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May 29, 2009 4:45 pm US/Eastern
Pa. Paper's Ad Pulled For Obama Assassination Link
Warren Times Observer Staff Failed To Notice Advertisement's 'Theme'
WARREN, Pa (AP) ―
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President Barack Obama speaks on securing cyber infrastructure May 29, 2009, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C.
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A northwestern Pennsylvania newspaper is apologizing for running a classified advertisement calling for the assassination of President Barack Obama.
Warren Times Observer Publisher John Elchert says the ad appeared Thursday. It read, "May Obama follow in the steps of Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy!" The four presidents were all assassinated.
Elchert tells The Associated Press that the newspaper's advertising staff didn't make the historical connection.
He says the newspaper turned information over to police and that the Secret Service is investigating the person who placed the ad.
A note in Friday's paper says the newspaper "apologizes for the oversight."
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