Man from Mars indicted for allegedly threatening President Bush

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[Dallas]

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A 37-year-old western Pennsylvania man has been indicted for allegedly threatening to kill President Bush and blow up the White House on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, authorities said.

James Trauger, of Mars, about 15 miles north of Pittsburgh, sent threatening e-mails to the White House on Sept. 11, according to an indictment handed down Dec. 17.

If convicted, Trauger faces as many as 10 years in prison and a $500,000 fine, assistant U.S. Attorney William Snyder said.

Trauger did not have a telephone number listed in Mars and could not be reached for comment by The Associated Press on Monday. It wasn't immediately clear if he had an attorney.

[mountaineer]

Yins are cracking me up, n'at. Merry Christmas to all yins Picksburghers, Martians, Apollonians, Beaver Cahntians and everyone aht there!

[xsmommy]

merry christmas n'at to yunz at yer haus too, mahntineer!; )

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Wow! I didn't know Carville's family had switched sides like that!

Maybe that's why Mary got that WH job.

[boris]

It has not been sighted on telescopes...even by the hubble.

[Willie Green]

hey, i went to grade school in Apollo, ya jagoff!

"One small step for xsmommy, one giant leap for mankind."

[xsmommy]

St James the Greater, Apollo, PA. RIP, they closed the Catholic school a few years back. : )

[Willie Green]

Saint Eddie's, Blawnox, long defunct.
Merged school with 5 other parishes.
Now Christ the Divine Teacher Catholic Academy (Aspinwall)
(The old St. Scholastica's school building)
The individual parishes still seem to be active, but with the baby boom long over, they apparently had to consolidate schools. Not's sure why they chose St. Scho's, the facilities were all pretty much the same. Except St. Scho's may be a more central location to all the others.

[Dallas]

Have a Merry Christmas...FB

[VRWCmember]

Did you know that there is at least one town in the U.S. named for every planet except one?

Yeah, NO man would ever stop to ask directions: "Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to Uranus?"

[Dallas]

LOL

[mikeb704]

Wow! I didn't know Carville's family had switched sides like that!

James is out of this world in more ways than one, but I don't think he's from Mars. He is, however, an example of the risks associated with being raised next to a nuclear waste dump.

[Bernard]

If he was really from Mars he would change his name to Michael Valentine Smith.

[3catsanadog]

Believe it or not, there is a town called Beaver Lick in Kentucky. I have nothing else to say regarding this.