House has been holed up for hours outside the Federal Building in West Los Angeles. Police have been trying to communicate with the man who was spotted Thursday morning and led police on a chase through the city's west side to the Federal Building, which has been locked down since noon.

August 14th, 2009 FBI circle man accused of White House threatLOS ANGELES — A man suspected of making threats against the White House led police on a chase Thursday then holed up for hours in a car outside the Federal Building in West Los Angeles. The building had been locked down since noon, and employees were told to stay inside, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said.

August 13th, 2009 Police surround man accused of White House threatLOS ANGELES — A man suspected of making threats against the White House is in a standoff with authorities outside the Federal Building in West Los Angeles. Police Sgt. Kevin Lowe says officers on Thursday pursued the suspect's red Volkswagen through the city's west side the surrounded the car at the building's entrance.

June 25th, 2009 NJ blogger accused of threatening Chicago judgesNEWARK, N.J. — A white supremacist blogger is due in a New Jersey court on charges he threatened to assault or murder three Chicago-based federal judges.

June 22nd, 2009 3 arrested after Texas immigrant standoffMcALLEN, Texas — Armed men who allegedly held 12 suspected illegal immigrants in a Brownsville house for several days while trying to get money from their relatives were arrested Monday after a three-hour standoff with police. Ten men from Mexico and two women from El Salvador were turned over to U.S.

June 16th, 2009 LA police corner suspected burglar in storm drainLOS ANGELES — Traffic on one Los Angeles freeway has gotten more snarled than usual as police, hazardous materials crews and firefighters try to coax a burglary suspect out of hiding in a storm drain. Traffic on southbound Interstate 405 was halted for hours early Tuesday.

June 9th, 2009 White House locked down after woman jumps fenceWASHINGTON — A woman jumped a fence onto White House property Tuesday and was immediately taken into custody, the Secret Service said. The White House went into a security lockdown and members of the news media were not permitted to leave the building for more than an hour.

June 7th, 2009 Alabama escaped convicts caught in North DakotaA nearly 14-hour standoff on a ranch in North Dakota ended Saturday with the arrest of two men who escaped from a rural Alabama prison more than 1,200 miles away, a federal law enforcement official said. Joshua Southwick, 26, and Ashton Mink, 22, were apprehended following two shootouts with North Dakota law enforcement, nearly two weeks after their brazen escape from the Perry County Detention Center in Uniontown, Ala.

June 7th, 2009 Alabama prison escapees caught in North DakotaAuthorities say two men who escaped a rural Alabama prison have been arrested with two suspected accomplices after a nearly 14-hour standoff more than 1,200 miles away in North Dakota. A federal law enforcement official who requested anonymity because he wasn't authorized to discuss the matter said the four were taken into custody around 2:25 p.m.

April 25th, 2009 Block shakes when NY house explodes, killing 1NEW YORK — Police say they've recovered a body from the wreckage of a New York City house that exploded. The two-story home blew up Friday in a thunderous blast that destroyed the building, injuring at least six people and hurling debris and flames into the air.