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Mafia don casts doubt on alleged Berlusconi link

AFP - Fri Dec 11, 1:36 pm ET

A former top Mafia don Friday cast doubt on a turncoat's allegations last week that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had tight links to the Cosa Nostra in the 1990s.

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Weekend busts show pot pipeline flowing strong
Tooele Transcript-Bulletin - Thu Dec 10, 7:36 pm ET
Over 200 pounds of marijuana was seized from seven separate vehicles traveling along I-80 through Tooele County over the weekend by Utah Highway Patrol officers.
UPDATED: Judge to rule on change of venue for former sheriff's racketeering case
Northwest Florida Daily News - Thu Dec 10, 7:32 pm ET
PENSACOLA — Escambia County Circuit Judge Linda Nobles will rule today whether the trials of former Sheriff Charlie Morris and five former employees should be held outside Okaloosa County. Nobles presided at a hearing Thursday in which attorneys...
Homegrown artist shares stage with idols
The Victoria Advocate - Thu Dec 10, 7:10 pm ET
PORT LAVACA - Kristie Villarreal, a Port Lavaca native, will share the stage with her childhood idols, La Mafia, on Friday at Bauer Community Center.
Jury verdict: RSWA’s star witness convicted of attempted extortion
The Hook - Thu Dec 10, 6:55 pm ET
Minutes before a jury found him guilty of attempted extortion, Richard Wade Kendrick, with family members behind him, waits for the verdict. PHOTO BY DAVE MCNAIR A controversial government-backed lawsuit against a recycling entrepreneur suffered a major blow Thursday when a Fluvanna County jury convicted 50-year-old Richard Wade Kendrick of trying to extort his former employer, Peter Van der ...
CrimeCraft: Kingpin hits iPhone and Facebook
GamePro - Thu Dec 10, 1:53 pm ET
Vogster's persistent world, online, gang-warfare shooter gets supplemented with a Mafia Wars style iPhone and Facebook App.
Ex-federal agent pleads guilty in smuggling case
KFDA-TV Amarillo - Thu Dec 10, 12:45 pm ET
Associated Press - December 10, 2009 12:35 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A retired U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of taking part in a cocaine smuggling operation and leaking law...
Bikers jailed over witness intimidation
Detroit Free Press - Thu Dec 10, 3:28 am ET
A federal judge on Wednesday locked up two members of the Highwaymen Motorcycle Club accused in a racketeering case after listening to testimony that they threatened a witness. U.S. District Judge Nancy G. Edmunds revoked the bond of club president Michael Cicchetti and member Erick Manners.
Former ICE Agent accused of drug smuggling strikes plea deal
KOLD News 13 Tuscon - Thu Dec 10, 4:42 pm ET
TUCSON, AZ (KOLD) - A retired ICE agent from Green Valley accepts a plea deal for his role in a cocaine smuggling operation. Richard Padilla Cramer pleaded guilty today to obstruction of justice in a Florida court.
Retail crime climbing; organized crime rings moving in
Standard-Examiner - Thu Dec 10, 3:51 pm ET
Worldwide retail losses from crime rose nearly 6 percent from last year to $115 billion -- up 8 percent in the United States to $46 billion -- according to a new study. -- read more
Study finds overuse of drugs on foster children
Chicago Tribune - Thu Dec 10, 1:36 am ET
UIC study says understaffed site overmedicated kids UIC study alleges an overuse of drugs on juveniles at understaffed Streamwood psychiatric hospital.
TV Review: American Gangster - "Chaz Williams: Armed & Dangerous"
Blogcritics.org - Thu Dec 10, 2:17 pm ET
"At one time I was considered like incorrigible. I think they were right."
2 motorcycle club members held
Detroit Free Press - Thu Dec 10, 12:19 am ET
Prosecutors are concerned about the safety of witnesses from the Highwaymen Motorcycle Club.
Counsel for eBay Endures Fiery Cross-Examination by Craigslist Lawyer
Law.com - Wed Dec 9, 11:12 pm ET
In the court battle between Internet titans eBay and Craigslist, the tables were turned Wednesday as the lead lawyer for Craigslist attempted to effectively put eBay on trial with a withering cross-examination of an eBay in-house lawyer. And eyebrows were raised when a top eBay executive testified he considered it tantamount to "extortion" when Craigslist's two founders demanded that they be ...
Mexican civilian authorities must investigate pattern of serious abuses by military
Amnesty International - Thu Dec 10, 3:20 am ET
New evidence of serious human rights violations carried out during military operations to combat organized crime and drug cartels in Mexico has been unveiled in an Amnesty International report.
Retired federal agent to change plea in drug case
The San Francisco Examiner - Thu Dec 10, 12:08 pm ET
PHOENIX — A retired U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of taking part in a cocaine smuggling operation and leaking law enforcement information to smugglers is scheduled to change his plea Thursday in a Florida courtroom.