http://www.mail.com/subjects/22018-extortion-threats.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/22018-extortion-threats.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080900-china-investigates-top-planning-official-graft.html BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have launched an investigation into a powerful economic planning official accused by a prominent journalist of corruption, the latest high-level target of the new leadership's anti-graft drive. The ruling Communist Party's disciplinary agency said in a one-sentence statement on its website that Liu Tienan, deputy head of... Mon, 13 May 2013 06:39:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080900-china-investigates-top-planning-official-graft.html 2013-05-13T06:39:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058050-pakistans-lead-prosecutor-bhutto-case-killed.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Gunmen on Friday killed the lead Pakistani prosecutor in two high-profile cases — the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and the brutal assault on civilians in Mumbai — shocking a country reeling from Taliban attacks as it prepares for nationwide elections. Chaudhry Zulfikar Ali was gunned down in a hail of bullets as ... Fri, 03 May 2013 16:48:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058050-pakistans-lead-prosecutor-bhutto-case-killed.html 2013-05-03T16:48:34Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2042818-singer-currington-charged-with-threats-to-ga-man.html SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Police suspect country singer Billy Currington may have videotaped himself chasing a 70-year-old tour boat captain along a coastal Georgia creek and threatening to "finish him off" in a tirade filled with profanities, according to court documents filed Thursday. The boat captain, Charles Harvey Ferrelle, and his two passengers told po... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:31:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2042818-singer-currington-charged-with-threats-to-ga-man.html 2013-04-26T01:31:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2027456-official-charged-texas-da-slayings.html KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) — A former Texas justice of the peace seeking revenge for a theft conviction that ended his judicial career carried out a plot with his wife to kill the men who prosecuted him, authorities said Thursday. Eric Lyle Williams, and his wife, Kim Williams, are charged with capital murder in the slayings of Kaufman County District Attorney M... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:23:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2027456-official-charged-texas-da-slayings.html 2013-04-19T00:23:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2025542-records-ex-officials-wife-husband-shot-da.html KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) — In a surprising twist, the wife of a jailed former justice of the peace was charged Wednesday with capital murder after authorities say she confessed to helping her husband kill two North Texas prosecutors who aggressively secured a theft conviction against him. The overnight arrest and charge against Kim Lene Williams is the latest ... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:01:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2025542-records-ex-officials-wife-husband-shot-da.html 2013-04-17T23:01:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2021070-source-case-built-ex-texas-official.html KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) — Texas authorities investigating the killing of a district attorney and his wife are working to build a case against a former justice of the peace prosecuted last year by the slain official's office, a law enforcement official said Monday. Eric Lyle Williams, 46, was arrested over the weekend and remains jailed on a charge of making a... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 03:09:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2021070-source-case-built-ex-texas-official.html 2013-04-16T03:09:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019178-man-jailed-slain-da-investigation-continues.html KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) — Authorities investigating the deaths of a North Texas district attorney and his wife appear to have narrowed their focus on a former justice of the peace prosecuted last year by the official for theft. Eric Lyle Williams, 46, was arrested Saturday on a charge of making a terroristic threat and is being held in the Kaufman County Jail... Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:03:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2019178-man-jailed-slain-da-investigation-continues.html 2013-04-14T22:03:30Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2003772-ap-source-fbi-eyes-extortion-rutgers.html The FBI is investigating whether a former Rutgers basketball employee tried to extort the university before he made videos that showed ex-coach Mike Rice shoving and kicking players and berating them with gay slurs. Meanwhile, Robert Morris University is expected to report in coming days what it has learned in its own inquiry on the three years Rice spent... Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:19:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2003772-ap-source-fbi-eyes-extortion-rutgers.html 2013-04-07T23:19:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1986294-troubled-prison-time-colo-suspect.html DENVER (AP) — Behind bars, he was known as "Ebel Evil." Within a day of arriving at his first permanent prison, Evan Spencer Ebel, the suspect in last week's slaying of Colorado's prisons chief, got into a fight. Six months later, he told a female guard "that he would kill her if he ever saw her on the streets, and that he would make her beg for her life,... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:14:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1986294-troubled-prison-time-colo-suspect.html 2013-03-29T08:14:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1981328-man-pleads-guilty-to-extorting-am-professor.html HOUSTON (AP) — James Arnt Aune was regarded as a fine scholar, mentor and friend by students and his fellow professors at Texas A&M University, where he headed the school's Department of Communication. But Aune, who jumped to his death from the roof of a campus parking garage in January, battled depression in recent years. He struggled with the administra... