Sicilian Mafia boss Salvatore Lo Piccolo, considered to be one of the successors of the former "boss of bosses" Bernardo Provenzano (arrested in April 2006), was arrested at 9:30 a.m. CET (UTC+1) in a villa in Giardinello, between Cinisi and Terrasini on Sicily. He had been on the run since 1983. His son Sandro Lo Piccolo and two other top mafiosi, Gaspare Pulizzi and Andrea Adamo, were arrested as well. All four men were among Italy's top 30 most wanted Mafia suspects, according to police officials.
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Canadian police arrested 130 people after a sweep of five Montreal locations in connection with an international telemarketing scheme that targeted small business.
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As Many As 6 Dead in Forest County Shooting in Crandon; Suspect is Law Enforcement Officer - By Chris Lato
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BlackVibes.com and TMZ.com report OJ Simpson has been arrested on charges of breaking and entering into a sports memorabilia collector's room and holding him at gunpoint. Alfred Beardsley, a close friend of OJ accused Simpson and several other men of storming his hotel room on Thursday and taking sports memorabilia formerly owned by Simpson and other sports stars.
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FBI asks to please be on the lookout, no matter where you live in the world, for the 350-year-old painting pictured here - A Cavalier, by Dutch artist Frans Van Mieris—recently stolen from an Australian art gallery. Valued at more than $1 million, it is the latest addition to the FBI Top Ten Art Crimes list.
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A federal grand jury in San Diego has indicted 18 individuals on racketeering and related charges for allegedly operating an Internet business that generated more than $126 million in gross revenues from the illegal sale of prescription drugs, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Karen P. Hewitt for the Southern District of California announced today.
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Boston Big Dig Contractor to plead guilty and make $50 million in cash payments and provide up to $75 million insurance coverage.
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British Airways PLC and Korean Air Lines Co. LTD. agree to plead guilty and pay criminal fines totaling $600 million for fixing prices on passenger and cargo flights.
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Sanjay Dutt is the son of the the well known actor, Late Sunil Dutt (who was Memeber of Parliament, Federal Minister in UPA ruling alliance) and his Late wife well known actress Late Nargis, both of whom have ruled silver screen more than thirty years. This two generation family has given Indian film world various milstone films," Sanjay's film Munabhai on Father of Nation Mahatama Gandhis teaching is current best film. His sister Priya is at present Memeber of Parliament from mumbai.
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A study of young, violent criminals in New York City found that they used fear and intimidation to keep adults from interfering with their criminal activities.
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The President of Eastern Michigan University has been fired. Although former President Fallon says he doesn't know why he has lost his job and is unhappy about the process, maybe the dead student, Laura DIckinson, found in her dorm room last December has something to do with it. Originally the school's investigation concluded that there had been no foul play. Several months later another student was charged with rape and murder and is awaiting trial.
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Verdict's are in, and Conrad Black has been found guilty of three counts of fraud - so the BBC announce. But has he? Sorta kinda. Mark Steyn has been covering the entire trial, and has been pretty unimpressed at the Government's cases - there were thirteen charges including racketeering, the sort of thing Al Capone did. As Steyn says the verdict is that:
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