Philadelphia. - Bikers turn to the courts to recover seized property

Three Hells Angels want their guns back. In fact, the Angels also want their framed poems, black leather vests, gun permits, drivers' licenses, personal papers and biker memorabilia.

In a federal civil-rights lawsuit, Alan "Big Al" Wolf, of Denver, Pa., Peter Miller, of Pennsburg, Pa., and Gregory "George" Suny, of Upper Darby, say the Philly cops won't give back the items seized during a 2005 raid in West Philadelphia.

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Grants Pass Police served a search warrant on a home in the 800 block of Walker Road over the weekend.

This is part of a continuing investigation into the Vagos motorcycle club.

Police recovered nearly 30,000 dollars of stolen property, mostly tools from a jobsite trailer.

46 year old Robert Gates and 41 year old Christopher Jorgenson were arrested on several charges and lodged in the Josephine County Jail.

CANADA - Are the Hells Angels a criminal organization or just a club with some bad apples? That's the crux of the question before the B.C. Supreme Court. The case offers a rare look inside the biker group and police efforts to put it out of business Neal Hall, Vancouver Sun Published: Saturday, February 23, 2008 For years, B.C.'s Hells Angels have denied they're a criminal organization, arguing that while some of their members may have been convicted of criminal offences, that doesn't mean the entire club is a criminal gang.

That assertion will finally be put to the test as a B.C. judge rules for the first time on an attempt to apply recent federal anti-gang legislation in B.C.

The test case is the trial of a senior member of the East End Hells Angels.

CA. - The FBI raid came in a flourish in downtown Denair Friday morning, with agents breaking in the glass front door of Road Dog Cycle owned by a former Stanislaus County Sheriff's deputy. But the FBI won't say a word about the investigation or the reason behind the search warrant.

CLARKSBURG, West Virginia (CNN) -- The FBI is gearing up to create a massive computer database of people's physical characteristics, all part of an effort the bureau says to better identify criminals and terrorists.

But it's an issue that raises major privacy concerns -- what one civil liberties expert says should concern all Americans.

Los Angeles, California - Two brothers who worked as police officers were convicted Wednesday of participating in home invasion-style robberies staged to look like legitimate law enforcement raids, prompting the judge to say that the case underscored the need for aggressive outside oversight of the Los Angeles Police Department.

"I've never heard testimony like I've heard in this case," said U.S. District Court Judge Gary A. Feess, who has practiced law since 1974 and was appointed to the federal bench 12 years ago.

Feess then disclosed to jurors that he is also the judge who oversees the federal consent decree imposed on the LAPD in the wake of the 1999 Rampart corruption scandal.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Mongols motorcycle club member was handcuffed and taken to prison Tuesday to serve 18 to 45 months for his part in a deadly brawl with rival Hells Angels during a Laughlin biker rally in 2002.

Alexander Alcantar first heard the anquished words of the widow of a slain Hells Angels member, who called her husband's death senseless and tragic.

Minneapolis,Minnesota -

~The Hells Angels have got their clubhouse back.~

The motorcycle club wrestled it back from the government after more than four years of legal battles Monday when a federal jury in Minneapolis decided that the building was not used "substantially" to promote the use and distribution of drugs.

"It's a very sweet victory," said Deborah Kay Ellis, the attorney representing the club.

Montana - In the past two months, they've had drinks in our bars and charmed our waitstaff, pitched business proposals to our merchants and spoken cordially with police.

In short, the Hells Angels have been downright civil.