2 YRS. FOR GAMBINO GEEZER
An elderly bag man for Gambino boss Peter Gotti was sentenced to two years behind bars for carrying cash and messages for the mob yesterday.

Mobster makes real-life mafia show
MOSCOW: A Russian mob boss, fed up with the "unrealistic mafia shows" usually shown on television has taken matters into his own hands by creating his own series.

Mayor, attorney tell details of report
Mayor Don Stephens and Rosemont attorney Robert Stephenson sat down with the Daily Herald after releasing the report they said should lay to rest any allegations of mob involvement. Here's a partial transcript of that interview. A complete transcript will be posted on the Daily Herald's Web site this weekend.

Drugs link to double shooting
A DRUG war is believed to be behind the two shootings in North Melbourne on Thursday night.

Holyoke Resident Sentenced for Possessing Drugs and Firearm, Reports U.S. Attorney
ISAAC TORRES, age 20, of 132 Sargeant Street, Holyoke, Massachusetts, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael A. Ponsor to 6 years in prison. TORRES was originally convicted by a jury of possession of a sawed-off shotgun in February, 2004 and later pleaded guilty to two remaining charges of possession of heroin, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.