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• US slams hostage-taking; Clinton to call Algeria

  January 17, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration appeared to be in the dark Thursday about a hostage situation at a natural gas plant in Algeria, where Algerian forces launched a military … 15

• Newsman’s disappearance largely kept secret

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — NBC was able to keep the abduction of chief Middle East correspondent Richard Engel in Syria largely a secret until he escaped late Monday because it …

• Pentagon saw chance for hostage mission in Libya

  November 2, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says that the U.S. military was ready within a few hours of the terrorist attacks on U.S. outposts in eastern Libya to respond to numerous … 1

• Pa. hostage call prompts social media training

  September 26, 2012 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh police plan to train their officers to be fluent in social media, joining other departments nationwide, days after a man armed with a hammer and kitchen …

• Pa. hostage call prompts social media training

  September 25, 2012 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh police plan to train their officers to be fluent in social media days after a man armed with a hammer and a kitchen knife used a …

• Facebook posts worry police in Pa. hostage-taking

  September 22, 2012 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh police said they had serious concerns when an armed man took a business owner hostage in a downtown high-rise office building — and not just because …

• After Facebook posts, Pa. hostage-taker surrenders

  September 21, 2012 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Klein Michael Thaxton hadn’t been much of a Facebook devotee. He posted no status updates in two years on the social network. On Friday, though, he surfaced …

• Police: Hostage-taker surrenders in Pittsburgh

  September 21, 2012 PITTSBURGH (AP) — An armed suicidal man held a businessman hostage inside a downtown office building for more than five hours Friday and posted Facebook updates about it before surrendering …

• Hostage-taker posts to Facebook, page pulled

  September 21, 2012 PITTSBURGH (AP) — An armed man with a military background took a hostage inside a downtown office building Friday and posted Facebook updates saying he had “lost everything” before his …

• Man holds hostage in Pittsburgh, posts to Facebook

  September 21, 2012 PITTSBURGH (AP) — An armed man with a military background took a hostage inside an upper floor of a downtown Pittsburgh office building on Friday and posted Facebook updates saying …

• Pittsburgh hostage-taker posts Facebook updates

  September 21, 2012 PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man who has taken a hostage inside a downtown Pittsburgh high-rise is posting Facebook updates as police try to negotiate the release of the man he’s …

• Pittsburgh police: Man holds hostage in high-rise

  September 21, 2012 PITTSBURGH (AP) — An armed man took a hostage inside an upper floor of a downtown office building on Friday, forcing police to evacuate the high-rise. Police negotiators were in …