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Attorneys believe Rezko is talking to prosecutors »
Posted by: ap 2 months ago in News
CHICAGO (AP) _ Convicted political fixer Antoin "Tony" Rezko has been quietly visiting Chicago's federal courthouse, setting off speculation that he may be spilling ...
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Undercover officers use Taser on pallbearer »
Posted by: mcml7886 1 week, 6 days ago in News
A North Carolina sheriff\'s official has apologized for plunging a funeral into chaos when undercover agents tried to arrest the dead man\'s son ...
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Gotti arrest recalls Fla. mob history »
Posted by: ap 2 months ago in News
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) _ The ghosts of Tampa's old-time wiseguys awakened this summer when Mafia scion John "Junior" Gotti came to town in handcuffs ...
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O.J. pal describes alleged extortion by witnesses »
Posted by: ap 2 months ago in News
LAS VEGAS (AP) _ O.J. Simpson's defense rested Wednesday without calling him to the stand in his armed robbery and kidnapping trial, but ...
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Father: Cal State student bailed out of Iran jail »
Posted by: ap 3 weeks, 1 day ago in News
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ The father of a California graduate student jailed in Iran for nearly a month said his daughter was freed on bail ...
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Fla. man in wheelchair allegedly hides cash in leg »
Posted by: ap 2 weeks, 1 day ago in News
MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. (AP) _ Authorities on Florida's east coast have arrested a man in a wheelchair who they say robbed a credit union ...
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Man in wheelchair allegedly hides cash in leg »
Posted by: ap 2 weeks, 1 day ago in News
MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. (AP) _ Authorities on Florida's east coast have arrested a man in a wheelchair who they say robbed a credit union ...
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Mass. state senator indicted on extortion charges »
Posted by: ap 2 weeks ago in News
BOSTON (AP) _ A Massachusetts state senator, photographed by the FBI allegedly stuffing bribe money under her sweater, has been indicted on eight counts of ...
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Mass. senator resigns after bribery charges »
Posted by: ap 1 week, 6 days ago in News
BOSTON (AP) _ A Massachusetts state senator photographed while allegedly stuffing thousands of dollars in bribe money into her sweater has resigned.
Dianne Wilkerson's ...
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Ex-sheriff in Chattanooga sentenced to 14 years »
Posted by: ap 1 week, 6 days ago in News
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) _ A federal judge sentenced a former sheriff in Tennessee to 14 years in prison on Wednesday for convictions that included shaking ...
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NC undercover officers use Taser on pallbearer »
Posted by: ap 1 week, 6 days ago in News
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) _ Five sheriff's deputies will be disciplined after they used a Taser while serving an arrest warrant on a man ...
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Attorney: Tampa trial puts Gotti at a disadvantage »
Posted by: ap 1 week, 5 days ago in News
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) _ Making John A. "Junior" Gotti stand trial on racketeering charges in Tampa instead of New York would be like "cutting off ...
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2nd Mass. politician charged with taking bribe »
Posted by: ap 1 week, 4 days ago in News
BOSTON (AP) _ FBI agents arrested a Boston city council member Friday after he was allegedly videotaped taking a $1,000 bribe from an undercover ...
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FBI says Ohio man threatened to bomb airports »
Posted by: ap 1 week, 4 days ago in News
CINCINNATI (AP) _ FBI officials said Friday they arrested a man who threatened to blow up Cincinnati's football stadium, two airports, Ohio River bridges ...
