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THE MAFIA  

Organized crime has deep roots in time. The Italian mafia was founded in Italy in the 1800's, originally as a group of resistance fighters. Their power grew and evolved over time into the idea of organized crime that it is today.

From Guerin to Gotti: The Evolving Media and Organized Crime. How does the media choose what to cover? Who is the real hero, Veronica Guerin or John Gotti?

The Sims Online is a very popular video game, and it may be getting even more popular. Trouble is, it has been almost completely overrun by an occasionally subtle, occasionally out version of the Mob.

Exactly what is the Mafia? Mafia, more specifically the Italian-American Mafia, is a group of criminals organized into "families," and operating primarily in North America.

The warr on terrorism has about as much chance of success as the almost century-old war against the Mafia. Cheer while you can. For every terrorist kingping killed, there are a dozen more willing to take his place.

Martin Scorsese's mafia films Mean Streets and Goodfellas show a distinct change in style for a director who made similar films in different eras of his life.

An analysis of the strange correlation between Stephenson's science fiction and the current mafia situation.

This article is an explanation about why Boise State's Quarterback, Jared Zabransky should not be on the cover of NCAA Football '08.

Comparison of the old Sicilian-Italian Mafia that has evolved into the Italian-American Mafia versus the Russian Mafiya. Overview of structure, organization, and crime.

When it comes to vicious organized crime in America, The Russians are Coming! The Russians are coming- and they're taking over what used to be the Italian style Mafia with a far more vicious element involved.

Scarface mafia type shoots Japanese Mayor Iccho Itoh in rare handgun crime in Nagasaki, Japan.

Learn how to look like, talk like, and act like a card-carrying member of the Russian Mafia. It's so easy!

College football breakdown and picks. Includes all 32 bowl games!

Federal officials are concerned that Al Qaeda may be developing ties with mafia members within the United States.

Mafia movies have captivated audiences for over seventy years. Here are ten of the top mafia and mobster movies of all time

College football picks.

This year's holiday bowl lineup cements the need for a playoff system in Division 1, since most games are going to be barnburners while just a few look boring

From Thursday's Poinsettia Bowl to the BCS Championship Game on Jan. 7, here are projections and previews for every single NCAA college football bowl.

Urban Meyer and the Florida Gators look to repeat as national champions in college football in 2007.

ESPN has a new game where you not only pick the winners but also rank them in order from the game you are most sure about to least sure about. It sounded like a good idea so I made my picks.

Which team has won more games against each other? LSU or Ohio State? How many times have Florida and Michigan faced each other? Does Kentucky have a winning or losing record against Florida State?

An examination of how gangsters in film have reflected the pursuit of the American Dream of wealth and success.

This article is my breakdown of the LSU-Kentucky game, Saturday at 3:30 p.m. on CBS

As the 2007 College Football Season wraps up, the BCS has matched several great matchups in this years bowl games. Come see what my predictions are...and leave a comment with your bowl game predictions as well.

A discussion on the evolution of organized crime in America, with an emphasis on African American mobs and the mobs of new immigrant groups, using William Kleinknecht's New Ethnic Mobs: The Changing Face of Organized Crime in America.

Sure, just because organized crime's organized doesn't mean that it's good. So let's see what's going on with the war on crime.

Thia paper is about the organized crime in the border towns in Mexico at the present day. The conflicts of drug dealers and how they make their money is explained briefly.

The US government went to great lengths to try to assassinate Fidel Castro on a number of occasions. It even worked with the Mafia to "whack" the dictator...

Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow is off to a great start but how do his numbers stack up against previous running quarterbacks?

Hot Springs, Arkansas, best known as Bill Clinton's hometown, was originally known as an organized crime haven

Organized crime, in one form or another, is as old as human civilization, and exists today, despite rumours to the contrary.

Leonardo Sciascia wrote of his beloved Sicily, in a way that highlighted both its positive and negative aspects. Sciascia's detective novels included an in-depth exploration of the Mafia not only as a concrete entity but also as an image of corruption applicable everywhere.

