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Several days of digging for mobster bodies may have paid off. By Robert E. Kessler and Carl Macgowan Newsday EAST FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — FBI agents and personnel from the New York City medical examiner’s office believe they found the remains of a human body yesterday at an East Farmingdale location that an informant told them…

The Associated Press has obtained FBI records of Evel Knievel, which show that the agency was investigating him in connection with a crime syndicate. Nothing came of it. By Sarah Larimer Associated Press Writer MIAMI — Evel Knievel never denied his scrapes with the law – the late motorcycle daredevil often reveled in them. But…

Sen. Stevens buddy may have been chatting him up, but the senator had no idea his friend was working with the FBI, recording the conversations. By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Jurors heard secretly recorded telephone conversations yesterday in which Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) told a chief prosecution witness that the…

The thing about digs, once you start you can’t stop. So far, FBI agents hunting for mob bodies have come up with dog bones. The search continues today. By Robert E. Kessler and Zachary R. Dowdy Newsday EAST FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — FBI agents unearthed yesterday what first appeared to be human bones at a location…

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Attorneys for Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens filed a stinging motion Sunday in federal court accusing the government of “intentional”  and “shocking”  misconduct, and asked that the public corruption case be dismissed. The motion, filed by defense attorney Brendan V. Sullivan Jr., accused the government of intentionally withholding key evidence…

Can Mahmoud A. Omar, a bankrupt, convicted felon who worked undercover for the FBI help the government makes its case in an alleged plot to attack Ft. Dix? Or will he prove to be too much of a con man to give the case credibility? Jury selection was completed last week and opening statements are…

There’s something to be said for loyalty. Despite his pending indictment on federal public corruption charges,  Rep. William J. Jefferson managed to muster up enough votes Saturday to come in first in the primary. He now faces a runoff in the  November general election. The FBI raided his homes in New Orleans and D.C.  on…

The FBI is stepping into some unchartered territory in the probe into a state senator. Attorneys are up in arms over what the FBI is seeking. By John Wagner Washington Post Staff Writer As part of an ongoing probe of Sen. Ulysses Currie, federal prosecutors are seeking to force the lawyer who gives ethics advice…