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...hubby's extended family - eight, all told, including a peppy sister-in-law who, you soon discover, might be sleeping with her slobbering, mentally impaired teenage brother. Do you run or hide? If you're Noriko Shito (née Hashimoto), the birdbrained protagonist of Asa Nonami's trippy murder mystery Now You're One of Us, you do neither. You shut your mouth, smile and stay...
...crack after Noriko, while on a brief visit back home to visit her parents, sees a TV news report about the death by home gas explosion of a raspy old ice vendor and his family - tenants of the Shitos, who happen to own and lease several residential properties. Murder-suicide, the police conclude. But an overheard midnight family meeting - to which Noriko has not been invited - begs the question of the Shitos' involvement...
...family members and their associates were among those taken down in Thursday's massive roundup, which netted 58 arrests in and around New York City and 19 in and around Palermo. Gambino, Genovese and Bonanno family members were also taken into custody in the investigation, which includes charges of murder, extortion, embezzlement and drug trafficking. Alleged Gambino hitman Charles Carneglia, who was arrested in the round-up, is charged with five murders dating to 1976, said U.S. authorities. Italian police allege that a key member of the network was Frank Cali, an American son of Sicily natives who Italian papers...
...Many criminals who commit violent acts, including rape and murder, receive shorter sentences, as the appellate judge in Bernie's case pointed out. In my view, Congress should take another look at the sentencing guidelines to be sure that they are meeting congressional intent...
...booking a room in the right hotel and not coming herself for the first meeting, that his rancor is almost justifiable. She has also lied to him about how the extent of her pregnancy, which promotes the operation he's to perform from a punishable offense to a possible murder charge. What price, the girls wonder, will Mr. Bebe charge for the abortion? His answer astonishes and sickens them...