`The Greeks' Trial Expected To Start Monday In High Security Courtroom

A trial is finally expected to start Monday against five alleged members of The Greeks, charged in a series of gangland slayings in the Vernon area in 2004 and '05.  More than two dozen Crown and defence lawyers are involved in the trial which may hear up to 200 witnesses. ``We anticipated this day would come,'' says RCMP Inspector Al Haslett. ``It took alot of work to get...

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federal judge has sentenced the wife of a former Philadelphia police officer to 10 years and six months in prison for plotting to steal heroin from a drug dealer and resell it for cash

federal judge has sentenced the wife of a former Philadelphia police officer to 10 years and six months in prison for plotting to steal heroin from a drug dealer and resell it for cash, a scheme that also involved her husband and two other officers.Christal Snyder, 28, pleaded guilty earlier this year to helping plan the heist by passing information between her husband, two other police officers,...

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Snoop Dogg wants TV talent show for the hood

Snoop Dogg fancies taking on Simon Cowell at his own game - but he's gonna do his talentspotting in da hood. "The American Idol and X Factor shows, they're great shows," said 39-year-old Snoop yesterday. "But I think I need to make a show like that,...

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Two men are to stand trial accused of being part of a racist white gang that "targeted and killed" the black teenager Stephen Lawrence because of the colour of his skin

Two men are to stand trial accused of being part of a racist white gang that "targeted and killed" the black teenager Stephen Lawrence because of the colour of his skin, the appeal court has said. The killing in 1993 in Eltham, south-east London, is...

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