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Colombo Mob Boss Pleaded Guilty to Racketeering and Firearms Charges in Boston Fed Court
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Mob boss DeLeo’s been off the streets for a while, but that hasn’t kept the feds from coming after him. The 69-year-old Colombo Family ‘Street Boss’, of Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in Boston Federal court Thursday to racketeering conspiracy and illegal possession of firearms, the Justice Department announced in a press release. As…
FBI Sting Snares White Supremacist Who Threatened Prez: Faces Gun Charges
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An FBI sting snared a white supremacist in Virginia who posted threats about President Obama on a hate-website. Douglas Story tried buying an illegal fully automatic machine gun from an undercover agent, Fox 5 reported. Story alleged paid the agent to convert a rifle into a machine gun. To read more…
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2. Gezonde, low fat, hoog protenedieet. U hoeft niet te gaan over de rand en elimineren alle koolhydraten of iets dergelijks. Think it can’t get any stranger? Oh, you nave fool. After several years of raking in the nickels (how exactly these coins were retrieved after being dropped into the corpse’s mouth is something probably…
Column: John Edwards Case Just Didn’t Feel Right
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Some federal cases are too complicated for jurors. Some may be borderline illegal. And some may end up being a waste of taxpayer money. The trial against ex-presidential hopeful John Edwards was probably all of the above. A jury on Thursday acquitted him on one count and deadlocked on…
John Edwards Acquitted on One Count as Jury Deadlocks on Five Others and Judge Declares Mistrial
By Manuel Roig-Franzia Washington Post GREENSBORO, N.C. — Johnny Reid Edwards, a honey-voiced North Carolina lawyer who parlayed his boyish good looks and inspiring personal history as the son of a mill-worker into a meteoric political rise, was acquitted of one count Thursday in a corruption case, as the judge declared a mistrial on five…
Justice Department Investigates BP for Allegedly Lying to Congress
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com The U.S. government has estimated that about 4.1 million barrels of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico by BP in 2010 were never cleaned up. Now the Justice Department is investigating whether BP execs lied to Congress about the total amount of oil leaked, reported the Wall Street Journal on Monday….
Secret Service Agent Suspended for Reckless Driving in North Carolina, after Citizen Posts Tape to YouTube
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com A U.S. Secret Service agent is in trouble, but this time there are no fast women… only fast cars. An agent was put on administrative leave after a private citizen posted video on YouTube showing him driving recklessly on the North Carolina interstate. The Charlotte Observer reports that the agent was…
Judge Sends Alternate Jurors Home from John Edwards Trial
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com If you’ve been waiting for an update in the John Edwards campaign finance corruption trial, here it is : Purple. Judge Catherine Eagles already had her hands full with the media zoo around Edwards, before the alternate jurors seemed to get sassy. One kept flipping her hair in his direction, and all…