Mafia

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In "McMafia," author Misha Glenny takes us on a startling tour of the new international underworld, documenting the hidden costs of an unregulated global free market.
  • Day of reckoning

    As "The Sopranos" enters its final chapter, Tony reluctantly faces his past -- and we reluctantly face the end of this brilliant series.
  • The mafia, the coup and the murder

    The authors respond to David Talbot's review of "Ultimate Sacrifice."
  • Case closed?

    A new book about the JFK assassination claims to finally solve the mystery.
  • "Ultimate Sacrifice": An excerpt

    In a blockbuster story unrevealed until now, the mob tried to kill Kennedy just days before he was gunned down in Dallas.
  • "I am not an appendage"

    District attorney Jeanine Pirro, who's opposing Hillary Clinton in New York, hopes to separate herself from her husband's sleazy business dealings. Good luck.
  • Gameboys

    Back by popular demand, our video game junkies review "Mafia" and breathe heavily over the "Bra & Panties" match in the new "Smackdown."
  • Is "The Sopranos" a chick show?

    Why an ultraviolent drama about a New Jersey mafioso paints a more nuanced portrait of women than anything you'll find on Lifetime.
  • The energy mess and fascist gays

    The liberal elite is demonizing the "big oil" that keeps its cars running. Plus: Gays, get a clue -- heterosexuality is nature's norm.
  • Made women

    "The Sopranos" deals with female emotional and sexual desire better than any other show on TV.
  • Guilty as charged

    Russian oligarchs are being harassed and jailed in a crackdown that's raising eyebrows in the West. But most Russians thinks they're guilty -- just like everybody else.
  • The Schlockfather

    Mario Puzo wasn't ruined by the movies -- he was a crummy writer to begin with.
  • Holy Mafia moly!

    The country's biggest securities scandal spills more sauce than a "Sopranos" season finale.
  • "Red Mafiya: How the Russian Mob Has Invaded America" by Robert I. Friedman

    A superb introduction to the new face of organized crime is rife with tales of amputation, castration and blood-sprayed trophy blonds.
  • What a fionasco

    It's her concert and she'll cry if she wants to: Fiona Apple melts down. Plus: Yoko Ono goes ga-ga over baby Lennon. And: Howard Stern has decisions to make.
  • Is the Mafia going the way of the great auk?

    Pas de deux in dreamland with a working-class hero. Extinction alert: Goodfellas now an endangered species.
  • The Gottis: Putting the fun in dysfunctional

    Analyze this! With Junior's sentencing scheduled for this week, transcripts of a visiting room chat between the Dapper Don and his darling daughter reveal a family that's got some issues. And who the hell's Sigmund the Sea Monster?
  • You say capo, I say consigliere

    A pigeon-loving mobster plays the "get out of jail" card: Is Anthony Spero a member of the Bonanno crime family's "administration" or not? And is the wannabe who ratted out "Tommy Karate" driven to drink or just driving drunk?
  • The teachings of Bill Bonanno: A wise-guy way of knowledge

    What is the sound of one hit man pontificating? Ex-mafiosi Bill Bonanno offers up New Age wisdom, made man-style.
  • Newsreal: Snowblind

    A Swedish journalist explains why the greatest snowboarder refuses to compete at the Winter Olympics in Nagano.

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