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• FBI: Airline passenger said there was a bomb

  man accused of telling a flight attendant there was a bomb in his backpack on a flight from Knoxville, Tenn., to Denver.Federal prosecutors say Mark Michael Bote, of Thornton, was arrested Friday after the Frontier Airlines flight landed. He made his initial 6/19/13 Read more »

• Feds: Anti-pill psychiatrist sold oxycodone scripts

  as long ago as 2010. On some occasions, he sold bottles of 120 oxycodone pills for $1,200, an FBI agent said in the federal complaint.In 2011, after learning that the spouse of one of his oxycodone users was a police officer, Belfar was worried he would be   Read more »

• James Burke probe: FBI digging at former Queens home of famed mobster

  Jackhammers are digging under a New York City house once occupied by a famous gangster who is said to have buried victims in familiar places.The digging started Monday in Queens' South Ozone neighborhood. It was home to James Burke, a Lucchese crime family   Read more »

• Audio tapes released of mid-air freak out on United Airlines Flight 116

  (AP) -- A man loudly ranted about national security, the CIA and international spying aboard a flight from Hong Kong to Newark Monday, causing passengers to tackle him and bind his hands and feet for the duration of the flight.The FBI met United Airlines F   Read more »

• Federal agents revive hunt for the remains of Jimmy Hoffa

  assertions."You have a witness who is in a position to know, who says he has specific information," Corbett said. "The bureau has left no stone unturned."Corbett also defended authorities for repeatedly spending time on what turned out to be dead ends."Anytime   Read more »

Around the web

• In the line of fire: FBI training law enforcement how to stop active shooters

  attended. The training is critical, Celestini said, because, "Virtually every one of these incidents, it's not going to be a federal agent who is going to be the first responder." And that first responder, statistics show, will be in the line of fire. "We 19 m ago from Everything Alabama Read more »

• UAH hosts FBI major incident course

  The FBI is hosting a major incident preparedness course. For the second time in as many weeks, a Huntsville jewelry store has been the target of burglars.More >> For the second time in as many weeks, a Huntsville jewelry store has been the target of burgla 24 m ago from WAFF Read more »

• FBI uses drones inside U.S. for spying, director says

  the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have both tested drones for use in investigations. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat from California, asked Mueller to detail what protections the FBI had put in place 43 m ago from Hartford Courant Read more »

• Times of Trenton Letters to the Editor - June 20

  Although it makes for good tabloid television, what in the heck were we doing spending our taxes looking for Jimmy Hoffa’s body (“Search for Jimmy Hoffa is halted again, FBI says,” June 19, nj.com)? Does it matter to anyone how he was killed or who did it, 6:43 AM from NJ.com Read more »

• Bob McDonnell Could Have Been a GOP MVP. But His Party May Have to Do Without Him

  Gov. Bob McDonnell's evolution from Republican up-and-comer to the center of an FBI and grand jury investigation is bewildering to political observers and a potentially significant loss for his party. Some Republicans loyal to McDonnell dismiss the significance 6:43 AM from National Journal Read more »