Assassins

Teens Defend CRAZY Squirt Gun Game

Posted 03.29.2012

Students in Modesto, Calif., say that "Senior Assassins," a game played with squirt guns, is harmless despite an incident that angered a driver accide...

Actor Josh Hartnett Toys With Swordplay in Bunraku and Lives to Discuss It

Brad Balfour | Posted 11.29.2011

Brad Balfour

Through Bunraku, an archly-stylized swordplay fantasy, Josh Hartnett returns to the genre spotlight. This computer-enhanced tale revolves around a "Man with No Name," and draws heavily on Samurai and Western tropes in an alternate-world dystopia.

Guns and Poses

George Heymont | Posted 08.23.2011

George Heymont

Two recent Bay Area productions placed guns in the hands of their actors. While the weapons they used may have shot blanks, their playwrights did not.

Mexican Prison Released Inmates To Carry Out Killings, Prosecutors Say

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

MEXICO CITY — Guards and officials at a prison in northern Mexico allegedly let inmates out, lent them guns and sent them off in official vehicl...

Dubai: Israelis Will Be Denied Entry To UAE, Even Those With Alternate Passports

AP | BARBARA SURK | Posted 05.25.2011

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Following the assassination of a Hamas operative, Dubai police will use voice and face profiling to detect Israeli...

Elena Skordelli, TV Presenter, Accused Of Hiring Hitman To Murder Her Boss

Posted 05.25.2011

John Lichfield, The Independent Sigma TV, the second-most-watched channel in Cyprus, is known for its lurid soap operas and equally lurid approach t...

Two Women, Two Potential Assassins Out On the Street

Geri Spieler | Posted 05.25.2011

Geri Spieler

Two women, two potential presidential assassins, are free today, 34 years after they attempted to assassinate Pres. Gerald Ford.