1.   Another federally protected witness from a federal racketeering trial later identified three other men as the killers.

2.   Burns faces a six-month sentence and still must testify against Ward at a future racketeering trial.

3.   But now Rep. James Traficant is fighting for his political life, acting as his own attorney in a federal racketeering trial.

4.   During six hours of opening statements Monday in the racketeering trial, lawyers for each side outlined their versions of the case against Kaplan and six co-defendants.

5.   Even the judge overseeing the racketeering trial scolded Sicignano for not properly answering questions.

6.   Patrick Ewing testified last year in a federal racketeering trial in Atlanta about sexual favors he received from dancers at a local strip club.

7.   Sitting in a wheelchair between two lawyers Friday, Vincent Gigante gave no indication that he understood the testimony at his own racketeering trial.

8.   With those strategies in mind, the prosecution and the defense began jury selection in the long-awaited Gold Club racketeering trial Monday.

9.   A juror who reportedly refused to deliberate and stalled the racketeering trial of former Gov. Edwin Edwards since Monday was kicked off the panel Thursday.

10.   Antonio Davis of the Toronto Raptors reportedly is angry at being linked to an Atlanta strip club that is the focus of a federal racketeering trial.