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‘Whitey’ Bulger’s Alleged Victim Feared He’d Die for Crossing the Mobster

  Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  Edward “Brian” Halloran had a feeling his life wouldn’t last long if he revealed information about a slaying involving accused mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, The Boston Globe reports. During testimony Monday in the racketeering and murder case against Bulger, a retired FBI agent said Holloran indicated he was concerned about retaliation…

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Top Dog for the Killer Zetas Cartel is Captured

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The top dog of the killer Zetas drug cartel in Mexico was captured, Tracy Wilkinson of the LA Times reports. The Times reports that Mexican naval special forces seized Miguel Angel Treviño Morales, alias Z-40, in Nuevo Laredo, a border city across from Laredo, Texas, in the state of Tamaulipas. She…

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President Obama to Search for New Homeland Security Secretary to Replace Napolitano

  Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  President Obama soon will have to replace Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano after she announced Friday that she’s resigning to head the University of California system, the Washington Post reports. Napolitano plans to resign in September, which gives Obama a little more than a month to find a replacement. The White…

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