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Mystery Continues Over Cause of Border Patrol Agents’ Illness in New York
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities are not sure how six U.S. border agents became ill after inspecting a vehicle at a crossing in northern New York, The Associated Press reports. The officer became ill Saturday morning while examining a 2002 BMW at the Champlain crossing. The officers, who were decontaminated on site, have been released from…
A Familiar Circus Breaks Out As FBI Digs for Jimmy Hoffa
Update: Tuesday, 8:10 a.m. — The FBI resumes digging today. Update: Monday, 6 p.m. — Detroit FBI spokesman Simon Shaykhet said agents would continue digging until sundown and will return Tuesday at 8 a.m. to resume activities. He declined to provide specifics beyond that.************* By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit Oakland Township, Mich –– On Monday morning, almost as…
Here We Go Again: Feds Begin Search for Jimmy Hoffa on Property in Suburban Detroit
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT –– Here we go again. The feds were searching a property Monday in Oakland County, outside of Detroit, for the missing body of ex-Teamster leader James R. Hoffa, Robert Snell of The Detroit News reports. The property is located near Buell and Adams roads in Oakland Township, Snell…
Dick Cheney Defends Phone, Internet Surveillance, Said It Could Have Prevented 9/11
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former Vice President Dick Cheney said the NSA database of phone and Internet records that were recently disclosed by a self-proclaimed whistleblower would have been useful in the fight against terrorism, NECN reports. “We might have been able to prevent 9/11,” said Former Vice President Dick Cheney. Cheney is among those…
Chicago Surgeon Accused of Performing Unnecessary Tracheotomies for $160,000 Per Procedure
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A surgeon at Chicago’s Sacred Heart Hospital is accused of performing unneeded tracheotomies to enable the for-profit hospital to collect as much as $160,000 per case, Bloomberg reports. Investigators say the doctor sedated patients so much that they couldn’t breathe on their own so that he could perform a tracheotomy – or…
Texas ATF Agent Shoots Burglar As He Searched Home for Valuables
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A burglar chose the wrong house to rob early Sunday. The Houston Chronicle reports that the homeowner, an ATF agent, shot the suspect as he entered the home in Spring, Tex. in search of valuables. Wounded, the suspect fled in a car but was stopped by police shortly after, The Houston Chronicle…
Man Arrested After Threatening to Detonate Explosive-Laden Burrito at FBI Office
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man convinced that the FBI had implanted a tracking device into his head threatened to detonate an explosive burrito at the bureau’s Albuquerque field office, the Albuquerque Journal reports. Brian DeMarco, 50, called up the FBI from his Super 8 motel room to warn that he planned to blow up a…
Ex-Hit Man to Testify Today Against Former Mob Boss ‘Whitey’ Bulger in Murder Trial
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger will see a familiar face take the stand today in his murder and racketeering trial in Boston, Reuters reports. A former hit man plans to testify against his ex-boss and uncover grizzly details of Bulger’s reign of terror. Bulger, 83, faces a 32-count indictment stemming…