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NEWS ABOUT: sniper

sniper stories: 14 news summaries

 Va. Gov 
 Denies 
 Clemency 
 to DC Sniper 

Muhammad will be executed tonight in Virginia

Nov 10, 09 11:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine has denied clemency for Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad, clearing the way for Muhammad's execution at 9pm tonight. Muhammad, whose appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court yesterday, will die by lethal injection, reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch . His 2002 shooting spree with younger accomplice Lee Boyd... More »

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Tim Kaine • lethal injection • execution • clemency • Virginia • sniper • John Allen Muhammad • Lee Boyd Malvo • Beltway Sniper

Supreme Court Won't Spare Beltway Sniper

Execution set for tomorrow as request for more time fails

Nov 9, 09 3:47 PM CST
(Newser) - The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from John Allen Muhammad, also known as the Beltway sniper, clearing the way for his execution tomorrow. Muhammad’s lawyers said he needed more time to prepare his appeals. Although justices Stevens, Ginsburg, and Sotomayor questioned Virginia law for not affording convicts... More »

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death penalty • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • execution • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • sniper • John Allen Muhammad • Lee Boyd Malvo • Sonia Sotomayor • Beltway Sniper

 Execution Set for DC Sniper 


Sep 16, 09 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind behind the sniper attacks that rocked the Southeast in 2002, will be executed on Nov. 10, the AP reports. The attorney general’s office had requested a Nov. 9 execution, but a Virginia judge chose to set it a day later so that it would... More »

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death penalty • Washington DC • execution • Virginia • sniper • John Allen Muhammad

(Newser) - Sharpshooters with night-vision goggles have been dispatched to protect a penguin colony near Sydney, Australia, the BBC reports. The mutilated bodies of nine fairy penguins—the world's smallest penguin species at just 15 inches high—from the vulnerable colony have been found over the last two weeks. Wildlife officials have... More »

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Australia • wildlife • penguin • Sydney • sniper

 Pellet Gun Sniper 
 Targets Calif. Freeway 

Drivers hit as they pass hilly lowland

May 12, 09 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A sniper who has been using a San Francisco-area freeway for target practice has hit nearly a dozen cars over the past two weeks, KGO-TV reports. Police are trying to find the perpetrator—who they say may be using an air-powered rifle from nearby hills or parks—before someone is... More »

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California • highway safety • Bay Area • highways • sniper

New Sniper Rifles Boost Range, Accuracy

Pirate standoff calls attention to classified Pentagon project

Apr 16, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The M107 sniper rifle is enjoying its pirate-fueled moment in the sun, but don't get used to it: Firearms being developed in a super-secret Pentagon program will extend snipers' range from 800 or so meters to more than 2,000 without losing accuracy, Time reports. What's more, bullets created... More »

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military • Pentagon • US Army • pirates • US Navy • weapons • sniper • defense contractors • sharpshooter

Suspected Dallas Sniper
Is Ex-Trooper

He shoots himself
after highway attacks that killed two

Dec 23, 08 8:02 PM CST
(AP) - Authorities say a man suspected in a series of rush-hour shootings near Dallas is a former Utah state trooper. Dallas police said today that 37-year-old Brian Smith killed at least one of the two victims of Monday's rampage. Smith shot and injured himself after a standoff with police and is... More »

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Dallas • Utah • sniper • state troopers • highway shootings

DC Sniper Demands End
to Death-Row Appeals

'Murder this innocent
black man,' he pleads

May 7, 08 3:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Convicted DC sniper John Allen Muhammad has called on prosecutors to help stop his attorneys from pursuing appeals to overturn his death sentence. Muhammad, convicted in the 2002 shooting spree that killed 10 strangers, said in a handwritten letter that any appeals “have been done against mine will,”... More »

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crime • appeal • death row • sniper • John Allen Muhammad • Lee Boyd Malvo

Bill Blasts Media Over Hillary's 'Sniper' Misfire

'You woulda thought that she'd robbed a bank,' wails ex-prez

Apr 11, 08 9:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just when you thought the controversy surrounding Hillary Clinton's trip to Bosnia had died down, Bill Clinton resuscitated it with an impassioned defense of his wife's claims. During a rally at an Indiana high school, the former president lashed out at the media for treating Hillary as if "she'd... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Bosnia • Bill Clinton • first lady • sniper

 Clinton Pokes Fun at 
Her Sniper-Fire Gaffe 

Senator jokes to Leno that she almost missed the show

Apr 4, 08 6:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Making light of a major campaign embarrassment, Hillary Clinton quipped to Jay Leno last night that she almost missed the show due to sniper fire, USA Today reports. “I was worried I wasn’t going to make it. I was pinned down by sniper fire at the Burbank airport,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Bosnia • Jay Leno • first lady • sniper

Clinton 'Misspoke' About Dodging Bosnia Sniper

Dem backtracks as Obama camp pounces

Mar 25, 08 4:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton had to dodge sniper fire when she landed at the start of a goodwill tour of Bosnia in 1996—at least that’s what the senator said last week. But after an archive CBS news video showed the then-first lady smiling and waving without a single bullet whizzing... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bosnia • CBS News • first lady • sniper • Howard Wolfson • Tulza

GI Gets 10 Years for Iraqi Murder

Sniper tried to cover tracks after killing unarmed civilian

Feb 11, 08 5:12 AM CST
(Newser) - A US Army sniper was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday after a court martial found him guilty of murdering an Iraqi civilian. The Iraqi was shot when he stumbled upon the sniper's hideout, and a weapon was planted on the body to make it appear that the victim... More »

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Iraq • murder • US Army • Kuwait • 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment • Sgt Evan Vela • Ghani Naser Janabi • sniper • Jarf Sakhr

Snipers Felt Pressured to Deliver Kills

Soldiers on trial: Army encouraged 'baiting' to increase body counts

Oct 5, 07 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Army commanders pressured their elite “Painted Demons” sniper unit to up the body count, say members standing trial for murder, leading them to plant evidence and “bait” Iraqis. “It felt like, ‘What are you guys doing wrong out there?’” one sniper told the LA Times.... More »

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Iraq • US Army • Sgt. Michael Hensley • Painted Demons • Army snipers • sniper

US Sniper Program 'Baits' Insurgents

Iraqis who pick up planted weapons
shot immediately

Sep 24, 07 10:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A classified Pentagon program urges snipers in Iraq to “bait” potential militants by scattering weapons and ammunition and shooting anyone who picks them up, the Washington Post reports. The program, detailed in documents from the murder trial of three snipers accused of planting evidence on victims, raises issues because... More »

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Iraq • sniper

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