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Newly Released FBI Documents Show More Threats to Ted Kennedy; One Allegedly Came From Al Capone’s Son

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Just released FBI records show the bureau investigated more threats against Sen. Edward M. Kennedy than previously revealed, including one involving the son of the late mobster Al Capone and a plot by Cuban communists, the Boston Globe reported. The paper reported that none of the half-dozen or so newly revealed…

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Blago Sentencing Set for Oct. 6

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Oct. 6 won’t be a pretty day. That’s the day U.S. District Judge James Zagel of Chicago has set for sentencing for the ever-chatty ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich, according to court records. In his retrial, Blago was convicted of 17 or 20 counts. He alos faces sentencing for the one count…

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