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Tip from reputed Detroit Mafia captain leads FBI to try, once more, to find Jimmy Hoffa's body
• OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- The FBI saw enough merit in a reputed Mafia captain's tip to once again break out the digging equipment in search of the elusive remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, last seen alive when he left for lunch with two mobsters 38 years ago.
• Federal agents brought excavation equipment Monday to a field in suburban Detroit where Tony Zerilli said Hoffa's remains were buried.
• Zerilli, 85, told Detroit television station WDIV in February that he knew the location of the remains.
• On Monday, Detroit FBI chief Robert Foley said investigators obtained a warrant to search a field in Oakland Township, about 25 miles north of Detroit.
• FBI agents halted the search for the day about 7 p.m. Monday and planned to resume digging Tuesday morning.
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Man standing silently inspires new form of protest in Turkey
• ISTANBUL (AP) -- After weeks of sometimes-violent confrontation with police, Turkish protesters have found a new form of resistance: standing still and silent.
• The first such protest was carried out late Monday by performance artist Erdem Gunduz, who stood for hours at Istanbul's central Taksim Square, in passive defiance of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
• The square has been sealed off from mass protests since police cleared it over the weekend, but have not sealed the square off from pedestrians.
• Others copied him in Istanbul and other cities, and the act provoked widespread comment on social media.
• Erdem's vigil was broken up by police early Tuesday after others joined him.
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Ex-hitman to testify for 2nd day in Bulger trial in Mass.; defense to attack his credibility
• BOSTON (AP) -- Former hitman John Martorano who admitted killing 20 people was set to testify for a second day in the racketeering trial of James "Whitey" Bulger, as Bulger's attorneys prepared to attack his credibility.
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