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“Gridlock, gangs top Angelenos’ concerns
Warming, terrorism trail in survey of L.A.”
BY TROY ANDERSON Staff Writer
Article Last Updated: 04/28/2007 02:13:19 AM PDT
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Growing traffic jams and rising gang violence top Los Angeles residents’ lists of concerns — beating out global warming and even terrorism, a survey released today says.
On a scale of one to 10 — with 10 being the worst — respondents rated traffic congestion a 7.7, edging out threat of gang violence at 7.6, according to the survey.”
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“16 injured in Queens bus crash”
By VERONIKA BELENKAYA and DON SINGLETON
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Saturday, April 28th 2007, 1:47 PM
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A drunken driver blew a red light and broadsided a city bus in Queens yesterday morning - sending 16 people to the hospital, including a pregnant woman, police said.
Cops arrested David Cho - who sources said had three times the legal limit of booze in his blood - as he sped down Booth Memorial Ave. in Flushing.
“He was smashed - they were at a karaoke bar before,” a police source said.
Cho, 25, was behind the wheel of a Nissan Maxima when it roared into the intersection at 164th St., where the Q-65 bus had the green light, officials said.”
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“3 MS-13 Leaders Convicted on Racketeering Charges”
April 28, 2007 - 8:48am
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “GREENBELT, Md. (AP) - A federal jury has convicted three members of the street gang MS-13 on racketeering charges stemming from Washington area gang murders, assaults, robberies and other offenses.
The panel in Greenbelt found Jose Hipolito Cruz Diaz,28, and Omar Vasquez, 28, along with Henry Zelaya, 20, guilty of conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise. The three are among 26 alleged members of the Latino gang to be prosecuted under the federal RICO statute, which is normally used for organized crime.
Prosecutors say Zelaya and Diaz both headed smaller units of MS-13 in Washington and Maryland, called cliques. Vasquez was allegedly sent from El Salvador to run all the cliques in the Washington area.”