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Woman Who Found Renoir Painting at Yard Sale for $7 Might Not Be So Lucky After All
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Virginia woman who hit the yard sale equivalent of the jackpot with the $7 purchase of a rare Renoir painting may have gotten more than she bargained for, the Washington Post reports. A highly publicized auction for the impressionist painting was canceled after new evidence found this week suggests the work…
Airline Passenger Accused of Saying, ‘I Will Murder All of You’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One sure way to draw the attention of authorities is to threaten to kill all of the passengers aboard a commercial jet. “I’m from Afghanistan and I will murder all of you,” Arash “Ash” Durrani, 26, is accused of saying on an Chicago-to-Orange County flight, the L.A. Times reports. Durrani is to…
Man Won’t Receive Death Penalty for Killing DEA Informant
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Edison Burgos Montes escaped the death penalty but faces life in prison in the killing of an DEA informant, a Puerto Rican jury decided Thursday, the Associated Press reports. Montes was convicted in August of killing his girlfriend, Madelyn Semidey Morales, in July 2005. She was cooperating with a DEA probe against…
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He said: “A high quality infant feeding service is so important to ensure that parents are supported by both professional carers as well as by peer supporters. Achieving this accreditation (for the second time) demonstrates that we do have a high quality service in Solihull. This is a tremendous achievement and will be really important…
Sen. Grassley Demands Answers About an Undercover FBI Agent Accused of Spending Taxpayer $$ for Prostitutes in Philippines in Gun Trafficking Sting
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A controversy over allegations that a California undercover FBI agent paid for prostitutes for himself and targets of a gun trafficking sting in the Philippines seems to be picking up some steam. The latest: Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Ia.) fired off a letter to FBI Director Robert S. Mueller on Wednesday demanding…
Detroit Suburban Police Probing Tip About Whereabouts of Jimmy Hoffa’s Body
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Nearly four decades after Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa went missing, the FBI continues to investigate tips that lead agents to dead ends. This time a local police department is investigating a tip that Hoffa may be buried underneath a driveway in Roseville, a suburb of Detroit, not far from where Hoffa disappeared,…
FBI Unable to Reach Benghazi to Investigate Attack on U.S. Consulate
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents are having a hard time investigating the killings of four Americans at a U.S. consulate in Libya because they can’t get clearance from the country’s leaders to enter the city of Benghazi, CNN reports. Making matters worse, the crime scene has not been secured, according to CNN, citing sources. Libya…
Attorney: Sheriff Innocent of Arresting Latinos Without Probable Cause
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The North Carolina sheriff accused of targeting Latinos in illegal arrests won’t reach a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department, his attorney said, the Associated Press reports. Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson did nothing wrong and his deputies never discriminated against Latinos, his attorney S.C. Kitchen told government officials Wednesday, according to…