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HUFFINGTONPOST.COM - A California man's Halloween yard decoration earned him a meeting with the Secret Service earlier this week.

In an interview with the Press-Enterprise, Eddie Million of Moreno Valley admitted that his addition of an effigy of President Barack Obama with a noose around its neck was a low point in his attempt to turn his house into a "spooky" scene for a Halloween party.

"I started thinking how bad it looked, and I took it down immediately," Million told reporters after being questioned by Secret Service agents on Tuesday. "If I had it to do all over again, I absolutely wouldn't have done it. It was not meant to offend anybody. It was just supposed to be a decoration." click here to read more