Paper Runs 'Unfortunate' Obama-Assassination Ad

Federal authorities are on the case after a Pennsylvania paper ran a classified ad that appears to call for the assassination of President Obama, Editor & Publisher reports. “May Obama follow in the footsteps of Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley & Kennedy!” the ad read. Those presidents were assassinated in office. The publisher called police after being informed of the ad by irate readers.

“The ad representative didn't make the connection among the four other presidents mentioned and mistakenly allowed the ad to run,” said the Warren Times-Observer in an editor’s note today. “It is unfortunate that it got past our classified people,” the publisher said, adding that the employee responsible will not be punished. (More President Obama stories.)