Foreign workers arrested in Super Bowl sweep
Nearly 70 foreign born security guards and drivers working around the Super Bowl were arrested in a three month INS operation to safeguard fans. Another 41 were sought. Operation Game Day netted 45 guards and 24 cab drivers, 34 with criminal convictions. Six face federal charges. detainees may be deported. INS official Adele Fasano cited post 9 11 security priorities.
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Immigration and Naturalization Service
Qualcomm Stadium
Adele J. Fasano
INS
Teens die after car plunges through ice on lake
In Deephaven Minnesota two teens, 17-year-old Jacqueline Hannah Fricke and her 16-year-old boyfriend Evan Wilson, died after a car fell through a thin ice patch on Lake Minnetonka. Fricke reportedly crawled 50 yards and walked 100 more before succumbing near shore. her shoes and jacket were recovered, investigators said.
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Tracy Constable
Evan Wilson
Jacqueline Hannah Fricke
Fricke
Five arrested in Texas two-home massacre killings
Four more suspects, aged 19 to 33, were arrested on murder charges in four cities, increasing the total to five in the Jan. 5 mass shooting near Edinburg. Marcial Bocanegra, 25, was previously arrested on Jan. 16 after his brother tipped police. The attack left six men dead at two residences near the Mexican border, and a mother of two survived after gunmen tied her up.
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Edinburg
Texas
Marcial Bocanegra
Bocanegra
Former Mafia boss Salemme granted early release
Former New England Mafia boss Francis Cadillac Frank Salemme won early release from prison after cooperating with prosecutors in the case against ex FBI agent John J. Connolly Jr. He will remain jailed two more months pending entry into the witness protection program.
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Friday
New England
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Salemme
FBI
Mark Wolf
John J. Connolly Jr
Connolly
James “Whitey
Bulger
Stephen
Flemmi
Neighbors prefer weakened Saddam to wholesale Iraq upheaval
In Istanbul a regional meeting of Iran Turkey Saudi Arabia Syria Jordan and Egypt signals support for avoiding war and seeking a peaceful Iraqi crisis resolution even if Saddam remains in power. They warn ousting him could trigger refugee floods destabilize economies and lift oil markets while fearing Kurdish moves in Turkey and regional powers.
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United States
Iran
Saudi Arabia
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Jordan
Egypt
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Farouk al- Sharaa
CNN
Washington
Kuwait
Persian Gulf
Huseyin Bagci
Ankara
Middle East Technical University
Yasar Yakis
Joschka Fischer
Ciragan Palace
Fischer
Foreign writer and two hikers freed in Colombia siege
American writer Robert Young Pelton and hikers Megan Smaker and Mark Wederen emerged smiling after nearly a week in custody by paramilitaries in the Darien Gap. They said they were not mistreated. Two foreign journalists for the Los Angeles Times remain captive by ELN rebels.
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Bogota
Colombia
Los Angeles Times
Robert Young Pelton
Megan Smaker
Mark Wederen
National Liberation Army
ELN
Scott Dalton
Conroe
Texas
Ruth Morris
Los Angeles Area
Venezuelan
Francisco Santos
Pelton
Redondo Beach
Calif
Smoker
Brentwood
Wedeven
Bremerton
Wash
Darien
Clinton calls homeland security plan a myth
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton harshly criticized the Bush administration's domestic anti-terror effort saying the new homeland security plan is a myth and the nation is only marginally safer since September 11. She warned of faded vigilance at the top and insufficient resources for first responders.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
Clinton
Manhattan
Washington, D.C
New York Democrat
Bush
Tom Ridge
Department of Homeland Security
Department
Homeland Security
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