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Gotti arrest recalls Fla. mob history »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 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. trial witness compares audio tape transcripts »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in News

LAS VEGAS (AP) _ O.J. Simpson's armed robbery-kidnapping trial resumed Monday with defense attorneys trying to cast doubt on the testimony of a ...

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South Texas town ousts sex offender mayor »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in News

POTEET, Texas (AP) _ A city council in South Texas on Monday unanimously voted to remove a registered sex offender as mayor, hours after the ...

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Prisoner who escaped days before Ike is recaptured »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in News

BRAZORIA, Texas (AP) _ A convicted killer who escaped from a prison days before Hurricane Ike slammed the Texas coast and took advantage of the ...

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35 years for man who offered speakers for grenades »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in News

CHICAGO (AP) _ A one-time admirer of Osama bin Laden who plotted a hand-grenade attack at a mall jammed with Christmas shoppers — and tried to ...

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Va. federal prison locked down after inmate dies »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 1 month ago in News

JONESVILLE, Va. (AP) _ A Virginia federal prison is on lockdown after an inmate was killed in an incident involving another prisoner.

A prison spokesman ...

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Cambodia's genocide trial delayed until next year, AS »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 1 month ago in News

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) _ The start of the first trial at Cambodia's genocide tribunal is likely to be delayed until early next year ...

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Man gets prison for thefts from NY state archive »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 1 month ago in News

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ An archivist convicted of selling stolen New York artifacts such as an original Currier & Ives lithograph on eBay was sentenced ...

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NY appeals court overturns terrorism verdicts »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 1 month ago in News

NEW YORK (AP) _ A federal appeals court Thursday overturned the convictions of a Yemeni cleric and his deputy, finding they were prejudiced by inflammatory ...

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Engineer's wife sentenced in military secrets case »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 1 month ago in News

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) _ The wife of an engineer who exported U.S. defense technology to China has been sentenced in California to prison ...

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7 reported killed in fiery Ala. crash »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 1 month ago in News

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) _ A tractor-trailer and prison van carrying job applicants crashed Friday on a rural highway, and authorities said all seven people believed ...

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