The Chicago Syndicate

Pia Rizza Profile from Mob Wives Chicago

2012-06-01T08:18:00.000-05:00

Pia Rizza doesn’t sugarcoat anything. In her Mob Wives Chicago cast profile, she explains her mob ties (her father was a crooked Chicago cop), but eventually he turned. “He basically sold the mob...

The Latin Kings Sued by Kane County

2012-05-31T10:20:00.003-05:00

The Kane County state’s attorney’s office has filed a lawsuit against 35 members of the Latin Kings who reside in Aurora, seeking to hold gang members accountable for past violence and give police...

Christina Scoleri Profile from Mob Wives: Chicago

2012-05-31T08:16:00.000-05:00

“I wanna get the story out there,” Christina Scoleri explains when she’s asked why she joined the cast of Mob Wives Chicago. And she definitely has a story to tell. With a dad who was “connected” and...

Should Blacks or Muslims Report Crimes Committed by Others of Their Race?

2012-05-30T08:08:00.000-05:00

Thanks to Colin Flaherty MSNBCs new golden girl was in a pickle: If someone sees a black person committing rape or domestic violence, should he report it if it makes black people look bad? Or if...

Chicago Mob Wives Super Video Trailer

2012-05-29T19:54:00.002-05:00

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Mob Wives: Chicago to Scorch VH1 This Summer

2012-05-16T14:16:00.001-05:00

"Mob Wives Chicago" follows the lives of five women allegedly connected to "The Outfit," Chicago's version of the Mob, as they bear the cross for the sins of their Mob-associated fathers. With lives...

MAX PAYNE 3

2012-05-14T10:58:00.000-05:00

The angsty detective returns to cinematic action after an eight-year layoff. Stuck in Sao Paolo, Brazil, Max quickly gets embroiled in another shady tale riddled with revenge, deception, and, of...

FBI Releases 2011 Preliminary Statistics for Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty

2012-05-14T10:41:00.000-05:00

According to preliminary statistics released today by the FBI, 72 of our nation’s law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty during 2011. By region, 29 victims were killed...

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2012-05-10T00:41:00.000-05:00

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Samuel J. Spino, Cook County Sheriff’s Deputy, Arrested Following Sting Operation

2012-05-09T09:05:00.000-05:00

Cook County Sheriff’s Deputy Samuel J. Spino was arrested yesterday on federal charges after allegedly stealing $1,100 from a residence at which he and others were executing a judicial eviction...

Current New England Mob is Not Your Father's Mafia

2012-05-08T08:40:00.000-05:00

Anthony DiNunzio, the alleged don of the New England Mafia, sat in a federal courthouse in Rhode Island last week, draped in tan prison garb, nodding as a federal judge said he faces a lengthy prison...

Infamous Players: A Tale of Movies, The Mob (And Sex)

2012-05-04T00:18:00.000-05:00

In 1967, Peter Bart, then a young reporter for the New York Times, decided to upend his life and enter the dizzying world of motion pictures. "Infamous Players" is the story of Bart's remarkable...

Chicago History Summer Tours

2012-05-03T07:47:00.000-05:00

This summer, explore Chicago at a discount with an action-packed assortment of city tours. From pub crawls and bus tours, to neighborhood walking excursions and Chicago River expeditions, the...

Rita Crundwell, Former Dixon Comptroller, Charged in Federal Indictment with $53 Million Fraud Since 1990

2012-05-02T09:16:00.002-05:00

The former comptroller of the city of Dixon, Illinois, Rita A. Crundwell, was indicted today for allegedly fraudulently obtaining more than $53 million from the town since 1990 and using the proceeds...

Family Secrets Mob Trial Convictions Upheld

2012-05-01T16:04:00.004-05:00

An appeals court has upheld the convictions of several reputed mobsters in a landmark trial credited with delivering a body blow to Chicago's mob. But Tuesday's opinion cited at least one trial...

Mob Wives Chicago Video Promo

2012-05-01T06:07:00.000-05:00

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Does Big Government Choose Your News?

2012-04-30T12:57:00.001-05:00

Corydon B. Dunham’s “Government Control of News” study was expanded and developed for the Corydon B. Dunham Fellowship for the First Amendment at Harvard Law School. Dunham was an NBC legal executive...

Attorney Joseph R. Lopez, "The Shark", Brings Trial Winning Streak to Drew Peterson Case & Closing Argument

2012-04-23T09:40:00.000-05:00

The criminal defense attorney who will deliver the closing argument when Drew Peterson goes on trial is on a roll, having won all three of his most his most recent jury trials, including two where...

Did The Vatican Cover-up a Child Kidnapping & Murder Due to Mafia Ties?

2012-04-18T09:13:00.000-05:00

The faint smell of incense and candle wax permeates the church of Sant’Apollinare near Rome’s famous Piazza Navona. The basilica is one of a handful of churches outside the walls of Vatican City...

“Mob Wives Chicago" Smears Italian Americans

2012-04-16T08:36:00.002-05:00

I’m a Chicagoan looking to join a public protest, and I’ve come up with a good one. Not against NATO or bankers on La Salle Street, but against a TV show being filmed in Chicago. It’s called “Mob...

James Formato Sentenced to 4 Years Prison for Role in Mob Ring

2012-04-04T03:35:00.000-05:00

A former crooked Berwyn cop was sentenced Tuesday to nearly four years in prison. James Formato admitted he couriered mob cash and provided inside law enforcement information to members of the...

Las Vegas Mob Museum Covers American Jewish History

2012-04-03T08:43:00.002-05:00

In the mid-20th century, a cadre of tough Jews, shedding the bookish bearing of exile, went forth to create a new society in a forbidding desert. Armed to the teeth, they lived outside the law and...

"Momo: The Sam Giancana Story"

2012-04-02T13:07:00.000-05:00

"Momo: The Sam Giancana Story" is the story of the legendary Chicago mob boss whose 1975 murder in his Oak Park kitchen remains unsolved. There are many questions about this 1950's and 60's successor...

5 West Coast Mob Travel Spots

2012-03-30T00:55:00.000-05:00

With a roster of names like Jimmy the Weasel, Tony the Ant, and Flipper Milano, you might think of characters from a kids cartoon. Well, fuhgeddaboudit. They're all West Coast mobsters. And, while...

Too Many Mob Museums in Las Vegas?

2012-03-26T10:26:00.000-05:00

On a recent Sunday afternoon, Jim Talbot of South Deerfield, Mass., emerged from the Mob Attraction in the Tropicana Las Vegas to give it a thumbs-up for its blend of information and...