Black Mafia Family (BMF)
30 individuals were arrested on October 28, 2005 by the Drug Enforcement Administration for their alleged involvement in criminal enterprise in Detroit, Atlanta, Columbus, GA, Greenville, SC, Los Angeles, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Orland, St. Louis, and Louisville, KY.

Terry and Demetrius Flenory are said to have founded the crime organization in the mid-1980s and since inception have laundered more than $250 million from the sale of illicit drugs.

Trials in the case are pending.

"I Have $9 Billion of Your Money"
The U.S. Government owes cell phone users, Internet subscribers, and long-distance callers $9 billion in refunds for the 3% federal taxes that should not have been charged to every phone bill.

The tax was voided last year in appeals court in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama with cases pending in the remainder of 13 U.S. courts of appeal.

Even though the tax has been repealed in those courts, the US Treasury continues to collect the tax.

Persons wanting a refund must complete lengthy individual forms for each quarter the tax was charged and submit each request separately.

There are 195 million wireless subscribers in America.

Viagra Blindness
Twenty-three million men have taken Viagra since pharmaceutical giant Pfizer released the drug in March 1998. The FDA is investigating reports from 38 users who claim the product caused blindness.

A case filed in June last year by a Texas man in the U.S. District Court of Southern Texas claims use of the product resulted in his blindness. He has requested class action status in his case which could open seek damages for all men blaming Viagra for their loss of vision.

Pfizer posted sales of Viagra in 2003 of $1.88 billion and in 2004 of $1.68 billion.

The U.S. market for prescription medicines is $200 billion annually.

Brian Nichols
The 33 year-old defendant remains in police custody pending his trial for his alleged role in the March 11, 2005 shooting spree at the Fulton County Superior Court which left Judge Rowland Barnes, court reporter Julie Brandau, and Sheriff's Deputy Hoyt Teasley dead. Prior to his capture, Nichols is also believed to have killed U.S. Customs agent David Wilhelm.

The trial is expected to get underway early this year.

Heidi Fleiss
The subject of one of America's most celebrated scandals and operator of a famous California call girl operation, Heidi is free and back on the street. This time she has settled in Crystal, Nevada and has promised to be back in business operating a legal brothel. She has not applied for a prostitution license yet, but is expected to do so early this year.

Floyd Antonio "Tony" Arnold
Arnold is scheduled for release on January 31, 2006 for time served on his conviction for cruelty to children. Arnold has been tied by DNA evidence to 2 unsolved rapes in DeKalb and Fulton counties, but not charged. His DNA is also found to be a match of the in 1981 case that sent his friend Robert Clark to prison for 25 years on the kidnapping and rape of an Atlanta woman.