Major retired Philadelphia mob boss Philadelphia mob boss Joseph "Uncle Joe" Ligambi will seek bail after a jury deadlocked Tuesday on a racketeering charge against him, and deadlocked or acquitted him of all eight lesser counts in a gambling and loansharking case, according The Associated Press and Philly.com.
A Beijing court today sentenced 10 men to prison for staffing an illegal "black jail." Those apprehended will spend between six months and two years for their crimes.
Former ice skating Olympic champion Oksana Baiul is suing the sports division of NBC and the production company Disson Skating for allegedly promoting her name, even though she had never agreed to appear on a couple shows, according to the New York Daily News.
Amid the survivors and kith and kin of the victims of the shootings of Aurora Century theater, Sandy Hook Elementary School and Columbine High School, Democrats presented the gun-control measures package, terming it as 'comprehensive', in the state Capitol.
