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Man Nabbed in Mississippi for Obama Threats

Wisc. native faces 5 years in prison for online posts

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 17, 2009 5:45 AM CST

(Newser) – A Wisconsin man was arrested in Mississippi yesterday after posting online threats to kill Barack Obama, the Daily Leader reports. Steven Joseph Christopher, 43, had written “ok we have 9 days until my Presidential Assasination” in an expletive-filled, anti-Semitic posting on the website alien-earth.... Read full story »

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