Posts Tagged ‘ of interest ’

I recently received reports of some of our visitors who use IE 8 having problems viewing our page i.e. the browser hanging, reporting page errors and very slow loading time. Although I'm not an IE user (I use Firefox), 60% of our visitors use IE,  of that 65% use version 8,  24% use version...
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Who among movie buffs doesn’t remember Elia Kazan's 1953 film On the Waterfront, a gritty tale of the New York city docks? Nathan Ward is out with his new book Dark Harbor about the New York City docks and provides some of the grisly details on the city's working piers. "So pervasive was the...
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In Florida attorneys are filing lawsuits using a law originally enacted to combat the Mafia. The lawsuits accuse BP and Transocean Ltd. of committing a long term series of crimes by concealing flaws in deepwater drilling plans and lacking safeguards to contain a catastrophic Gulf of Mexico spill. BP has been named in at...
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More than seventy years ago The Chicago Crime Commission, an independent crime fighting group identified Al Capone as Public Enemy No. 1. Now, it has resurrected its most wanted list to combat the gangland violence in The Windy City.   // Share|
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Sylvester Stallone is in serious talks with John Gotti Jr. to make a movie about his father, the late John Gotti.The story is based on John Jr.’s recollections of his relationship with his dad. Sources say Sly will play Gotti, who died in prison in 2002.  During his reign Gotti was the boss of...
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Joseph Gannascoli, the actor who played Vito Spatafore on the The Sopranos, has been arrested on a DUI charge in Tampa Florida. Gannascoli played Vito, the mobster who took over as capo and was eventually killed for being gay. Joseph Gannascoli According to police records, Tampa police arrested the 51-year-old actor early Friday morning...
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Two video files related to the Amanda Knox trial. One is an interview with commentary featuring Diane Sawyer. The other features Elizabeth Vargas reporting the reasons why the Italian court rendered a guilty verdict. Diane Sawyer Interview and Commentary on Amanda Knox Case covering the cultural and legal difference's of the U.S. and Italy....
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Former beauty queen and ex-wife of Harlem heroin kingpin Frank Lucas, who inspired the movie American Gangster, Juliana Farrait-Rodriguez, has been arrested by the DEA for allegedly selling two kilos of cocaine to undercover agents in Puerto Rico. "She was busted inside an unidentified hotel after allegedly selling two kilos of coke to undercover...
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 Tommy "Ketchup" Frank, 51, of Pompano Beach, Fla., was arraigned last week in Falmouth District Court after police said he roughed up a 62-year-old Falmouth woman at gunpoint on March 25 as part of an extortion scheme involving the "Gypsy Mafia," according to court documents. He was being held without bail in the Barnstable...
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Carmine Gotti   The Daily News Reports: One of the stars from the TV reality show Growing Up Gotti,  Carmine Gotti, the grandson of the late Gambino boss John Gotti wants to make a name for himself in the music business. "I don't do rap, I do pop music," said Gotti. "If I had...
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