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Thousands watch murdered anti-Mafia priest beatified in Sicily
Reuters* Father Puglisi shot by Mafia in 1993 * Considered a martyr by Catholic church * Beatification is step before sainthood ROME, May 25 (Reuters) - A Sicilian priest gunned down by the Mafia twenty years ago outside his home in Palermo was beatified in a...Tags: Organized Crime, Italy, Religion and Belief, Christianity, Crime, Law and Justice
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Hitman Drama 'Salvo' Wins Critics' Week Prize at Cannes
ReutersMay 23 (TheWrap.com) - "Salvo" has won the top prize in Cannes' International Critics' Week sidebar, a selection of seven films from first- and second-time directors. The story of a hitman for the Sicilian Mafia whose life changes after he spares the...Tags: Gaspar Noe, Canal+, Reviews, France
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Giulio Andreotti dies at 94; seven-time Italian prime minister
Giulio Andreotti, the seven-time Italian prime minister who dominated Italian politics after World War II, but was tainted by accusations of Mafia ties, died in Rome on Monday after suffering from respiratory problems. He was 94. A lawmaker who lived...Tags: Organized Crime, Vatican City, Political Systems, Justice System, Government
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Threats expert seeks to protect those who serve
— Glenn McGovern joined the Air Force fresh out of high school and was plunged into a world of threats and intrigue. Assigned to protect U.S. bases worldwide, he studied the tactics of Germany's Red Army Faction, the attack style favored by...Tags: Organized Crime, Judges, Lawyers, Prosecution, Justice System
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Boardwalk Empire Season 3 finale recap: “Margate Sands”
Channel Guide MagazineTerence Winter wound the spring tight in Season 3 of Boardwalk Empire, each violent twist seeing a piece of Nucky Thompson’s East Coast criminal syndicate fall away and leaving the Atlantic City boss seemingly alone, friendless and on the lam from... -
Italy's Berlusconi squares off against TV host
ROME -- In a highly anticipated and occasionally furious TV interview watched by nearly 9 million of his compatriots, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi acknowledged misleading voters about the cause of his country's financial crisis, but...
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Homeland Security Targets "Most Dangerous Gang in America"
pix11.com | @murphypixMS-13—a gang with roots in El Salvador and Los Angeles—was designated a “trans-national” criminal organization by the U.S. Treasury Department and the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday. Consisting of more than 30,000...Tags: Organized Crime, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Long Island, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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AMC and Anthony Bourdain say you’d better watch “Mob Week”
Channel Guide MagazineYeah, tough guy, I’m lookin’ at you. So you’ve seen Goodfellas more times than there are oranges in The Godfather. And you’ve seen The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II — judiciously skipping the oft-maligned Part III &#... -
Woman takes helm of San Diego FBI office
SAN DIEGO -- A woman who most recently headed the FBI's Intelligence Division in Los Angeles Monday assumed the job of special agent in charge of the bureau's San Diego field office. Daphne Hearn replaces Keith Slotter, who announced in March he would be...
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America's code of silence
Contributing columnistThe sports world is buzzing, and not only about the NFL’s Green Bay Packers, the NBA lockout settlement, Louisiana State’s football Tigers, and the Kentucky Wildcats and the NCAA basketball season. Unfortunately, the buzz also is about the...Tags: Lyndon B. Johnson, National Football League, The Godfather (movie), Bob Costas, Sam Rayburn
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Facebook searches are new law enforcement tool
ReutersU.S. law-enforcement agencies are increasingly obtaining warrants to search Facebook, often gaining detailed access to users' accounts without their knowledge. A Reuters review of the Westlaw legal database shows that since 2008, federal judges have...Tags: Judges, Lawyers, Court Preliminary, Local Government, Prosecution
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Fight Breaks out on California Assembly Floor during Budget Talks
FOX40 NewsFor the first time in 25 years, California state lawmakers passed a budget plan on time but it was not without a little push and shove. A small fight between Assemblyman Warren Furutani (D-Gardena) and Assemblyman Don Wagner (R-Irvine) broke out on...Tags: Gardena, California, HBO (tv network), Tony Soprano (fictional character)
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