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Is former Basketball Star Dennis Rodman an FBI informant? Agents Interested in North Korea Trip
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Retired basketball player Dennis Rodman said the FBI has approached him about his publicized trip to North Korea, the Miami New Times reports. “I have been contacted by the FBI and I met with them. They wanted to know what went on and who’s really in charge in North Korea,” Rodman boasted…
Former Police Chief, Librarian Charged with Plotting to Kidnap, Torture, Rape and Kill Women
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two men were arrested Monday on charges of conspiracy to kidnap, torture, rape and kill woman and children in an elaborate, twisted plot, the FBI announced. Charged were Richard Meltz, chief of police for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the Bedford, Massachusetts Veteran Affairs Medical Center, and Robert Christopher Asch,…
FBI Raids Family Business of Cleveland Browns Owner Jimmy Haslam
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents Monday raided the family business of Jimmy Haslam, owner of the Cleveland Browns. the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.The raid shut down the headquarters of the business, Pilot Flying J, a chain of truck stops and convenience stories. “The FBI secured our headquarters today and informed us they are investigating Pilot…
FBI Sets Up Hotline for Boston Marathon Bombing
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI has set up a hotline to field tips and collect visual images anyone might have captured Monday at the Boston Marathon. The number is 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324), prompt #3. “No piece of information or detail is too small,” the FBI said in a press release.
At Least 3 Killed and 125 Others Injured in Boston Explosions
By David Abel, Travis Andersen and Martin Finucane Boston Globe BOSTON — At least three people were killed and at least 125 others were injured this afternoon as two powerful explosions detonated in quick succession near the Boston Marathon finish line in Boston’s Back Bay section, transforming a scene of athletic celebration into bloody chaos….
Explosions At Boston Marathon Kills at Least Two and Wounds About Two Dozen
By By Vernon Loeb and William Branigin Washington Post BOSTON — Two explosions disrupted the Boston Marathon on Monday, causing at least two deaths and nearly two dozen injuries and scattering crowds near the finish line, authorities said. The blasts occurred after the top racers had completed the course, but thousands of others were still…
Vice President Joe Biden Charges Tax-Funded Secret Service Agents to Live in His Cottage
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Vice President Joe Biden is charging rent to his taxpayer-funded Secret Service protection so the agents can live in a cottage next to his house in Delaware, The Inquisitr reports. Under the rental agreement, which was discovered when the vice president filed his tax return, Biden receives $2,200 a month, the same…
Ex-Justice of Peace Questioned in Slayings of Two Texas County Prosecutors
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 46-year-old man questioned in the killings of two Texas county prosecutors remained behind bars Sunday following an arrest on charges of making a terrorist threat, the Wall Street Journal reports. Investigators have questioned Eric Williams, a former justice of the peace, several times but authorities have not identified him as a…