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Really? Carmen "one-spoon-full-of-sugar-away-from-500-pounds" DiNunzio is going to start excersising now?

Associated Press:

BOSTON (AP) -- The obese reputed underboss of the New England

 

mafia is asking a federal judge to release him from home

 

confinement for two hours a day so he can exercise.

 

   A lawyer for Carmen "The Cheeseman" DiNunzio filed a petition

 

on Tuesday that said a doctor has recommended 30 minutes of

 

"sustained aerobic exercise" per day as DiNunzio battles a

 

variety of health ailments, including diabetes and heart disease.

 

   DiNunzio also wants permission to periodically spend the night

 

at a hospital for treatment of sleep apnea.

 

   His lawyer, Anthony Cardinale, says federal prosecutors have not

 

objected to the request.

 

   DiNunzio has been free on $20,000 bail since his May indictment

 

on charges that he tried to bribe a Big Dig official. He's called

 

"The Cheeseman" because he owns a North End cheese shop.