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The author and the mobster
Los Angeles Times - 0 KB- Found: 2010-09-02, 16:29 GMT
The Times received some puzzled inquires about the article in Sundays National Briefing column headlined Son of Mobster Spillane Dies. The piece reported the death of Robert Spillane, the son of legendary New York City mobster Mickey Spillane. Bob Bauer...

France's Cassel vies for US stardom as gangster 'Mesrine'
AFP via Yahoo! News - 0 KB- Found: 23 hours ago
French film star Vincent Cassel's bravura portrayal of a murderous mobster seems likely to win him greater fame and critical acclaim here, as US critics lap up his performance in the biopic "Mesrine: Killer Instinct."

Trial begins for former Saginaw man, nicknamed for 1920s mobster, charged in 2002 shooting
The Saginaw News - 0 KB- Found: 4 hours ago
Curtis Robinson and his wife, Helena, were watching television in their home at 4 Jefferson Court on Saginaws East Side late Nov. 6, 2002, when they had an unexpected guest, he testified Thursday -- a bloodied man who later told police that "Frank Nitty" shot him.

France's Cassel vies for US stardom as gangster 'Mesrine'
AFP via Yahoo! Philippines News - 0 KB- Found: 23 hours ago
French film star Vincent Cassel's bravura portrayal of a murderous mobster seems likely to win him greater fame and critical acclaim here, as US critics lap up his performance in the biopic "Mesrine.

Mafia 2 brings the mobster movie feel to gamers
The Seahawk - 0 KB- Found: 2010-09-02, 04:08 GMT
After eight long years of waiting, the sequel to Illusions Software's (now 2k Czech) "Mafia" has finally been released. But does "Mafia 2" stand up to the critical acclaim of its predecessor and its $60 price tag? "Mafia 2" places you in the shoes of Vito Scaletta, a young Italian immigrant trying to survive his life of crime in the late 40's and early 50's.

Testimony weighed in case hearing
North Little Rock Times - 0 KB- Found: 3 hours ago
The FBI snared two North Little Rock aldermen in a probe launched after an informant told agents of a gambling operation run by a reputed mobster from Cabot involving public officials, the agencys public corruption chief told a federal magistrate Tuesday.

Bookie Robbery mobster finally runs out of lives
Brisbane Times - 0 KB- Found: 2010-08-31, 18:25 GMT
For a man who had millions pass through his chubby, gold-encrusted fingers, the last scene was anything but glamorous.

Mafia II Playboy guide
Games Radar - 0 KB- Found: 2010-09-01, 11:58 GMT
Its hard to imagine a less dignified or mobster-like activity than continually dropping everything to search every inch of every room for pornography, but thats exactly what Mafia II asks you to do assuming, of course, that youre trying to collect all 50 issues of Playboy scattered throughout the game and net the Ladies Man Achievement/Trophy.

Hamilton gang hit man deals for 18 years for 2008 murder
The Trentonian - 0 KB- Found: 2010-09-01, 21:22 GMT
TRENTON A gangster who pleaded guilty to executing an ex-con ready to testify against another mobster was sentenced to 18 years in prison Tuesday under a deal with Mercer County prosecutors.

City of St. Louis taking on Lure nightclub
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 0 KB- Found: 13 hours ago
ST. LOUIS A downtown nightclub goes on trialtoday, its liquor license, and existence, at risk.