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Feds investigating effigy of Obama
10:55 AM on 01/04/2010
VIDEO - The U.S. Secret Service says it is investigating an effigy of President Barack Obama found hanging by a noose from a building in the hometown of former President Jimmy Carter...
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Woman held in Hawaii after Michelle Obama threat
8:25 AM on 12/23/2009
HONOLULU (AP) - A woman accused of telling the Secret Service she would "blow away" Michelle Obama was in federal custody as the Obama family planned to travel to Hawaii...
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White House party crashers prove racial profiling goes both ways
9:30 AM on 11/27/2009
OPINION - All that this couple needed to gain entrance into a state dinner at the White House was a tuxedo, traditional Indian evening wear, attitude, and white skin.
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Facebook poll asked if Obama should be killed
4:28 PM on 09/28/2009
Facebook users come across lots of surveys created by other users. But this one caught the attention of the U.S. Secret Service. It asked whether people thought President Barack Obama should be assassinated...
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Father of man arrested over Obama threat calls his son 'sick'
3:38 PM on 06/06/2009
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Authorities have arrested a man who allegedly told bank tellers while cleaning out his savings account in Utah that he was on a mission to kill President Barack Obama, a federal prosecutor Saturday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Barbara Bearnson said Daniel James Murray was arrested in...
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PA newspaper apologizes for ad that calls for the president's assassination
12:14 PM on 06/01/2009
WARREN, Pa. (AP) -- Wanted: an assassination? It's hardly a suitable subject for a classified ad. And now, a northwestern Pennsylvania newspaper is apologizing for an ad that calls for the assassination of President Barack Obama. The publisher for the Warren Times Observer says the ad appeared last Thursday. It...
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'All black people' asked to leave Wal-Mart
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (AP) - On Sunday evening at the store, a male voice calmly announced: "Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now."...
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