In November 2007, a set of rules for members of the Mafia was uncovered. These rules, dubbed "The Ten Commandments of the Mafia," were discovered in a hideout of Salvatore Lo Piccolo, the Sicilian Mafia's new boss, who had recently been taken into custody.

Breakdown of Heisman Trophy Proceeding

Les Miles is not confident that his LSU team can win the SEC and BCS Championship.

Don't ever tell fans of Tim Tebow that someone educated through home schooling can't become a huge success. He became the first homeschooled athlete ever to win the trophy.

LSU Les Miles/ Gary Crowten team too much for Ohio State, the Buckeyes peak too soon and USC could beat either of them.

A criminology paper investigating the causes of crime in Mexico

An article examining how marijuana prohibition has fostered violent crime rather than stem it.

Lloyd Carr's legacy at Michigan will be remembered with a win. Michigan's win over #12 Florida ends the 13 year tenure for Lloyd Carr and previews the future of Michigan Football.

I have a major problem with insurance companies in this country. It doesn't matter what kind of insurance they all have a major racket going on. You never hear of an insurance company that losses money even when they have to pay millions of dollars on a settlement.

Cyberanos: How the notorious armies of cyber-criminals are aping mafia ?

Hollywood has made a mint off gangster movies, but has often gone to extremes to deny its own symbiotic relationship with underworld figures.

KU Jayhawks have the best record they have had since 1968. A bowl game is definitely in the works, but which one will it be?

Although the Mafia may do business with non-members on occasion, only made men can rise the ranks of the Mafia hierarchy...

Analysis of the final results for this year's BCS ranking melee. Who, what, and why predictions for the winners of the college bowl games.

In a sporting event, shouldn't each team play by the same rules? Shouldn't each competitor have an equal chance of winning? Unfortunately, college football strays from this principles.

"Criminals go where the money is," Dave Marcus, a senior security strategist at McAfee Inc., said during a visit to Toronto to present the company's 2007 North American criminology report on organized crime and the internet.

College football got into full swing this weekend with some exciting games. Find out what happened.

The Mafia organization is the product of Salvatore Maranzano's defeat of a rival faction in the Castellammarese War during the early 1930s in New York City.

Predicting the 32 college bowl games for 2007-2008.

Napster arrived when I was in college and just about everyone I know downloading some music illegally. As the battle of intellectual property rages on, pirating movies and music has become big business for organized crime.

Find out the reason you should watch each bowl game and other facts like a team's career record against their opponent, in that bowl, and their all-time bowl record.

AC sports savants go back and forth on the topics of the hour.

Each of the 32 bowl games are ranked based on how entertaining and/or compelling the matchup will be.

A break down and comparison of the 20 best college football teams to have taken the field this decade.

Eight matches at Wimbledon were reported to have been suspicious and possibly fixed. There were collected by leading bookmakers. McEnroe reportedly weighs in. How will this affect the men's singles competition at Wimbledon?

2007-2008 College Football All-Bowl Team

I made the mistake of asking my grandfather if I could smoke his pipe. Having a lifetime of experience, he knew just what to say. He looked at my grandmother, smiled...

I know you Soprano's fans out there have always dreamed of being a mafia don, well here's your chance.

Add your link in the comment section here, so that others who play myspace mafia wars can find you and join you. Soon you will have a huge group of friends and you will kick some booty in the game

The team of the Chrome Shop Mafia is a diverse crew that includes a cast and crew of eight hard working guys that have created some of the most fabulous trucks since the show began in 2006.

Crime syndicates are making use of advanced technology in order to commit their crimes, and are targeting students with technical expertise to help them in their activities.

Can you guess which game is #1.

Poetry: In her recent discoveries, she only thought she knew what was happening.

the championship match that never was played: Boise State vs. Florida

These are 10 Bowl games you should avoid unless you are a fan of their team.

