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  Uncanny X-Men: # 427
Angelo's body is to be exhumed because he's a mutant and others with plots in the cemetery are complaining.
He says that Angelo "Torres" was included in the contract that his family signed, but they lied and said none of their family was affected by the X-gene.
Angelo has no surviving family to pay for reburial, so the remains are to be cremated.
www.jetwolf.com /xmen/uncanny/427.php   (1522 words)

  
 NBC5.com - Politics - Director Of Hired Truck Program Sentenced
Torres admitted in a plea agreement with prosecutors that as director of the Hired Truck Program from 2000 to 2003, he had authority to add companies to the program as well as suspend or discipline those companies violating program rules.
Torres said that the most difficult part of the ordeal has been telling his 9-year-old son, who he said "looks up to me like Zeus," that he had made a mistake and would be sent to prison.
Torres also said that he came from humble roots and was proud of some of the things he was able to accomplish with the city.
www.nbc5.com /politics/4801601/detail.html   (688 words)

  
 Feds indict ex-head of hired trucks A Sun-Times Special Report follow-up
Angelo T. Torres, 36, a onetime Two Six gang member now living in Beverly, allegedly received at least $3,800 in bribes from the owner from 2001 to 2003.
In turn, Torres is accused of steering at least $50,000 in hired truck business to the unidentified owner, according to an FBI affidavit in the case.
Torres had run the Daley Administration program since 1998, a long way from his first city job in 1996 as a car booter with the parking enforcement program.
www.suntimes.com /special_sections/clout/followup/cst-nws-hired27.html   (652 words)

  
 Chicago Tribune | Ex-Hired Truck boss cops plea, stays mum
Angelo Torres admitted playing an instrumental role in the scheme, but his plea agreement alleged that two other clout-heavy former city employees, including John "Quarters" Boyle, pocketed the lion's share of the bribes.
Torres, who headed the program from early 2000 to late 2003, acknowledged accepting $200 to $300 at a time to admit trucking companies when the program was officially closed to new entrants.
Torres also acknowledged that he hit up one trucking company owner to refer customers to a relative of Torres who was in a related business.
chicagotribune.com /news/local/chi-0503190167mar19,0,3416750.story?...   (751 words)

  
 Alvin Brown
Angelo got in a few punches late in the round but Alvin easily got the round.
Torres also landed a stunning Left Jab flush to the face as Alvin was coming in causing Brown to step back.
I gave the round to Alvin because he forced the action and Angelo was on the run.
www.kcboxingnews.com /Boxers/alvin_brown.htm   (1308 words)

  
 Torres gets 2 years; feds wanted 6
Torres' attorney, Ted Poulos, bristled at the prosecution's statements, noting that Torres admitted to a host of bad deeds he wasn't charged with.
Torres, a gang member in grade school, started working in the Hired Truck Program in 1997 and quickly rose from there, eventually running a program with annual expenditures of about $40 million.
Torres was the first person to be arrested as part of the federal investigation sparked by the Sun-Times series.
www.ipsn.org /hired_truck_scandal/torres_gets_2_years.htm   (825 words)

  
 Angelo Torres Definition / Angelo Torres Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Angelo Torres is a cartoonist and caricaturist whose work has appeared in many comic books, as well as a long-running regular slot in MAD MagazineFor tax reasons, Gaines had sold his company in the early 1960s to the Kinney Corporation, which additionally acquired Warner Bros by the end of that decade.
Angelo Torres is a cartoonist and caricaturist who appeared in many comic books, as well as a long-running regular slot at MAD Magazine.
Angelo Torres is the name of some Mad magazine contributor who Austen likes.
www.elresearch.com /Angelo_Torres   (158 words)

  
 Hired Truck's first casualty seems forgettable now
Angelo Torres was the first public face on the Hired Truck scandal, his mug staring out at you on Page One of Day One of the Sun-Times investigative series that launched in January 2004.
Torres drew a two-year prison sentence Tuesday from U.S. District Judge James Holderman, and the whole business seemed like an afterthought, the story overshadowed even on the corruption front by the decision of another federal judge to appoint a court monitor to oversee city hiring.
Torres came to court Tuesday in a sharp gray suit with a dark blue shirt, and the truth of the matter is that he cleans up well.
www.suntimes.com /output/brown/cst-nws-brown03.html   (649 words)

