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Indiana Deputy Attorney General Fired Over Threatening Twitter Posts
By Dana Chivvis - AOL NewsIndiana Deputy Attorney General Jeff Cox has been fired for remarks he made on Twitter last week, suggesting riot police in Wisconsin should use live ammunition when clearing protesters out of the Wisconsin Capitol building. The tweet led to a war of words between Cox and Mother Jones magazine editor Adam Weinstein, who uncovered and wrote about similar comments on Cox's blog. The blog has since been taken down. "Civility and courtesy toward all members of the public are very important to the Indiana attorney general's office. We respect individuals' First Amendment right to express their ...
Hezbollah Threatens Israeli Leaders, Warns It's Ready for Next War
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsThe head of Hezbollah today told his fighters that Israel would pay a heavy price if it invaded Lebanon again and warned Israeli leaders that they could be assassinated "anywhere ... at any time" by his operatives. "I say to the fighters of the Islamic resistance: Be ready," Hassan Nasrallah said during a televised speech, Agence France-Presse reported. "If a new war is imposed on Lebanon, we may ask you to take Galilee, to free Galilee. ... I hope the people of Israel have good bomb shelters." Nasrallah also vowed that Hezbollah would take revenge for the 2008 killing of one of the militant ...
Report: Zuckerberg Gets Restraining Order on Facebook Stalker
By Lisa Flam - AOL NewsMark Zuckerberg wouldn't confirm this would-be friend. The Facebook founder has taken out a restraining order against a 31-year-old man who sent him Facebook messages threatening his safety and even tried to reach him in person, TMZ.com reports. A judge has ordered the man, Pradeep Manukonda, to keep 300 yards away from Zuckerberg; his girlfriend, Priscilla Chan; and his sister, Randi, the site reports. In court papers, Zuckerberg says the man tried to "follow, surveil and contact Mr. Zuckerberg using language threatening his personal safety." Manukonda went to several Facebook offices in ...
North Korea Warns of Nuclear War
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(Dec. 13) -- North Korea today warned that continued military cooperation between the U.S. and South Korea could result in a nuclear war in the region, as the South began another week-long series of live-fire drills along its coastline. Accusing Seoul of scheming with America and Japan, North Korea said the alliance "is nothing but treachery escalating the tension between the North and the South and bringing the dark clouds of a nuclear war to hang over the Korean Peninsula," the state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper said in a commentary, The Associated Press reported. Kim Ju-sung, Yonhap / ...
Germany Boosts Security After 'Concrete' Threat
By Lisa Flam - AOL News
(Nov. 17) -- Germany ratcheted up security at its airports and train stations today after receiving a tip that terrorist attacks were being planned. "The security situation in Germany has become more serious," Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere told a news conference in Berlin, Reuters reported. "We have concrete indications of a series of attacks planned for the end of November." Germany received the tip after the discovery of two mail bombs sent from Yemen to the United States, one of which traveled through an airport in western Germany before it was intercepted in Britain in late ...
Airport Security Guard Pleads Guilty Over Obama Threat
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThe New Jersey airport security guard accused of threatening to shoot President Obama has agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors and is expected to be released after a hearing Thursday. John Brek, who was arrested Oct. 20, pleaded guilty last week to lesser charges of harassment. Brek, 55, originally faced felony charges of making terroristic threats and receiving stolen property and could have faced five years in prison, The Star-Ledger reported. The lesser charges carry a maximum 30-day jail sentence. A Continental Airlines worker at Newark Liberty International Airport told authorities ...
Airport Security Guard Accused of Threatening President Obama
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyA private security guard at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey has been arrested on charges of making threats against Barack Obama, one day before the president was scheduled to land there, the Associated Press reports. A Continental Airlines worker reportedly told authorities that John Brek, 55, made threatening comments at an airport coffee cart on Tuesday. Brek was arrested several hours later and charged under state law with making terroristic threats against the president. He has denied making any threats. A search of his northern New Jersey home turned up dozens of ...
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