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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy called for the inspector general to "temporarily halt" a probe after an investigator reported threatening behavior from an official inside the homeland security office, documents show. (Associated Press)
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CORRECTS SPELLING FROM HERRON TO HERNDON In this Sept. 28, 1994 photo, Ronald Herron, 12, stands in the doorway of the Gowanus Houses in New York. Now 32 and sometimes known as the Rapper “Ra Diggs,” Herndon is accused by prosecutors as the ruthless leader of a violent drug gang, and faces a federal murder trial in New York. The government and defense are locked in a debate whether Herndon’s music and videos are evidence of real crimes committed by one of the city's highest ranking Bloods or are constitutionally protected, and inadmissible, expressions of free speech that his lawyers have likened to Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues." (AP Photo/Steve Berman) TV OUT
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FILE - This undated booking file photo provided by the Christian County, Mo., Sheriff’s Office shows Alice Louise Uden. Uden, 74, and her husband, Gerald Uden, 71, were jailed and face first-degree murder charges in Wyoming in the deaths of their ex-spouses and two children more than 30 years ago. Jury selection in Alice Uden's trial began in Wyoming Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Gerald Uden pleaded guilty and is serving a life sentence. (AP Photo/Christian County Sheriff’s Office, File)
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FILE - This undated booking file photo provided by the Christian County, Mo., Sheriff’s Office shows Gerald Uden. Uden, 71, has pleaded guilty and is serving a life sentence for shooting his ex-wife and her 10- and 11-year-old sons in central Wyoming in 1980. His wife, 74-year-old Alice Uden, who is accused of shooting her husband in late 1974 or early 1975, could face the same penalty when her case heads to trial. Jury selection for her trial began in Wyoming Tuesday, April 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Christian County Sheriff’s Office, File)
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Steve Meshbesher, Byron Smith's attorney, re-enters court following jury deliberation at the Morrison County Courthouse in Little Falls, Minn., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Smith, who killed two teenagers during a 2012 Thanksgiving Day break-in, was convicted of premeditated murder. The jury took only about three hours to reject his claim of self-defense. He was immediately sentenced to life without parole. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, David Joles) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT.
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Steve Schaeffel, grandfather of Nick Brady, arrives at the Morrison County Courthouse during Byron Smith's trial for the murders of Brady, 17, and Haile Kifer, 18, in Little Falls, Minn., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Smith, who shot and killed the two teenagers during a 2012 Thanksgiving Day break-in, was convicted of premeditated murder Tuesday. The jury took only about three hours to reject his claim of self-defense. He was immediately sentenced to life without parole. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, David Joles) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT.
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Kimberly Brady, mother of Nick Brady, arrives at the murder trial of Byron Smith at Morrison County Courthouse, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Little Falls, Minn. Smith, a Minnesota homeowner shot and killed Nick, 17, and Haile Kiefer, 18, during a 2012 Thanksgiving Day break-in, was convicted of premeditated murder. The jury took only about three hours to reject his claim of self-defense. He was immediately sentenced to life without parole. Smith was immediately sentenced to life without parole. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, David Joles) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT.
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Jay and Jenny Kifer, right, the parents of Hailey Kifer who was murdered, react during a news conference, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, after the homeowner Byron Smith was sentenced in Little Falls, Minn. Smith, who shot and killed Nick Brady, 17, and Haile, 18, during a 2012 Thanksgiving Day break-in, was convicted of premeditated murder. The jury took only about three hours to soundly reject his claim of self-defense. Smith was immediately sentenced to life without parole. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, David Joles) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT.
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Jay Kifer, the father of Hailey Kifer, gets a hug from his aunt Bonnie Czech, after Byron Smith was found guilty in the murders of Nick Brady, 17, and Kifer, 18, at the Morrison County Courthouse in Little Falls, Minn., Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Smith, a Minnesota homeowner shot and killed the teenagers during a 2012 Thanksgiving Day break-in, was convicted of premeditated murder. The jury took only about three hours to reject his claim of self-defense. He was immediately sentenced to life without parole. Smith was immediately sentenced to life without parole. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, David Joles) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT.
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Byron Smith, left, heads into court for his hearing, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Little Falls, Minn. Smith, a Minnesota homeowner shot and killed two teenagers during a 2012 Thanksgiving Day break-in, was convicted of premeditated murder. The jury took only about three hours to reject his claim of self-defense. He was immediately sentenced to life without parole. Smith was immediately sentenced to life without parole. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, David Joles) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT.
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Byron Smith re-enters court before the jury made their ruling at the Morrison County Courthouse, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Little Falls, Minn. Smith, who shot and killed 17-year-old Nick Brady and 18-year-old Haile Kifer during a 2012 Thanksgiving Day break-in, was convicted of premeditated murder. The jury took only about three hours to soundly reject his claim of self-defense. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, David Joles) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT.
