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Alabama Hostage Standoff Comes to an End

Abductor Dead, Child Safe
in Alabama Standoff

Feb 4, 2013 4:23 PM CST

Abductor Dead, Child Safe in Alabama Standoff

A stun or flash grenade was used in the rescue: official

(Newser) - The former trucker who kidnapped a 5-year-old boy in Alabama is dead and the child is safe, Reuters reports. "It's all over," said a law enforcement official. "The boy is OK." Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, had seized the boy from a school bus last week...

Cops Pass Toys, Meds to
6-Year-Old Alabama Hostage

Jan 31, 2013 3:33 AM CST

Cops Pass Toys, Meds to 6-Year-Old Alabama Hostage

Suspect Jimmy Lee Dykes dodged court date in another shooting

(Newser) - The man suspected of holding a 6-year-old hostage in his Alabama bunker was due in court yesterday in a separate case: Jimmy Lee Dykes allegedly shot at his neighbors in a December property feud. A standoff between police and Dykes continues, with Dykes reportedly in the bunker with the boy....

What in the World Got Built Beneath the White House?

Sep 12, 2012 12:40 PM CDT

What in the World Got Built Beneath the White House?

First phase of the 'big dig' is over, but West Wing looks the same

(Newser) - Two years and $86 million later, a major White House construction project is over—but nothing, at least that we can see, appears to have changed, and an aura of mystery surrounds the proceedings, the AP reports. The "Big Dig," officially meant to upgrade aging utilities at the...

Suspected Killer
Spent 8 Years
Building Bunker

Apr 29, 2012 7:51 AM CDT

Suspected Killer Spent 8 Years Building Bunker

Peter Keller stocked it with generator, ammunition

(Newser) - Some 22 hours after they first located Peter Keller's mountainside bunker, tactical officers set off explosives and entered the dwelling, finding the 41-year-old dead of a self-inflicted gunshot. Keller is believed to have killed his wife and 18-year-old daughter in their home last weekend before fleeing to the bunker,...

Deputies Find
Dead Body in
Mountain
Bunker

fugitive standoff

Apr 28, 2012 1:14 PM CDT

Deputies Find Dead Body in Mountain Bunker

Seems Peter Keller shot himself during standoff with deputies

(Newser) - Authorities in Washington state say they've found a body in an elaborate bunker they had surrounded in the Cascade Mountains, and it appears to be that of a man wanted for killing his wife and teenage daughter last weekend. The King County Sheriff's Office sent word via Twitter...

Rent Hitler's
'Wolf's Lair'

Jan 18, 2012 5:47 PM CST

Rent Hitler's 'Wolf's Lair'

Underground Nazi HQ is available for $139,000 a year

(Newser) - Looking for a secluded vacation spot? For $139,000 a year, you can rent the bunker complex used by Hitler during World War II, reports the Telegraph . Known as the Wolf's Lair, the 32-acre site was built in a Polish forest and became the central headquarters of the Nazi...

Flee 2012 Apocalypse in
Porn Studio's Luxe Bunker

Sep 15, 2011 11:07 AM CDT

Flee 2012 Apocalypse in Porn Studio's Luxe Bunker

Will include bar, performance spaces, and there's space for fans

(Newser) - If you’re paranoid that the Mayans might have been right about the Dec. 21, 2012 apocalypse, then maybe you should start sucking up to the people at Pink Visual. The LA-based porn studio says it’s building a lavish “post-apocalyptic” bunker, complete with fully-stocked bars, performance stages, and...

Finally! Bargain Doomsday Bunkers Now Available

Jun 19, 2011 6:23 PM CDT

Finally! Bargain Doomsday Bunkers Now Available

Stay alive underground for 6 months, for just $9,950

(Newser) - Good news: You don't have to be rich to have a bed in a doomsday bunker. Vivos, the maker of luxe shelters that cater to those fearing planet-busting volcanoes and asteroids, is now advertising "economy class" bunkers that cost less than half the price of their luxury rooms,...