  
 PUERTO RICO HERALD: More Puerto Rican Soldiers Might Be Sent To Iraq…   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
The island’s latest casualty, Reyes Torres (29), who was in the 432 Transportation Unit was killed instantly in an ambush when a rocket-propelled grenade hit the vehicle he was driving west of Baghdad.
Torres and Baez returned to duty, while D’Angelo is stable but still receiving medical treatment for the injuries.
The brigadier general said soldiers are working in a "very difficult and dangerous environment," and acknowledged that moving units like the one of which Reyes Torres was part, are ideal targets for the Iraqi resistance.
www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/2003/vol7n29/Media1-en.shtml   (2682 words)

  
 ANGELO, WIFE  MAY BE  FLYING  HOME  TOGETHER - DOLE
Torres said Arsenia has been informed that her youngest son, four-year-old Jeffrey, was hospitalized last Friday at the Angeles University Foundation Medical Center (AUFMC) and was reported to be recuperating from "acute bronchitis, pending pneumonia and mild dehydration."
In a joint statement, Torres and Bala said that at the beginning of the hostage crisis, President Arroyo had instructed Labor Secretary Patricia Sto.
But during the press conference, Torres said Angelo’s children "spend their own money" whenever they go out of the housing unit to buy what they need.
www.newsflash.org /2004/02/hl/hl100703.htm   (638 words)

  
 Chicago Tribune | Brother of Hired Truck boss is in hot water
Larry Torres, 35, allegedly coaxed a co-worker who reports to him to swipe his identification card on Feb. 28 even though he was not at work that day.
Angelo Torres, 37, who headed the Hired Truck Program, was fired by the city and arrested in January 2004.
Larry Torres told investigators that he had gone to a doctor's appointment when he was supposed to be at work, the source said.
www.chicagotribune.com /news/local/chi-0503150302mar15,0,4863126.story   (398 words)

  
 5 STORIES TO REMEMBER
Angelo Torres, the Beverly man who once ran the city's corruption-rife Hired Truck Program was sentenced Tuesday to two years in federal prison — just one third of what prosecutors felt he deserved.
Torres, 36, had admitted he pocketed $56,000 in bribes and solicited another $10,000 in political contributions from trucking firms looking for work in the program, which gave no-bid city work to private companies.
Torres was the first person arrested in the Hired Truck probe.
www.dailysouthtown.com /southtown/dsnews/077nd1.htm   (794 words)

  
 A politically motivated killing
Torres was finally arrested in October 1980 and Sequinot two months later.
Torres, who fired the fatal shots, was a reputed contract killer.
Torres was arrested by the NYPD in June 1979 and then released, despite a fingerprint check which would have shown an outstanding warrant for murder.
www.wsws.org /public_html/iwb9-22/kill.htm   (470 words)

  
 Amid crisis, Angelo's kids ... - Jul. 19, 2004
Torres declined to specify what the speculations were, but noted there were "many."
Torres, also reading from the statement, said government officials who had been staying with the De la Cruzes had been discussing with the family "certain future undertakings that could be had with Mang Angelo guiding them." These included jobs and scholarships.
According to Torres, Arsenia is constantly in touch with the children.
www.inq7.net /nat/2004/jul/19/text/nat_6-1-p.htm   (736 words)

  
 X-Axis Logs : Trip to the dentist [for Angelo]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
She hoped Angelo would show up soon, because traffic wasn't going to be fun.
Angelo looked longingly at the radio, but didn’t want to reach out and turn it on.
You didn't use your powers to try and get out of it?" She knew that technically, Angelo using his powers might not have been the best thing and that some of the other teachers might not have encouraged it, but when you were being beat up at one in the morning it sometimes became nessessary.
www.greatestjournal.com /go.bml?journal=axis_logs&itemid=147455&dir=prev   (1371 words)

