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NEWS ABOUT: gangsters

gangsters stories: 14 news summaries

 Chicago Student's 
 Beating Death 
 Caught on Tape 

Police beef up patrols after savage gang melee

Sep 28, 09 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chicago police are stepping up patrols today at a high school where a 16-year-old honor student's gruesome beating death in a gang melee was captured on video. Students scream in horror as Derrion Albert crumples to the ground and covers his head in vain as he's repeatedly pummeled with wooden... More »

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high school • Chicago • crime • murder • gangs • video • death • gangsters • honor student • Derrion Albert

Salvador Cop, Gangsters Busted in Filmmaker's Murder

Alleged killers come from same gang Christian Poveda chronicled in film

Sep 10, 09 5:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - El Salvador has arrested four gang members and a police officer for last week's murder of French photojournalist and filmmaker Christian Poveda, CNN reports. Another man who allegedly ordered the killing is already in prison, authorities say. The gangsters belong to the same Mara 18 gang that was the subject... More »

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Latin America • murder • documentary • film director • journalist • El Salvador • gangsters • Christian Poveda

MOVIE REVIEW

 Public Enemies Pretty, if Rote 

Mann's film is visually luscious, but some find it rote

Jul 1, 09 2:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics mostly like Public Enemies, Michael Mann’s lusciously shot—if not terribly deep—ode to ‘30s gangster life with Johnny Depp as bank robber John Dillinger.
  • The film is a "beautiful work of art," declares Manohla Dargis for the New York Times, "a vividly
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Johnny Depp • bank robber • Great Depression • gangsters • John Dillinger • Public Enemies

(Newser) - Lion prides display the behavior of human gangs not to hunt more efficiently, but to defend their turf, researchers have discovered. The larger the prides, the more successfully lions keep out interlopers, reports the BBC. Scientists have long been stumped by why lions are singularly sociable among cats and what... More »

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gangs • lioness • lion • territory • gangsters • survival • lion pride • street gangs

(Newser) - A flamboyant, high-profile New Jersey gang lawyer has been charged with murder for his role in the death of a key witness against his clients, according to law enforcement authorities. Former prosecutor Paul Bergrin, 53, is accused of leaking the name of a confidential witness to gang members who shot... More »

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New York City • crime • New Jersey • murder • prosecutor • rap music • gangsters • attempted murder

 Tab: Real 
 Housewives 
 Married to Mob 

Father-in-law executed mob-style, sons not involved

Apr 28, 09 12:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two of the stars of Bravo’s reality show Real Housewives of New Jersey are married to mafia kids, the National Enquirer reports. Dina and Caroline Manzo each wed a son of Alberto “Tiny” Manzo, who was executed in August on suspicion of stealing from a mafia casino. Tiny’... More »

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reality TV • execution • mob • Mafia • gangsters • Real Housewives of New Jersey

 In Japan, Sun Sets 
 on Yakuza Mob Scene 

Japan's criminal gangs are losing their semi-legitimate status

Feb 28, 09 5:24 AM CST
(Newser) - The role of the yakuza in Japanese society has always been hard for Westerners to understand. Since the 1950s the mafia-like organization has been tolerated by government and the public, trusted to run gambling and prostitution rackets with a modicum of respect for social order. But as a tough economy... More »

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crime • Japan • organized crime • Yakuza • gangs • protection • cybercrime • gangsters

glossies

 Gangbangers 
 Struggle to 
 Leave 'the 
 Life' 

On road to rehabilitation, even success stories are bumpy

Feb 8, 09 4:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Job-hunting and laser tattoo removal are painful parts of leaving an LA street gang, but nothing compared to the lure of going back, Newsweek reports. Gabriel, 29, wandered into a gang rehabilitation center to leave "the life," but only stopped getting "G'd up" with his homeys... More »

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crime • Laura Bush • gangs • Los Angeles • tattoos • gangsters

Snitch: Gotti Had Neighbor Dissolved in Acid

Gotti allegedly had neighbor killed as revenge for running over son

Jan 8, 09 10:21 AM CST
(Newser) - A mob informant says the body of John Gotti's neighbor was dissolved in a barrel of acid after he was shot on the crime kingpin's orders, the New York Daily News reports. John Favara disappeared after accidentally killing Gotti's 12-year-old son in a 1980 traffic accident. Police believe he was... More »

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New York City • organized crime • murder • Mafia • John Gotti • gangsters • acid

Nigerian Gangsters Wage Turf War on Mob in Southern Italy

Turf battles erupt as newcomers seek foothold in lawless southern Italy

Jan 7, 09 9:13 AM CST
(Newser) - African immigrants are being caught in the crossfire as Nigerian gangsters battle the Italian mob for control of southern Italy's drug and prostitution rackets, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Camorra once treated African criminals as useful subordinates, but vicious turf wars have erupted as the newcomers seek a bigger... More »

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organized crime • Italy • Naples • Mafia • gangsters • Camorra



 Capone's 
 Home to Hit 
 the Market 

Owner may ask $450K for 6-bedroom split-level on Chicago's South Side

Dec 26, 08 4:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Al Capone’s Chicago home is expected to hit the market this spring, asking price $450,000, reports the Tribune. This piece of gangster history comes with a pretty clean record: Capone used the red-brick house, registered in his mother’s and wife’s names, as a safe haven. “... More »

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Chicago • housing market • house • gangsters • Al Capone

TRAVEL

 9 Hotels Haunted by Celebs 


Oct 31, 08 4:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the mood for upscale Halloween chills? If a plain old haunted house isn't swanky enough for your tastes, consider checking into a room from Travel and Leisure's list of hotels that come complete with a resident celeb spook:
  1. Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles: Marilyn 
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Anna Nicole Smith • Hollywood • rock stars • Las Vegas • mob • celebrity • Marilyn Monroe • rock and roll • Elvis Presley • Sex Pistols • gangsters • Frank Sinatra

4 Japanese Gangsters Get UCLA Liver Transplants

FBI helped one crime boss with his visa

May 30, 08 4:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four Yakuza gangsters, including one of Japan's most powerful crime bosses, had liver transplants at UCLA Medical Center between 2000 and 2004, the Los Angeles Times reports. Organs were particularly scarce in those years, with over 100 people on the waiting list dying each year. There is no indication that... More »

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Japan • organ transplants • organized crime • Yakuza • UCLA Medical Center • liver transplants • gangsters

obituary

 Screen Tough Widmark Dead 

Gentle actor gained fame as a gangster

Mar 26, 08 4:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Richard Widmark, the American actor renowned for his sinister portrayals of gangsters, has died at age 93. His first film role—as a giggling, sadistic killer in the 1947 Kiss of Death—made him an instant movie star and gained him a Fox contract for 20 parts in seven years—... More »

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film • Fox • Richard Widmark • villains • gangsters • typecasting

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