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...from heart-attack symptoms last week, he checked into a Tokyo hospital, where he was questioed by police and arrested. PLEADED GUILTY. SALVATORE ("SAMMY THE BULL") GRAVANO, 55, to charges of running an Arizona-based ecstasy-dealing ring; in a Brooklyn federal court. A former hit man for the Gambino crime family, Gravano had been on the witness protection program since he testified against Mafia boss John Gotti...
...Phoenix the same way: by stealth. But when they met, in the darker corners of this sprawling, newly built city, the result was explosive. Gravano arrived under the pseudonym Jimmy Moran, placed in secrecy by the federal witness-protection program. The former underboss of New York City's Gambino crime family and a hit man responsible for 19 murders, Gravano became the government's most important witness against the Mob. His testimony put 37 top-level mobsters behind bars and earned him a $1 million price on his head. Flush with money from book and TV deals, he was starting...
Elian Gonzalez: Childish Gambino...
Harvard answered in the bottom half of the inning. Shakir hit a bloop single over Gambino's head and Mager singled. After Franey walked, Carter, who leads the teams in runs batted in, extended his hitting streak to seven games with an infield single. An error on the shortstop allowed another run to score and the Crimson tied up the game...
Taking to heart the boxing motto that you should lead with your strongest punch, a group of federal prosecutors is trying to use the RICO anti-racketeering statute to shake up the International Boxing Federation as if it were the Gambino crime family. Monday, several New Jersey U.S. attorneys filed a civil suit against the IBF - the only major sanctioning body based in the U.S. - seeking the appointment of a monitor to oversee the restructuring of the organization. The impetus: Earlier this month, four top officials from the IBF were indicted on racketeering charges, including taking payoffs to rank lower...