A Look at Otto Berman also Called Abbadabba

We can never know for sure, but many believe that Jack Ruby shot Oswald to prevent Oswald from testifying about his involvement in a mafia conspiracy.

This is the third of Bruno Cathala's series of two player games, not a bad game, but then again not one that stands out from the crowd.

Remember when New Year's Day was full of intriguing games? Remember when the Cotton Bowl actually meant something? Sadly, those days are long gone, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't tune in to the BCS bowls.

The Top 25 NCAA football teams in 2006.

Three weeks into the college football season, some unexpected surprises have driven teams out of the Top 25.

A preview of the nominees and their accomplishments as well as my prediction for each sports award category at the 2008 ESPYS presented by ESPN.

Is a match-up with former coach Ron Zook in the cards? Or could Michigan take a shot at Florida for possible payback for edging the Wolverines out of the '06 national title game?

All the top reader questions answered for the week of September 24th, 2007.

Many onlookers pegged the Mountaineers as one of the favorites to play for the national title last January.

China and perhaps the Mafia are affecting the stock market. IF you have invested in a good company, keep your stock. The stock exchange is not a bellweather of a company's value.

A season of great college football and the BCS does it to us again. Florida leap-frogged Michigan in the BCS final standings and will play Ohio State for the title. College football pundits left and right are crying foul or fair. Here’s another shout from the chorus.

It would be interesting to take each of the existing theories and create a map showing where they converge, intersect or propel away from each other.

Thanks to a combination of Chicago Police Department resources and the innovative folks at the nonprofit ChicagoCrime.org, crime rates in Chicago are remarkably accessible through a myraid of search tools.

Bowl predictions from November 17th, just two weeks before the championship games.

Revenge of the Sith is darker and deeper than the other Star Wars films, with Freudian connotations, Machiavellian politics, allusions to the Godfather movies, and a doomed romance. Badly marred by poor acting, dialogue, and pacing problems.

George Carlin was right, "Selling is legal, fucking is legal. Why isn't selling fucking legal?" The attitudes towards sex and sexuality in this country have gone so far right that if you tried to follow them...

This article is on Kansas Jayhawk's quarterback Todd Reesing who is a last minute candidate for the Heisman.

Vincent Gigante, one of the last old-school mafia dons, avoided conviction for years by feigning insanity and mental illness.

Express kidnapping is a new method of criminal restraint used by bands of sicarios in the service of mafia networks. In express kidnappings, the victim remains only a few hours in the hands of his or her captors.

Popular HBO mafia series The Sopranos returns April 8 to wrap up its eight year run.

Far from just being a day spent in the sun showcasing arts and crafts, and listening to high school bands, vocalists and dancers - the theme of the BAMS festival touched a nerve in every student involved: "Better Art Than the Mafia".

To start with, The SOPRANOS was never an attempt to serve "old wine in a new bottle". Along with the "usual" mafia story, it explores different dimensions.

Evolution and history of the Japanese Yakuza organized crime group.

While #1 Ohio State will play #2 LSU for the BCS National Championship the smaller bowls may have better matchups.

All across the U.S. college football fans are either gearing up for the stretch run if their team is doing well...or calling for the sacking of the team's coach if they're not. Here are some suggestions for costumes.

Monopoly, a cultural icon and fun family game, comes in a theme for most every interest. Monopoly themes include movies, TV, sports, pets, nostalgia, armed forces, among a variety of other interests.

A look back at the past week in sports with commentary.

Picking the top ten teams going into next year in college football.

I predict who finishes in what spot in America's top football conference.

The Sicilian mafia once painted a portrait of their women as sweet innocent objects who stand behind their Mafioso men. This is starting to change; female Mafiosi are proving to be as violent as their male counterparts.

A trusted ally and close confidante of mafia boss John Gotti, Gravano defected and became a cooperating witness for the government in their prosecution of Gotti and the Gambino Crime Family.