  
 Comic creator: Angelo Torres   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Angelo Torres took a bit longer to develop, but his work compares favorably to that of Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, and Roy Krenkel.
Torres started at EC, assisting his studio mate Al Williamson on titles such as 'Valor'.
Angelo Torres was able to successfully warp his realistic style as one of Mad magazine's mainstays, creating caricatures and movie parodies for almost 25 years.
www.lambiek.com /torres_angelo.htm   (71 words)

  
 Boxing News -- 24 hours/day - Reload often!
Torres, usually a featherweight, moved up in weight for a chance to win a belt.
Sanchez was awarded the State championship in front of his screaming hometown fans as he improved to 13 wins against 15 losses and 1 draw.
Torres drops to ten wins against ten losses and 1 draw with 3 KOs.
www.fightnews.com /ditusa40.htm   (894 words)

  
 CBS 2 Chicago WBBM-TV: 22-Count Indictment In Hired Truck Scandal
Angelo Torres, 37, the former head of the Hired Truck Program, and Transportation Department worker John E. Boyle, 44, were accused of conspiring with each other and city engineer Nick Lococo to use the program to get payoffs and campaign funds.
Attorney Thomas Needham, who represents Torres, could not immediately be reached for comment but a message was left at his office.
Among other things, Torres solicited a trucking company operator who has become a federal cooperating witness for campaign contributions for a state senator in 2001 and 2002, the indictment said.
cbs2chicago.com /topstories/local_story_027171946.html   (634 words)

  
 CBS 2 Chicago WBBM-TV: Former Hired Truck Head Pleads Guilty
But Angelo Torres refused to cooperate in the government's investigation of payoffs to officials in exchange for city business.
Torres acknowledged that he received cash payoffs, usually in amounts of two-hundred to three-hundred dollars.
The payoffs, he says, were in exchange for allowing trucking companies into the 37 (m) million dollar a year program under which the city outsources its hauling work to private trucking companies.
cbs2chicago.com /topstories/local_story_077150255.html   (163 words)

  
 Indictment of Angelo torres, John Boyle, Jason Martin and Martin McDonagh
It was part of the conspiracy that TORRES admitted Elliott and Companies 2, 3, and 13 to the HTP, and maintained them in the HTP, when they were otherwise ineligible for participation, in exchange for their payments to TORRES and BOYLE and to third parties designated by TORRES and BOYLE.
TORRES, BOYLE, Lococo, and other HTP Supervisors accepted and directed the payments from the Companies understanding that they were made for the purpose of influencing the HTP Supervisors in the performance of their HTP duties.
It was further part of the scheme that TORRES solicited CW-10 for political contributions in 2001 and 2002 for State Senator A, and CW-10 made the contributions requested by TORRES.
www.ipsn.org /hired_truck_scandal/Torres-Boyle.ind.htm   (6456 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Judge in patronage lawsuit names monitor to study Chicago hiring practices
The former head of the program was sentenced Tuesday to two years in federal prison for taking payoffs from trucking companies and failing to report the money on his tax returns.
Torres, 36, also was fined $5,000 for his participation in what federal prosecutors have described as a widespread practice by city officials of shaking down truckers.
Prosecutors say that Torres received payments from two other former city officials who played key roles in the Hired Truck Program and were indicted along with him.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20050802-2051-chicagocorruption.html   (393 words)

  
 Archived Weblog Entry - 02/08/2004: "Reggie Davis Beats Dewey Welliver"
Angelo Torres defeated Jaun Ramon in a unanimous 4 round decision.
Torres flaunted fancy footwork and pushed Ramon around the ring from the start.
Ramon countered with spurts of power and brute strength, holding Torres in the ropes in the fourth round with a series of blows to the face.
www.cyberboxingzone.com /news/archives/00000159.htm   (589 words)

  
 The San Angelo Standard - Times Online
She was born Jan. 31, 1925, in Brady and had been a resident of San Angelo for 70 years.
She was a social worker with the City of San Angelo and retired in 1993.
Survivors include her husband, J.B. Duncan of San Angelo; a daughter, Kellye Wooten, and a son, Jeff Duncan, both of San Angelo; five grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
web.gosanangelo.com /standard-times/news/97/october/26/deaths.htm   (1797 words)

