Whoa. Call me Glenn Frey because the heat is ON. Right after rebuffing the bulletproof "glass sardine can" Pope-mobile, Pope Francis traveled to the hub of an Italian crime syndicate and straight up excommunicated members of the Mafia from the Church. » 6/22/14 1:45pm 6/22/14 1:45pm

The curious case of a kidnapped pony in Italy is really an example of the sort of once-in-a-lifetime story that really reward the dedicated news cyclist. While attending the 47th annual National Horse Fair in Italy, Charlie, a 63 cm-tall pony billed by his apparently inattentive owners as the world’s smallest pony,… » 9/14/13 3:00pm 9/14/13 3:00pm

I don't know if this holds true for anyone else, but one of the first sex scenes that really blew my head off as an impressionable, unbecoming child was Sonny Corleone (James Caan) at the wedding in The Godfather. So I'll cop to an ensuing weakness for Mafia moll stories of all kinds, from Goodfellas' Karen to Tony's… » 4/21/12 5:30pm 4/21/12 5:30pm

Cheryl Gray, 50, met Wylie Iwan, 35, on Mafia Wars. The two never met in real life, but now she's suing him for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress because he told her he loved her, requested and accepted gifts from her, and then dumped her. » 7/13/11 5:55pm 7/13/11 5:55pm

The FBI succeeded in tracking down fugitive mob boss Whitey Bulger after sixteen years after it focused on the habits and associates of his girlfriend, Catherine Greig. The FBI "began broadcasting public service television advertisements on shows geared to women viewers such as Dr. Oz," and distributed information… » 6/23/11 12:50pm 6/23/11 12:50pm

Considering how invested Renee Graziano is in the mafia "lifestyle"—of which she adamantly repeats her disgust for "stool pigeons" and "rats"—it's incredibly bizarre that she would open up her world to reality TV cameras as part of Mob Wives, the new VH1 series that follows four Staten Island women who have to go it… » 4/18/11 12:55pm 4/18/11 12:55pm

It's for Mob Candy, America's favorite monthly Bible-digest about "Mafia politics, pleasures, and power." Is it just me, or did the art director completely overdo it with the Photoshop? Her face looks waxen from here. (via Celebrity Magnet.) » 1/22/11 2:00pm 1/22/11 2:00pm

Caroline Manzo of The Real Housewives of New Jersey says of her father-in-law being found dead in his trunk in 1984, "there was never so much as an accusation of him being involved in organized crime." The county prosecutor's office responds: "his association with organized crime was well-known." [Daily Beast] » 5/26/09 1:40pm 5/26/09 1:40pm

The father-in-law of three cast members — Dina, Caroline, and Jacqueline—was involved with the Gambino family…before he was found shot to death in the trunk of his car. [NY Daily News] » 4/27/09 12:20pm 4/27/09 12:20pm