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Angelo Amico was a significant organized crime boss in Rochester and western New York during the mid 20th century and after. One newspaper article described him as part of the "new leadership" among mobsters. In one of his trials he was indicted for extorting gambling revenue from sixteen...

John "Poppa John" Priziola was a lynchpin Mafioso in the annals of Detroit, Michigan crime. He was notorious as a receiver of narcotics for a heroin smuggling syndicate that thrived in the mid twentieth century. His crimes and illicit activities were a focus of the McClellan U.S. Senate...

Andy Warhol was shot by a radical feminist at the studio he regularly called The Factory. Near Union Square the date was June 3, 1968. Warhol was busy opening his mail when the woman walked in dressed in a trench coat. She had a loaded weapon in one of its pockets. As usual the place was bustling...

It's a summary of what occurs during a routine traffic stop of members of the general public. It also contains a list of things you should and should not do before, during, and after a traffic stop. This list is not all inclusive, that would be too vast, but it does cover the most common occurrences.

The Gambino and Bonanno crime families struggled over the mozzarella cheese business in Pennsylvania, South New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania. An FBI sting operation in Buffalo, New York began the unraveling of a Gambino family operation that smuggled heroin into the United States from Milan,...

Relating the blues to American social and literary history and to Afro-American expressive culture, Houston A. Baker, Jr., offers the basis for a broader study of American culture at its "vernacular" level. He shows how the "blues voice" and its economic undertones are both central to the American narrative and characteristic of the Afro-American way of telling it.

A smart and witty take on strategy . . . an essential business topic Every day, millions of professionals around the world discuss strategy, and they assume that everyone else in the room defines "strategy" the same way. But they don't. Howell J. Malham Jr. has created a simply designed...

Think life in the country is boring? You won’t after you read this collection. From the unsolved to the unusual. From the historical to the hysterical. From the famous to the friendly. This is life in the Maryland mountains. * Did you know that a Russian prince once worked as a priest...

From the unsolved to the unusual. From the historical to the hysterical. From the famous to the friendly. This is life in the Maryland mountains. Did you know that a Russian prince once worked as a priest in Cumberland? Have you heard the story about the German POW camp near Flintstone during WWII?...

An American Airlines transcontinental flight crashed into the Mississippi River near midnight on February 10, 1944. The cause of the crash has never been entirely explained. The Civil Aeronautics Board promised additional investigation into the tragedy but never went through with it. The plane had...

In 1926 James Knox Walker, staff civil engineer in charge of building at A&M, and his new bride moved onto the campus of what was then known as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. The greater community, of which this small on-campus neighborhood was a part, was known simply as “College.”...

Over The Edge: The Snake River Miracle Frantically, I pumped the brakes. The road was slick. The tires hit the heavy snow on the shoulder and pulled me toward the edge. In an instant I was airborne. The headlights shone into the black abyss, reflecting only the blizzard-driven snow. The thought...

This book, entitled “The Hamburger Story of Investing”, conveys an easy-to-understand story about three entrepreneurs who started a hamburger restaurant, with a relatively small amount of money, and grew their start-up business into a multi-national, blue chip corporation, and consistent growth...

“The guru of ’que . . . [is] well equipped for his mission: securing South Carolina’s rightful claim as home to the nation’s first and best barbeque” (South Carolina Living).   South Carolina has been home to good, old-fashioned barbeque for quite a long time. Hundreds of restaurants,...