Death Threats

Bret Easton Ellis On Death Threats, 'American Psycho' And The Best Novels Of His Generation

Posted 03.09.2012

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Bret Easton Ellis has never been known as the most shy and retiring literary figure. Author most famously of "American Psycho", in the latest issue of...

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Team Cain: GOP Hopeful Needed Protection From Journalists

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 11.18.2011

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Herman Cain is the first 2012 Republican presidential candidate to receive Secret Service protection, and now his campaign is saying it made the secur...

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Cain Gets Secret Service Protection After Death Threats

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 01.17.2012

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WASHINGTON — Herman Cain on Thursday became the first Republican presidential candidate to receive Secret Service protection. Cain asked for the...

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Ex-Trader Admits To Threatening To Kill Financial Regulators

Posted 09.17.2011

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NEW YORK (Jennifer Golson) - A former commodities trader pleaded guilty on Monday to threatening to kill more than 40 financial regulators, includ...

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5 Writing Tips for the People Who Send Me Death Threats

Cracked.com | David Moye | Posted 09.02.2011

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Not everybody has what it takes to be a high-falutin' published writer, but even the lamest scribe has it in them to write a compelling death threat. ...

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FBI Investigated Col. Sanders Death Threat, Files Reveal

AP | By BRUCE SCHREINER | Posted 06.15.2011

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- As it turns out, Colonel Harland Sanders wasn't the only one keeping secrets. Newly released documents from the 1970s show the FBI...

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Kicked Out of the Hammock?

Caryl Rivers | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the past, the tale of the undeserving poor often gained a great deal of traction. They were folks not like us -- welfare mothers, gang members, poor pregnant teens. But the list of undeserveds is growing.

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Sarah Palin -- What a Coward

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Simply stated, if you can't face questions over your own rhetoric and behavior, you are a coward.

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Man Uses Phone Call From Jail To Threaten Wife's Life

Posted 05.25.2011

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A man arrested for attacking his wife now faces a felony intimidation charge after using his phone call from jail to threaten her life. Janusz Owca,...

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Raul Grijalva Gets Death Threats: Arizona Rep's Office To Close After Threats Over Immigration Bill

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva says he's closing his Arizona offices at noon Friday after receiving multiple threats over a state immigr...

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Christie, Palin and the Death Threats

John Atlas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Okay Governor Christie, if you want to continue your drama queen act about a "death threat" which no one took seriously, at least take a principled stand against your own party members when they do worse.

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Political Death Threats Mount

Time | JAY NEWTON-SMALL | Posted 05.25.2011

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When someone threatens life of the President of the United States, the Secret Service reaction is usually swift and severe -- casually joke about taki...

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Patty Murray Threat

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

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What Underlies Reactions When Islam Is Insulted?

Terry Kelhawk | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the West, we believe that when someone moves a disagreement from the issue to a personal attack, it is because their case is weak. But can we make that assumption with other cultures?

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Two More Michigan Congressmen Receive Threatening Calls

Chris Savage | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Shauer and Bob Bepritis are the second and third Michigan members of Congress reporting threatening calls. The first was Bart Stupak of Michigan's 1st District.

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Mark Udall Receives Death Threat At Denver Office

Posted 05.25.2011

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Colorado Senator Mark Udall on Thursday became the latest member of the Colorado Congressional delegation to receive a threat of violence this week fo...

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Change to Believe in or Focus for Hate-Mongering?

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

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With their anger and vitriol, Republicans and Tea Partiers are banking on Americans rejecting health insurance reform. But their plan is in peril. Americans appear to be embracing hope and change in health care.

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Philip Pullman Receives Death Threats Over New Book About Jesus

Telegraph UK | Andrew Hough | Posted 05.25.2011

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The atheist writer, 63, claims he had received dozens of angry letters from critics accusing him of blasphemy in his new book "The Good Man Jesus and ...

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Second Mistrial for Shock Jock Hal Turner

Rory O'Connor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hal Turner claims federal agents encouraged his seemingly dangerous rants over the years, and told him to "ratchet up the rhetoric" while asking for help in identifying a white supremacist killer.

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Yahoo! User Appeals Conviction for Obama Threat

Dave Maass | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Yahoo! Finance user who was convicted of making a death threat in 2008 against then-presidential candidate Barack Obama has filed an appeal.

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God Tells Me Things

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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I guess if I had to sum up all that God has taught me in three points, it would be 1. Keep it real, and 2. People are jerks, so always fake them out.

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GOP Whistleblower Bill Johnson Getting Death Threats

Posted 05.25.2011

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Republican candidate for governor Bill Johnson says several letters that he considers "death threats" have been mailed to his...

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Jeffrey Fisher Arrested For Threats To Mayor Bloomberg And Police Commissioner Kelly

nbcnewyork.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Philadelphia man, Jeffrey Fisher, was charged with telephoning death threats into 911 against Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Kelly, authori...

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Secret Service Spread Thin By Threats Facing U.S. Leaders

Posted 05.25.2011

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An internal Congressional Research Service report says that the Secret Service does not that have the resources to deal with the unprecedented number ...

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Hal Turner, Blogger Accused Of Making Death Threats Against Judges, Was FBI Informant

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey blogger about to stand trial on charges he made death threats against federal judges apparently was paid by the FBI...

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