Six Decades Later, FBI's Ten Most Wanted List Still Tough to Crack

Apr 2nd 2011 – 7:04 AM |AOL News

AFP / Bin Laden

WASHINGTON -- In the film "Take the Money and Run," Woody Allen played a bumbling, publicity-starved petty criminal named Virgil Starkwell. "You know he never made the Ten Most Wanted list,"...

Blagojevich Asks Judge to Cancel Retrial, Sentence Him for Lying

Mar 9th 2011 – 10:49 AM |AOL News

Richard Drew, AP

In an unexpected move, the highly entertaining and often unpredictable former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has asked a federal judge to cancel his retrial and sentence him on the sole conviction in...

Calif. Woman Charged With Scamming $285,000 From Nuns

Mar 7th 2011 – 7:32 PM |AOL News

A California woman may have to answer to a higher authority -- a federal judge, that is -- after being charged with scamming a group of nuns out of $285,000 and using the money to pay for items such...

Justice Department Has to Read Her Steamy Sex Scenes

Mar 6th 2011 – 8:19 AM |AOL News

Stephen Spiegelhalter

WASHINGTON -- Officials in the buttoned-down world of the U.S. Department of Justice, accustomed to dull legal briefs and just-the-facts indictments, are getting a dose of steamy sex scenes on their...

Report Casts Doubts on Scientific Findings in Anthrax Case

Feb 15th 2011 – 5:22 PM |AOL News

AFP / Getty Images

WASHINGTON -- A report released today on the scientific methods used to investigate the deadly anthrax attacks disputes a key conclusion by the FBI -- and has triggered calls for an independent...

Church of Scientology Faces Controversy Over Latest Abuse Allegations

Feb 7th 2011 – 5:31 PM |AOL News

AP

The Church of Scientology, which boasts such members as Tom Cruise and John Travolta, is once again steeped in controversy, thanks to a magazine article that cites numerous allegations of abusive...

Modern Mobsters Still Follow Dad Into the Mafia

Feb 5th 2011 – 8:15 AM |AOL News

AP

The historic mobster roundup that collared more than 120 people in the New York region last month provided a snapshot of the Mafia of today: murder, gambling and extortion; big bosses and small...

Internal Reports Show FBI Employees Stepping Over the Line

Jan 27th 2011 – 6:21 PM |AOL News

WASHINGTON -- In an agency with thousands of employees, some in the FBI are bound to step over the line. CNN obtained summaries of internal disciplinary reports by the agency's Office of...

127 Busted in Largest Mafia Roundup in FBI History

Jan 20th 2011 – 5:23 PM |AOL News

APTN / Pool / AP

Federal authorities today announced what they called the largest mob roundup in FBI history: the indictment of 127 people, including key Mafia figures from the New York, New Jersey and New England...

Sentenced at 93, Mob Underboss Was Wiseguy's Wiseguy

Jan 19th 2011 – 10:24 AM |AOL News

Bebeto Matthews, AP

The story line of Colombo family underboss John "Sonny" Franzese, 93, of New York reads something like this: He knew Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. He got booted from the Army in World War II for...

Feds Find LAX Airport Can Be a Zoo -- Literally

Jan 12th 2011 – 7:08 PM |AOL News

U.S. Attorney's Office / AP

On any given day, the sprawling Los Angeles International Airport known as LAX can be a zoo, locked in a frenetic pace, passengers coming and going. And then on certain days, it really, really is a...

Movie Depicting Hoover Gay Affair Rankles Some in FBI

Jan 9th 2011 – 10:43 AM |AOL News

AP

The bulldog-like mug of J. Edgar Hoover has long been synonymous with the FBI, a world-renowned law enforcement agency forever hyper-sensitive about its public image. Still, Hoover's legend has taken...

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