  
 The CyberBoxingZone News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Jaime De la Torre, Mira Loma, CA (7-0, 6 KO^s) 168 lbs^..In an unusual bout Jaime de la Torre dominated from the opening bell to win a 2nd round disqualification.
Rivera complained that de la Torre was head butting and quit the fight midway through round 2.
At 2:27 of the 2nd round Elacio hamnmered Torres with a stunning KO that kept Torres on the mat for several minutes.
www.cyberboxingzone.com /boxing/le41800.htm   (359 words)

  
 People v. Torres (1959) 169 CA2d 446
He was returned then again on another day--I think it was a day subsequent, next day or the second day following--at which time this plea was entered.
Torres or anybody else as to what the results would be.
I have never made representations to anyone as to what the results would be if they pleaded to any particular charge.
online.ceb.com /calcases/CA2/169CA2d446.htm   (592 words)

  
 Chicago Trucking Chief Pleads to Payoffs (phillyBurbs.com) | National
But the lawyer for Angelo Torres indicated he will not cooperate with a larger investigation of corruption in the city program used to outsource hauling work to trucking companies.
Torres, 36, pleaded guilty to extortion conspiracy, mail fraud and tax violations.
During the hearing, Torres's lawyer, Theodore Poulos, indicated Torres would not cooperate with the corruption investigation.
www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/1-03182005-465117.html   (263 words)

  
 Escola EB 2.3 Prof. Agostinho da Silva, Ângelo Torres   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
No dia 30 de Março de 2001, recebemos a visita do actor Ângelo Torres na nossa escola.
Ângelo Torres nasceu em Espanha e foi para S. Tomé e Príncipe depois da independência; quando chegou teve um rol de emoções.
Angelo Torres: Eles acreditaram que eu era realmente actor apesar de já ter feito teatro.
www.geocities.com /agostsilva/angelo_torres.htm   (566 words)

  
 SHOOTING STARS 2004 - Introducing Europe's New Acting Talent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Ângelo Torres was born in São Tomé, educated in Cuba and Portugal, and received professional training in theatre and film at the Escola Profissional de Artes e Oficios do Espectáculo in Lisbon.
With a strong background in music, he has also participated in recording soundtracks for films (including Douro Faina Fluvial by Manoel de Oliveira).
In addition to extensive stage experience in both classical and modern works, Angelo has worked in 9 feature films since his 1994 debut.
www.efp-online.com /db/shst_04/torr.html   (128 words)

  
 Discussion Forum: HDO Leader shows true self!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
HDO operative Angelo Torres was very close to Mafia operatives especially those with the 26th Street Street Crew formerly run by Angelo "the Hook" LaPietra.
Angelo took A LOT of bribes from the outfit trucking companies in exchange for the contracts.
Angelo was spending 2000 a night on Rush Street which is a lot even for his $80,000 salary as a non educated gang banger.
www.illinoisleader.com /discussion/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=40&TopicID=3022   (1455 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Nation / Chicago trucking chief pleads to payoffs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
Mayor Richard M. Daley recently said the program is so corrupt that he wants an outside administrator to run it.
Torres faces up to 49 years in prison and $1.25 million in fines on the charges.
At the same hearing, Jason Martin, 33, a former hoisting engineer in the city transportation department, pleaded guilty to a single count of bribery.
www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2005/03/18/chicago_trucking_chief_pleads_to_payoffs?mode=PF   (291 words)

  
 Boxing News -- Fightnews.com : EEEFkAlkuAHHzzRfQl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
It is repeat or revenge on Thursday, April 28th, when Craig Cummings and Ken Crum of Squared Circle Promotions launch the first of an incredible series of events scheduled for Whiskey Tango's in Grain Valley, MO. The series will be called Whiskey Tango's Throwdown with all of the stops coming out on the first one.
Featherweight Alvin "The Quickster" Brown will take on Angelo Torres in a highly anticipated rematch this time for the NABA Featherweight Crown.
Brown swears Revenge will be the theme as his recent signing with new Manager Craig Cummings has given him a new breath of life and the realization that a shot at a legitimate world title is within his grasp.
www.fightnews.com /fightnews_2/headlines/EEEFkAlkuAHHzzRfQl.html   (183 words)

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