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10 Annoying Things Your Mom May Do On Your Wedding Day

Bitchless Bride | Posted 05.24.2013 | Weddings
Bitchless Bride

Your mom? She's downright hammered. Must have been because of your dad's new girlfriend. Somebody really needs to pry the Chardonnay out of her hands.

Amanda Knox Verdict

Jeff Danziger | Posted 03.26.2013 | Politics
Jeff Danziger

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Killing the Myth of Whitey Bulger and Why I Suggested Killing Him 30 Years Ago

Philip Leonetti | Posted 05.25.2013 | Crime
Philip Leonetti

When my uncle Nicodemo Scarfo was in La Tuna federal prison in 1983, he placed me in charge of running the day-to-day operations of our crime family in New Jersey from our headquarters just two and a half blocks from the Boardwalk in Atlantic City.

95-Year-Old Crime Boss Allegedly Bragged About Killing 60 People

AP | Posted 03.18.2013 | New York

NEW YORK — A 95-year-old mob boss who authorities say boasted about killing 60 people in a lifetime of crime must serve his eight-year prison se...

The Mafia Prince Next Door

Philip Leonetti | Posted 02.10.2013 | Crime
Philip Leonetti

My uncle told me that in our life, honor and respect meant everything, and that the man he killed was not an honorable man and that's why my uncle had to kill him by stabbing him repeatedly with an icepick. I was 8 years old at the time; this is how I was raised.

ReThink Review: Killing Them Softly - Criminal Confidence

Jonathan Kim | Posted 02.03.2013 | Entertainment
Jonathan Kim

Killing Them Softly does a wonderful job of creating a realistic, lived-in world in the post-Katrina wreckage of New Orleans, without a lot of frills or even much music. While it is no fast-paced bulletfest, when the violence comes, it's scary, gory, and brutal, as it should be.

Mobster's Girlfriend Sentenced For Helping Him Hide For 16 Years

AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 08.12.2012 | Crime

BOSTON — The longtime girlfriend of mobster James "Whitey" Bulger was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison for helping one of the FBI's mo...

Ryan Grim

WATCH: The Bain Bust Out: How Tony Soprano Explains Private Equity

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.24.2012 | Politics

The national debate over private equity so far has hinged on the question of whether experience in the field qualifies Mitt Romney, the former Bain Ca...

Reputed Mob Boss Cleared Of Killing Officer

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.09.2012 | New York

NEW YORK -- A reputed Mafia boss and a co-defendant were convicted Wednesday on racketeering charges. But in a blow to the government, they were acqui...

A List You Can't Refuse: The 15 "Boss" Gangster Directors Of Film History

Posted 04.05.2012 | Entertainment

Martin Scorsese may very well be a product of his environment: growing up in Little Italy while struggling with his Roman Catholic faith, only later t...

New Mob Museum Opens: Should You Pay Admission or Break In?

Malcolm Kushner | Posted 04.24.2012 | Weird News
Malcolm Kushner

What child won't cherish the memory of a photo of him or herself strapped into an electric chair?

Feds Crack Down On Mob-Run Strip Clubs

AP | Posted 12.01.2011 | New York

NEW YORK -- A mob-run ring that lured women from Russia and other Eastern European countries with the promise of waitressing jobs – only to send...

"Mob" Rule? It All Depends

Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.11.2011 | Politics
Rick Horowitz

It isn't the size of the crowd, or how it's dressed, or how it wears its hair, or how loud it is, or how disruptive it is. A "mob" is a crowd of people saying something you don't like.

UFC's Dana White on Alcoholic Dad, Donald Trump, the Mob, John McCain & New York

Graham Bensinger | Posted 12.03.2011 | Sports
Graham Bensinger

White discusses why the new deal with Fox Sports means so much to him, his worldwide expansion plans for The Ultimate Fighting Championship and how his aggressive personality has helped the company grow to what it is today.

Priest Accused Of Helping Mobster Suspended By Diocese

AP | Posted 08.10.2011 | Chicago

WINONA, Minn. — A Roman Catholic priest from the Diocese of Winona, Minn., has been placed on administrative leave after he was indicted in Chic...

PHOTOS: 10 Best Mafia Lessons For Success In Business

Louis Ferrante | Posted 08.06.2011 | Books
Louis Ferrante

If you're climbing the corporate ladder and eager to succeed, you can glean some valuable lessons from mobsters who are employees of the longest running organization in history: the Mafia.

10 Legitimate Business Tips From An Ex-Mafia Man (PHOTOS)

Louis Ferrante | Posted 08.01.2011 | Business
Louis Ferrante

Few people realize that every large crime family is comprised of many individual Mafia crews that are run just like small businesses.

Kosovo's Mafia: Prime Minister Hashim Thaci's Role

GlobalPost | Matt McAllester | Posted 05.29.2011 | World

PRISTINA, Kosovo -- It was the fall of 2000, just over a year after the end of the war in Kosovo, when two NATO military intelligence officers produce...

Italian Museum Director Seeks Asylum In Germany, Fearing The Mob

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
ARTINFO

When Antonio Manfredi, director of the Casoria Contemporary Art Museum outside Naples, got a phone call recently, he knew he was being threatened. "A ...

93-Year-Old 'Geriatric Gangster' To Be Sentenced

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — Convicted mob boss John "Sonny" Franzese is so old, he knew Frank Sinatra in his heyday. He's so old, his recent extortion trial beca...

In Italy Stressed Mob Bosses Seek Out Psychotherapy

AP | FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy — The mafia boss was having a dreadful time dealing with loss. But he wasn't struggling with the loss of lives, or even the l...

A Politically-Polarized Sesquicentennial

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Chris Weigant

While we are indeed currently politically divided and somewhat polarized, this is actually our normal state as a nation -- and on the polarization scale, we're nowhere near the "most divided" we've ever been. Far from it.

My Goodfellas

Rich Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Rich Siegel

One of the things I miss living in Southern California is the mob. I'm sure the Mafia is out here, it's just that I don't see it and I don't have any connection to it. The same was not true when I lived in NY.

Antonio Iovine, Top Mob Boss, Nabbed In Italy

Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Antonio Iovine, a top mafia boss in the Casalesi crime family, was arrested today after 14 years on the run, reports the AP. The dashing mob man, ni...

Italy Arrests 300 In Major Mob Crackdown

AP | COLLEEN BARRY | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

MILAN — Anti-mafia prosecutors claimed a major victory over the powerful and growing 'ndrangheta crime syndicate, infiltrating intimate weddings...