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:11:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1981328-man-pleads-guilty-to-extorting-am-professor.html 2013-03-27T04:11:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1978778-nevada-assembly-considers-expulsion.html RENO, Nev. (AP) — A lawmaker who has been arrested twice in two months, hospitalized for a mental evaluation and accused of threatening to harm a Democratic Party leader could this week become the first person in Nevada history to be kicked out of the Legislature. A select committee plans to convene Tuesday evening to recommend whether Assemblyman Steven ... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:27:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1978778-nevada-assembly-considers-expulsion.html 2013-03-25T21:27:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1978570-ag-pa-sheriff-would-chop-workers-hands.html PITTSBURGH (AP) — A county sheriff threatened to cut off the hands of a political campaign worker, pulled a gun on a newspaper reporter and then intimidated underlings and other witnesses so they wouldn't confirm the encounters to journalists and investigators, police and prosecutors said Monday. Beaver County Sheriff George David delivered expletive-fuel... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:05:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1978570-ag-pa-sheriff-would-chop-workers-hands.html 2013-03-25T19:05:08Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1964082-ohio-ag-threats-rape-victim.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A girl who was raped by two high school football players is being victimized by threats against her on Twitter, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said Tuesday as he demanded an end to such postings. Two girls, 15 and 16, were accused of posting the tweets Sunday following the conviction and sentencing of two boys for raping the 16-ye... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:55:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1964082-ohio-ag-threats-rape-victim.html 2013-03-19T21:55:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1960738-egypt-vigilantes-hang-2-thieves-feet-public.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian vigilantes beat two men accused of stealing a motorized rickshaw on Sunday and then hung them by their feet while some in a watching crowd chanted "kill them!" Both men died, security officials said. The killings come a week after the attorney general's office encouraged civilians to arrest lawbreakers and hand them over to police. T... Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:40:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1960738-egypt-vigilantes-hang-2-thieves-feet-public.html 2013-03-17T20:40:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1949550-man-sought-2-deaths-captured-ore-motel.html LINCOLN CITY, Ore. (AP) — Police stormed a motel room in a seaside town Tuesday evening and captured a Washington state man suspected of killing his grandparents, ending a multistate search and a tense daylong standoff at the motel. Officers found Michael Boysen lying on the floor on his back with apparently serious self-inflicted cuts, Lincoln City polic... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:57:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1949550-man-sought-2-deaths-captured-ore-motel.html 2013-03-13T05:57:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1948248-azerbaijani-editor-sentenced-to-9-years-jail.html BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — The editor of an independent Azerbaijani newspaper has been sentenced to nine years in prison for bribery in a trial dismissed by his supporters and rights group as politically motivated. A court in the Caspian nation's capital of Baku on Tuesday found Avaz Zeynalli, editor of the Khural newspaper, guilty of bribery, extortion, con... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:17:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1948248-azerbaijani-editor-sentenced-to-9-years-jail.html 2013-03-12T10:17:12Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1930476-fbi-releases-records-whitney-houston.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The FBI has released its files on a trio of investigations the agency conducted on behalf of Whitney Houston. The records released Monday show the agency conducted one investigation into an alleged extortion attempt in 1992, but agents and prosecutors determined no crime occurred. Agents also found no evidence of criminal threats to the... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:08:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1930476-fbi-releases-records-whitney-houston.html 2013-03-04T17:08:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1920540-algerian-jihad-jane-plot-faces-us-extradition.html DUBLIN (AP) — An Algerian man wanted by American authorities over the abortive "Jihad Jane" plot to assassinate a Swedish artist was arrested while leaving an Irish courthouse Wednesday and could face U.S. extradition demands within hours. Ali Charaf Damache, 47, had just walked free from a court in Waterford, southeast Ireland, after three years in an Ir... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:32:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1920540-algerian-jihad-jane-plot-faces-us-extradition.html 2013-02-28T01:32:46Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1916014-jailed-tamara-ecclestone-blackmail-plot.html LONDON (AP) — A former boyfriend of British socialite Tamara Ecclestone has been sentenced to four years in prison for plotting to blackmail her for 200,000 pounds ($303,000). Derek Rose was convicted of the extortion attempt against Ecclestone, daughter of Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone. Rose dated Ecclestone, now 28, in 2002. Prosecutors said that ... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:07:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1916014-jailed-tamara-ecclestone-blackmail-plot.html 2013-02-26T12:07:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1903584-attorney-likens-ex-peterson-lawyer-to-dictator.html JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A former lead attorney for Drew Peterson managed the one-time police officer's murder trial like a "dictatorship," a current Peterson lawyer said Wednesday as he sought to persuade a judge to grant a new trial. Peterson was convicted in September of murdering his third wife, 40-year-old Kathleen Savio, who was found dead in her dry bat... