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Throwing Stars, Skull Fragments, Grenades: You Won’t Believe the Items Confiscated by TSA in 2013?

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The better question might be – what wasn’t confiscated from U.S. airports in 2013? The TSA discovered guns, grenades, throwing stars and human skull fragments on travelers at checkpoints, WSBT.com reports, citing a TSA blogger. Security found a stun gun in a cane and pepper spray disguised as lipstick.  “Our officers regularly find…

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Nearly a Year Later, FBI Still Uncertain What Motivated Sophisticated Sniper Attack on Power Substation

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is still uncertain what motivated a sophisticated sniper attack at a Silicon Valley power substation last year. The New York Times reports that the attack exposed the vulnerability of electrical grids and led to concerns that terrorists were responsible. But the FBI has found no strong evidence to link the…

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Four People Arrested, Questioned Over Possible Connection to Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Death

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities may be closer to finding the source of the heroin that is believed to have killed 46-year-old actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. The USA Today reports that authorities arrested four people in Manhattan on Tuesday evening and were questioning them over possible connections to the actor’s death Sunday. The suspects were found…

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