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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 10:00 am

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Breakfast reading from the Voice Media Empire: For one runner who survived the Boston marathon bombing this week, the aftermath of the explosion was chaos. But there is one cry that sticks out in his mind. "What kind of world do we live in!" Riverfront Times has the story.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 1:46 pm
For two decades, Tony Galeota ran Porky's -- Miami's most notorious strip club, a place where Russian and South American mobsters mingled with athletes, politicians and priests, and where drugs and sex were sold as often as cold beers. Time and again, Galeota avoided arrest, even when the feds busted his partner in an elaborate scheme including trying to buy a Soviet-era submarine to smuggle drugs to the States. But three years ago, Galeota moved to Panama, where prostitution is legal, to try to go legit. Big mistake. Now he's rotting in Panama's worst prison. Miami New Times has the story. 


Tags: Porky's, Tony Galeota
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 10:43 am
​In the late '90s, Chris Paciello was the star of a reborn South Beach -- opening nightclubs, dating Madonna, hanging out with J-Lo. But behind the scenes, the guy was a mobbed up goon from New York. He eventually plead guilty to planning a mob murder of a Jersey housewife, doing six years in the pen. Today, he's out of jail, back in SoBe, and opening a ritzy new club. But new FBI files show why he's free: Paciello ratted out all the top bosses in the Bonanno crime family. The snitch has also already gone back to his old ways, getting a DUI for flying down a Sobe street in a new sports car. Miami New Times has his whole mob saga. 
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 8:00 am

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Joaquin Guzman-Loera
​The Sinaloa drug cartel recently suffered what Arizona law enforcement agencies are considering a "significant blow" -- a 15-month investigation has led to the arrest of more than 200 people, the seizure of hundreds of pounds of various drugs, and close to $8 million in cash. The Phoenix New Times has the full story.

Tags: Arizona, Phoenix, Phoenix New Times, Village Voice Empire
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 12:00 pm
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​Midday reading from the Village Voice Empire: It was the night of March 11, 2008, and the pair was haggling over the estate of a mutual friend named Badri. Up for grabs was a global package of real estate and business assets worth between $2 and $8 billion. The most valuable piece was Fisher Island, a posh 216-acre enclave just 200 yards from South Beach but accessible only by chopper or boat. Miami New Times has the story.
Tags: Florida, Miami New Times, Village Voice Empire
Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 8:00 am

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Saturday reading from the Village Voice Empire: Houston cops arrested or were looking for several people with Romanian names this week. Two of these people declined to give police an address, and three others told the cops they lived in a Red Roof Inn. Houston Press has the story.


Tags: Houston Press, Texas, Village Voice Empire
Monday, September 26, 2011 at 11:05 am
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​Bikers are the dumbest gangsters on the planet. Not only do they wear uniforms for easy detection by the cops, but they occasionally like to shoot at each other over these fashion disputes. And their idea of skilled assassination is to indiscriminately shoot into large crowds...

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Tags: California, Gooberville, Nevada
Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 2:32 pm

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Afternoon reading from the Village Voice Empire: ​ATM skimmers are equal-opportunity crooks. But perhaps some discrimination is in order for their future criminal enterprises --particularly the ones against federal prosecutors. Seattle Weekly has the story.


Tags: Seattle Weekly, Village Voice Empire, Washington
Friday, September 16, 2011 at 6:45 am
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​The Zetas drug cartel appears to have tired of killing cops, reporters and innocent bystanders. Now it's after Mexican bloggers. On Tuesday, people in the border city of Nuevo Laredo awoke to find the mutilated bodies of a man and a woman hanging from a bridge...

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Tags: Mexico
Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 7:04 am

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Saturday reading from the Village Voice Empire. Texas' war with Mexican drug lords isn't just fought on the border. The Feds say they are all linked to the Los Zetas cartel, which consists of former Mexican Army Commandos. The Dallas Observer has the full story.


Tags: Dallas Observer, Texas, Village Voice