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Eric Stonestreet

    Tuning in to TV

    Back from two weeks' vacation and making his first TV appearance since a threat against his life was posted on a jihadist website, David Letterman played it all for laughs during Monday's monologue.

  • Letterman back at work after website death threat

    Even a fatwa is grist for comedy when you're David Letterman.

  • Letterman back at work after website death threat

    David Letterman was back at "Late Show" on Monday after a two-week vacation, his first day at work since a threat against his life was posted on a jihadist website.

  • Letterman mines laughs from website death threat

    Even a fatwa is grist for comedy when you're David Letterman.

  • ** FILE ** In this April 21, 2010 file photo released by CBS, host David Letterman is shown on the set of the "Late Show with David Letterman," in New York. Letterman is back at "Late Show" Monday, Aug. 22, 2011, after a two-week vacation, his first day at work since a threat against his life was posted on a website. Last week, a frequent contributor to a jihadist website urged Muslim followers to "cut the tongue" of the late-night host because of a joke Letterman had made about al Qaeda leaders. (AP Photo/CBS, Heather Wines)

    Letterman back at work after website death threat

    David Letterman was back at "Late Show" on Monday after a two-week vacation, his first day at work since a threat against his life was posted on a jihadist website.

  • Threat to David Letterman on Muslim forum

    A frequent contributor to a jihadist website has threatened David Letterman, urging Muslim followers to "cut the tongue" of the late-night host because of a joke the comic made on his CBS show.

  • Threat to Letterman on Muslim forum

    A frequent contributor to a jihadist website has threatened David Letterman, urging Muslim followers to "cut the tongue" of the late-night host because of a joke the comic made on his CBS show.

  • Threat to Letterman on Muslim forum

    A frequent contributor to a jihadist website has threatened David Letterman, urging Muslim followers to "cut the tongue" of the late-night host because of a joke the comic made on his CBS show.

  • Threat to David Letterman on Muslim forum

    A frequent contributor to a jihadist website has threatened David Letterman, urging Muslim followers to "cut the tongue" of the late-night host because of a joke the comic made on his CBS show.

  • U.S. air strikes kill 16 in tribal region near Afghan border

    The United States fired missiles at three suspected terrorist targets near the Afghan border Monday, killing 16 people and keeping the pressure on insurgents days after a strike was thought to have killed an al Qaeda commander, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

  • Missile strike reportedly kills key chief of al Qaeda

    Pakistani authorities are nearly certain that a recent U.S. missile strike killed one of the most wanted leaders of al Qaeda, but the lack of a body still leaves some room for doubt, a security official said Sunday.

  • A supporter of the Pakistani religious party Jamaat-e-Islami shouts during a rally against drone attacks on Saturday, June 4, 2011 in Karachi, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

    Al Qaeda leader's death increasingly certain

    Pakistani authorities are nearly certain that a recent U.S. missile strike killed one of the most wanted leaders of al Qaeda, but the lack of a body still leaves some room for doubt, a security official said Sunday.

  • A supporter of the Pakistani religious party Jamaat-e-Islami shouts during a rally against drone attacks Saturday, June 4, 2011, in Karachi, Pakistan. Ilyas Kashmiri, a top al Qaeda commander and possible replacement for Osama bin Laden who is accused of the 2008 Mumbai massacre, was killed in an American drone-fired missile strike close to the Afghan border, a fax from the militant group he heads and a Pakistani intelligence official said Saturday. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

    Al Qaeda militant said killed by U.S. in Pakistan

    An al Qaeda leader sought in the 2008 Mumbai siege and rumored to be a longshot choice to succeed Osama bin Laden was believed killed in a U.S. drone attack as he met with other militants in an apple orchard in Pakistan, an intelligence official said Saturday. If confirmed, it would be another blow against the terror organization a month after the slaying of its leader.

  • Pakistani identified as al Qaeda top brass

    A former Pakistani special forces officer has emerged as al Qaeda's most dangerous field commander in charge of a network of deep-cover agents in Europe who has had contact with an American terror suspect, Western intelligence officials say.

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