Read more mob stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2776/mob.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:26:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70304/victoria-gotti-spills-mob-secrets-in-tell-all-book.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVictoria Gotti insists she doesn’t condone crime. But in her new tell-all book, The Family of Mine , Mafia don John Gotti's daughter compares mobsters to Robin Hood and his merry men, claims they’re better than corrupt politicians, and says she sees no difference between paying into a protection racket and...http://www.newser.com/story/70304/victoria-gotti-spills-mob-secrets-in-tell-all-book.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Sep 2009 11:28:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69710/mob-acid-hitman-gets-life-behind-bars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA mob hitman who used acid to melt his victims' bodies has been sentenced to life, reports the New York Daily News . Charles Carneglia smirked in a Brooklyn courtroom as he listened to statements from his four victims' relatives, including one who called him an "animal" with a "dark soul....http://www.newser.com/story/69710/mob-acid-hitman-gets-life-behind-bars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 2:55:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67890/mob-sewage-closes-capris-blue-grotto.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe famous Blue Grotto of the Italian island of Capri has been closed after its striking cerulean waters were fouled by raw sewage believed to be dumped by the Mafia, reports the Independent. La Grotta Azzurra , a favorite haunt of the Roman Emperor Tiberius, is celebrated for its striking waters...http://www.newser.com/story/67890/mob-sewage-closes-capris-blue-grotto.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 2:53:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66147/new-dnc-ad-slams-gops-angry-mobs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a new online ad, Democrats return fire at “angry mobs” driven by the Republican Party, the Huffington Post reports. “They lost the election. They lost on the Recovery Act, the budget and children’s health care,” says the ad. “Now, desperate Republicans and their well-funded allies are organizing angry mobs....http://www.newser.com/story/66147/new-dnc-ad-slams-gops-angry-mobs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Aug 2009 8:52:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65762/town-halls-turn-to-mayhem-for-lawmakers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMembers of Congress are increasingly seeing town-hall meetings turn to bedlam, with people yelling and protesters being pulled out by police, Politico reports. A New York representative who’d hosted more than 100 such meetings has called it quits after a chaotic scene last month that necessitated his departure with a...http://www.newser.com/story/65762/town-halls-turn-to-mayhem-for-lawmakers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 10:51:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61625/gambling-nba-ref-gets-early-release-after-mob-beating.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe NBA ref imprisoned for betting on games will finish his 15-month sentence in a halfway house, the Tampa Tribune reports; he’ll be released Wednesday. A press release from a “prisoner advocacy group” said Donaghy is being sprung early because he “was injured during an assault in November of 2008....http://www.newser.com/story/61625/gambling-nba-ref-gets-early-release-after-mob-beating.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 11 Jun 2009 13:21:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60257/flush-mafia-invests-big-in-recession-italy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs banks spurn borrowers, Italian mafiosi are lending out their cash stockpiles to profit from the global recession, Bloomberg reports. Long invested in cash-intensive businesses like food distribution, the mafia is using its liquidity to take control of other legitimate businesses—and as a bonus, the three main mob outfits...http://www.newser.com/story/60257/flush-mafia-invests-big-in-recession-italy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 27 May 2009 14:22:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57427/tab-real-housewives-married-to-mob.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo 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’s sons—along...http://www.newser.com/story/57427/tab-real-housewives-married-to-mob.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Apr 2009 12:47:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54562/chicago-mob-snitch-gets-12-years-for-14-murders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer Chicago mob hit man Nicholas Calabrese was sentenced to 12 years in prison yesterday, enraging family members of victims who wanted him jailed for life, the Tribune reports. Calabrese admitted to whacking 14 people, but his testimony in the so-called “Family Secrets” trial put away three top mob leaders....http://www.newser.com/story/54562/chicago-mob-snitch-gets-12-years-for-14-murders.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 27 Mar 2009 10:56:24 CDT