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Teen Questioned for Online Bush Threats By DON THOMPSON Associated Press Writer Oct. 14, 2006 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Upset by the war in Iraq, Julia Wilson vented her frustrations with President Bush last spring on her Web page on MySpace.com. She posted a picture of the president, scrawled "Kill Bush" across the top and drew a dagger stabbing his outstretched hand. She later replaced her page on the social-networking site after learning in her eighth-grade history class that such threats are a federal offense. It was too late. Federal authorities had found the page and placed Wilson on their...

Cindy Sheehan added Vice President Cheney to her list of Secret Service protected officials she thinks about doing physical harm to.It should come as a relief to Cheney and his protective detail that unlike President Bush, whom Sheehan often fantasizes of killing by going back in time to when he was an infant, Sheehan only wants to slap him in the face.Sheehan made her comments about Cheney at a promotional appearance in Boulder, Colorado for her new book, ironically titled, Peace Mom.The Rocky Mountain News reported Sheehan saying:"If I ever run into Dick Cheney on the street, I'd have a...

A New Zealand peace activist is facing serious assault charges after he allegedly punched a rock singer in London, leaving the man in a coma. Christiaan Briggs, 30, who spent three weeks in Iraq with the Truth Justice Peace Human Shield Action Group in 2003, appeared at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court on Tuesday to face a charge of grievous bodily harm. Police say the incident occurred on June 22 when Briggs allegedly punched 19-year-old Billy Leeson, causing the rising rock star to hit his head on the ground. Leeson, the lead singer with rock band Les Incompetents - who have...