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Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 8:00 am

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​​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.

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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.
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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.

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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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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.

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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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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.

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Friday, September 2, 2011 at 12:47 pm
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To his neighbors, Steve Kinzey and his girlfriend were just two more yuppies living in an upscale East Highlands Ranch neighborhood. He'd spent the last 10 years as a professor of kinesiology at California State-San Bernardino writing on such issues as child obesity...

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 6:03 am
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Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: Brothers Álvaro and Artemio López Tardón were part of an international drug ring that had drugs shipped from Colombia to Madrid and money being laundered in Miami. Feds "conservatively" estimate that $26 million was laundered in less than seven years. Miami New Times has the story.

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Monday, July 25, 2011 at 7:06 pm

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Bedtime reading from the Village Voice Empire: Gambling for cash is illegal in Houston, yet the city is dotted with underground slot rooms, some even right across from neighbor police storefronts. Cops seem powerless to stop them. Houston Press has the story.

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