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Octomom Goes on Welfare, Gets Threats

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 13:08:00 CDT

Octomom is on the skids: Things have gotten so tight for Nadya Suleman that not only did she give the world topless pictures that no one ever, ever wanted to see, she is now officially on welfare. And it seems that many a California taxpayer is incensed at the prospect...

Secret Service Probes Pic of Obama With Bullet Holes

Matt Cantor — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:22:31 CST

The Secret Service is investigating an online image of Arizona men showing off an Obama T-shirt full of bullet holes, it said yesterday. The seven young men in the picture are holding guns as one displays a T-shirt bearing President Obama's face and the word "hope." The image appeared on...

Man Arrested After Facebook Threat to SC Governor

Matt Cantor — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:45:05 CST

A South Carolina man has been arrested after he threatened to kill Gov. Nikki Haley on Facebook. Nathan Shafer, angered by the recent arrest of 19 Occupy Columbia protesters, commented on Haley’s Facebook post about the arrests, in which she said she “appreciate(s) freedom of speech,” KLTV reports. “I hope...

FBI Arrests Man Over Threats to Cantor, Family

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:41:13 CDT

The FBI says a Tennessee man has been charged with threatening the family of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Agents arrested 62-year-old Glendon Swift of Lenoir City yesterday. He is accused of leaving two voicemail messages at Cantor's office in suburban Richmond, Va., on the evening of Oct. 27. In...

Former Marine Arrested Over Biden Death Threats

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:41:01 CDT

A former US Marine was arrested Friday after threatening to kill Vice President Joe Biden, authorities say. Justin Alan Woodward was arrested upon his arrival in Hawaii from Thailand, and he admitted to Secret Service agents he had sent messages from Thailand, the AP reports. One expletive-ridden message, sent to...

Craig Ferguson Latest to Get Death Threats

Mark Russell — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:10:42 CDT

Just days after David Letterman received death threats from an angry (and apparently confused) jihadist , follow-up program The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson received a threatening letter from Europe containing a mysterious white powder, reports the AP . Two staffers who came in contact with the substance were held for...

Dad Threatens Daughter's Boyfriend, Gets 7 Years

Rob Quinn — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:56:32 CDT

A California father who put a bounty on the head of his daughter's boyfriend has been sentenced to seven years and four months in prison. Domingos Oliveira—who put up "dead or alive" wanted posters offering a $3,000 reward for the body of the boyfriend, a registered sex offender—...

Court: Call to Shoot Obama Is Free Speech

Kevin Spak — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:34:02 CDT

The First Amendment protects even racists calling for the president’s assassination, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today, overturning the conviction of Walter Bagdasarian. Bagdasarian was convicted of threatening to kill a presidential candidate two weeks ahead of the 2008 election for an online rant in which he called...

Threats Against Lawmakers Hit New High in 2010

Kevin Spak — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:05:27 CDT

As the health reform debate reached a fever pitch last year, so too did the threats against lawmakers. The FBI investigated at least 26 threats last year, according to documents obtained by the Hill, a significant upswing from the previous year, and more than any other year on record. Nearly...