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Anti-Government Groups Show Surge, Watchdog Warns

LOS ANGELES (March 2) -- The number of American anti-government militia and "patriot" groups, largely dormant since their heyday in the mid-1990s, mushroomed at an "astonishing" rate last year, raising "grave concern" about the potential for future domestic terrorism, according to a new report by the Southern Poverty Law...

Experts Fear Suicide Crash Could Inspire More Attacks

(Feb. 19) -- To most Americans, Joe Stack's decision to crash a plane into an IRS office in Austin, Texas, Thursday morning was a mix of desperation and lunacy. But another portion of the nation greeted Stack's murderous act as a romantic and patriotic gesture -- a reaction that concerns experts. "The very fact of what he...