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Egos and elbows are taking a backseat to an unusual level of cooperation between the New York Atty. General’s Office  and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan. By Benjamin Weiser and Ben White New York Times NEW YORK— On Sept. 25, as the world financial crisis escalated, two of New York’s most powerful lawyers met…

Yes, operations at the kosher meat plant in Iowa weren’t very kosher. The former head of the plant could be off to prison on a variety of charges including harboring illegal immigrants. By Kari Lydersen Washington Post Staff Writer The former chief executive of the Iowa kosher meatpacking plant that was the site of a…

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –It’s safe to assume that Michael Dwayne Logan is no longer “enchanted”. The 31-year-old Baltimore man was sentenced earlier this week in U.S. District Court in Washington to 21 months in prison for illegally filming the Disney motion picture “Enchanted” last year at a movie theater in the Chinatown district…

Like father, like son. MIAMI (AP) — A federal jury on Thursday convicted the son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor in the first case brought under a 1994 U.S. law allowing prosecution for torture and atrocities committed overseas. Charles McArthur Emmanuel, also known as Charles ”Chuckie” Taylor Jr., was convicted of torture, firearms and…

The vicious drug gang that started in Detroit and spread its tentacles around the country, peddled drugs and violence. By Rhonda Cook The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA — Nine members of the Black Mafia Family were sentenced to prison Wednesday. They were some of the last remaining members of an organization that controlled or had a…