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NATO Takes Out 2nd-Highest al Qaeda Leader in Afghanistan
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com The U.S. led-NATO forces chalked up a major score in Afghanistan. Al Qaeda’s second-highest Afghan leader, Sakhr al-Taifi, was killed by a NATO airstrike in eastern Kunar province on Sunday, reports the AP. Al-Taifi, also known as Mushtaq and Nasim, commanded foreign insurgents in Afghanistan and directed attacks against NATO and Afghan…

Kentucky Gun Shop Owner Charged with Threatening ATF Agent
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Anger management is a great idea for those working around firearms for a living. Unfortunately former Kentucky gunshop owner and former prison employee Ted Ray Schlenker, 48, of Louisville didn’t get that memo. Schlenker is charged with mailing threats and a gun to ATF agent Dan Volk in Bowling Green. Reports AP,…

Mexico Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Hiring Hit Squad for Mexican Drug Cartel
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Carlos Cosme, 36, a Mexican police officer was working in Mexico’s Baja California Attorney General’s Office as a supervisor in the sex crimes unit — that is until he decided to trade it all for a piece of Mexican drug cartel FSO. Baja California is the northern most state in Mexico. Cosme…

FBI Has Reason to Doubt Pedro Hernandez Confession to Killing Etan Patz
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Like the rest of the Etan Patz disappearance, the murder confession of Pedro Hernandez is not an open-and-shut case. Lack of evidence, inconsistencies in the suspect’s story, and mental health issues are bringing Hernandez’s confession into doubt, according to the NY Daily News. Since the 6-year-old Patz went missing in 1979, there…

Column: Should FBI Be Allowed to Wiretap Facebook?
By Adam Cohen Time magazine We may all be getting a new Facebook friend soon: the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI wants to shift its wiretapping from old-school telephone lines to person-to-person platforms like email and instant messaging and even social media like Facebook. To help it make the switch, the FBI is asking…

Exciting Ride for Detroit’s Top FBI Agent Andy Arena
By Allan Lengel For Deadline Detroit DETROIT — On Christmas day in 2009, Andrew Arena, head of the Detroit FBI, made a beeline to the airport to deal with a young Nigerian man — aka The Underwear Bomber — who tried to blow up an airliner. “He slipped up and gave us some stuff,” Arena…
Lie on one side with your legs straight
Test 2: The side plank. Lie on one side with your legs straight, and prop up your upper body on your forearm as shown. Raise your hips so your body forms a straight line from ankles to shoulders, and hold. Una: I can’t imagine fire departments like doing it. I found two cat rescue attempts…
“This is the upside of the downside,” Ms
Apparently Andrews felt so intimidated got so riled up because he was on Gov. Rick Scott’s Christmas gift list ooooo, scary! and the gift actually was sent out by the governor’s political committee. Well, he felt the need to run to the Tampa Bay Times to “report” his outrage.. mlb caps If you’re interested in…