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  • August 2008

    • NY Cops Bust Bizarre Hit Job

      New York Daily News  |  Aug 22, 08 5:15 PM CDT

      NY Cops Bust Bizarre Hit Job

      (Newser) - A Brooklyn man was arrested yesterday for attempting to get a hit man to kill his wife—and retrieve the $27,000 wedding ring he had given her, the New York Daily News reports. Rockefeller Auguste, 35, enraged by jealousy, gave an undercover officer posing as a contract killer a samurai sword and demanded he cut her ring-bearing hand off as proof. More »

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      NYPD  • infidelity  • wife  • killer  • hitman  • hit job  • samurai swords

  • July 2008

    • 'For Hire: Pro Hitman'—Mexico Investigates Killer Online Ads

      BBC  |  Jul 13, 08 10:01 AM CDT

      'For Hire: Pro Hitman'—Mexico Investigates Killer Online Ads

      (Newser) - Mexican authorities are investigating a slew of online ads offering the services of a professional killer. The ads may be fake, but police are taking no chances. A recent outbreak of hitmen amidst a raging drug war has contributed to the more than 1,400 murders in Mexico this year, including some 400 police officers and public officials. More »

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      Internet  • Mexico  • drug war  • online ads  • hitman

  • August 2007

    • Newspaper Editor Assassinated

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Aug 2, 07 5:39 PM CDT

      Newspaper Editor Assassinated

      (Newser) - The editor of an Oakland newspaper was shot dead in broad daylight today in what police say they believe was a contracted hit, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Chauncey Bailey was a fixture in the African-American community, known for aggressive coverage of issues and confrontational interviews with city officials. But the motives behind his killing remain unknown. More »

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      murder  • assassination  • journalist  • black community  • Oakland  • Chauncey Bailey  • hitman  • Oakland Post

  • July 2007

    • FBI Pays Out $101M in Mob Suit

      Boston Globe  |  Jul 26, 07 4:54 PM CDT

      FBI Pays Out $101M in Mob Suit

      (Newser) - A federal judge ordered the government to pay $101.7M after the FBI withheld evidence related to a 1965 murder in Boston that sent four men to prison for three decades. "This case is about intentional misconduct, suborning of perjury" and "the framing of innocent men," said the judge today at the close of the 22-day trial. More »

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      murder  • FBI  • prison  • Boston  • perjury  • Mafia  • mob  • hitman  • wrongful conviction

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