By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Marion Barry, the former D.C. mayor who know sits on the city council, is unquestionably an interesting character. Now add this: U.S. News reports that Barry said he believes the FBI tried killing him on Jan. 18, 1990, when he was arrested for crack cocaine possession in a sting operation in…
JORDAN FABIAN ABC News A Mexican man who says he killed U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry fabricated his claim to gain attention, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Friday. The FBI said in a statement that agents interviewed Gustavo Cruz-Lozano in San Antonio on Thursday after he claimed to have killed Terry during…
By Jonathan O’Connell Washington Post It was 35 minutes past the scheduled start time when everyone had finally made their way through the security and Dan Tangherlini, acting administrator of the General Services Administration, took the podium. He assumed by the size of the crowd — an estimated 350 people, some of them watching on…
By Hailey Branson-Potts Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — A day after meeting a pretty young woman working at a karaoke club in the Philippines, Marc Napolitano started getting text messages from her, he said. The woman, named Maui, wrote that she missed him, loved him and wanted to see him. Within days of their…
“He was a truck driver too and then he became a dispatcher, so he was my dispatcher for awhile,” said Loree. “I hadn’t seen Rick in almost a decadebut we always e mailed. And through Kathy’s journey for conveniences’ sake, I would send e mails to friends and family, keeping them up to date on…
Ambience: Hidden behind a short row of stores in the midst of a sea of housing developments, the Peacock faithful know they won’t be hassled in getting just what they want: a pop and some play. No, not that kind. More than half of the Peacock’s space is dedicated to afterdeck sports, and the establishment…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department was sharply criticized Thursday for rarely checking references for law-enforcement candidates, according to a report by the agency’s inspector general, the Washington Post wrote. The report said all government agencies are encouraged to conduct reference checks when choosing new employees, the report said. The Justice Department only mandates those…