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:48:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1903584-attorney-likens-ex-peterson-lawyer-to-dictator.html 2013-02-21T01:48:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1900288-ex-current-peterson-lawyers-face-court.html JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — The attorney who led the defense team in Drew Peterson's 2012 murder trial sat in the witness box Tuesday and faced questions from his former co-counsel — the latest turn in a long-running legal saga full of strange twists. The rarity of former legal colleagues facing off as adversaries came at a hearing to decide if Peterson, a former... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:02:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1900288-ex-current-peterson-lawyers-face-court.html 2013-02-20T01:02:33Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1901802-police-ny-tv-anchor-threatened-wife-with-death.html A New York City TV anchorman issued a death threat against his wife as he was being arrested on charges of attacking her at their Connecticut home, according to a court document released Tuesday. New York City police, meanwhile, disclosed that they were called 11 times to the couple's home when they lived in Manhattan. One call resulted in an arrest, but ... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:22:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1901802-police-ny-tv-anchor-threatened-wife-with-death.html 2013-02-19T23:22:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1880518-fear-assassinations-haunt-egypt-opposition.html CAIRO (AP) — Watching the events in Tunisia, where a leading anti-Islamist politician was shot to death this past week, members of Egypt's liberal opposition are fearfully asking: Could it happen here too? Their fears of a renegade Islamist attack on any of the top opposition leaders have been hiked by religious edicts issued by hardline clerics on TV say... Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1880518-fear-assassinations-haunt-egypt-opposition.html 2013-02-09T20:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1879590-uk-authorities-charge-man-us-school-threat.html LONDON (AP) — A British man was charged Saturday after he allegedly posted a threat on Facebook to kill 200 people in the U.S. state of Tennessee, causing many children to stay home from school, authorities said. Reece Elliott, 24, from a town east of the northern English city of Newcastle, has been charged with making malicious comments, which led to 2,9... Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1879590-uk-authorities-charge-man-us-school-threat.html 2013-02-09T17:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1844940-10-china-officials-sacked-sex-tape-scandal.html BEIJING (AP) — A scandal involving Chinese city officials having sex with women hired by developers who secretly videotaped the trysts to extort construction deals broadened Friday with state media announcing that 10 more officials have been fired. The first high-profile case broke in November when online video clips went viral of a 50-something official,... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1844940-10-china-officials-sacked-sex-tape-scandal.html 2013-01-25T07:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837516-bulgarian-defends-decision-to-attack-politician.html SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A Bulgarian who tried to shoot a gas pistol at the leader of his country's ethnic Turkish political party testified Tuesday that his only regret is that his weapon didn't work. "I did not intend to kill Ahmed Dogan. I just intended to scare him," Oktay Enimehmedov told a court hearing. Enimehmedov, 25, has been charged with making a... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837516-bulgarian-defends-decision-to-attack-politician.html 2013-01-22T13:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1834172-swat-standoff-ga-uncovers-dismembered-body.html SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Police went to Chad Moretz's home to ask him about a friend who had gone missing and quickly found themselves in a tense standoff when a relative answered the door and whispered: "He's got a rifle. He's going to kill y'all." It was at least the fourth time in 18 months deputies had gone to see Moretz. Neighbors and relatives had accus... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 02:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1834172-swat-standoff-ga-uncovers-dismembered-body.html 2013-01-21T02:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1811730-witness-cooperation-urged-football-rape-case.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Students withholding information about an alleged rape in eastern Ohio last summer are thwarting investigators, school officials said Thursday, as the FBI looks into threats to local authorities who are working on the case against two high school football players. The Steubenville school board is also expanding programs to raise furt... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1811730-witness-cooperation-urged-football-rape-case.html 2013-01-10T20:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1799394-2-romanian-journalists-sentenced-blackmail.html BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Romanian court has given two journalists suspended prison sentences after they were convicted of trying to blackmail politicians and businessmen over a three-year period. The Appeal Court in Cluj on Thursday handed newspaper director Florin Asimionesei a three-year suspended prison sentence and his editor-in-chief Alin Tocan a... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1799394-2-romanian-journalists-sentenced-blackmail.html 2013-01-04T11:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1780264-judge-la-woman-flip-finger-holiday-lights.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana woman ran afoul of police when she gave her neighbors an unusual holiday greeting, hanging Christmas lights in the shape of a middle finger. Sarah Childs was in a dispute with some of her neighbors in Denham Springs, just east of Baton Rouge, so she decided to send a message with her decorations. Neighbors complained and pol... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1780264-judge-la-woman-flip-finger-holiday-lights.html 2012-12-20T21:59:00Z