Robert DeNiro's played a lot of crooks in his time -- from Vito Corleone to Al Capone -- and now he's tackling yet another: Bernie Madoff.
Accused Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout knowingly sold weapons to those he believed to be Colombian narco-rebels who intended to kill Americans, prosecutors said in opening statements in Bout's trial Wednesday.
After evading international authorities for nearly two decades, alleged international arms and drug smuggler Viktor Bout, widely dubbed the "merchant of death" by his accusers, went on trial in New York Tuesday.
You're reading CNN.com, so maybe this isn't a stress-inducing worry in your house, but for too many kids in this country, reading is a dirty word. Fortunately, we know exactly whom we have to talk to in order to start a much-needed intervention.
What are the most reviled institutions in America? Next to big banks and oil companies, it's probably the teachers unions. The National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers have more than 4 million members between them and spend tens of millions on lobbying and other political activities every year. Legislators in both parties are moving to reduce their bargaining power and limit their pension booty. Last year's ballyhooed documentary Waiting for Superman makes teachers union leaders look like Al Capone with a picket sign. Parents demand to know why Billy and Susie's lousy first-grade teacher gets lifelong job protection when assembly-line workers are laid off by the thousands.
A section of Oakland, California has earned the nickname "Oak-sterdam." CNN's Ted Rowlands explains why.
Now that those awful soccer horns have finally stopped blowing, could we please maybe all quiet down and perhaps just have some nice, subdued games? Good grief, has sports ever endured such a summer of excess? Everything has been overdone, over-long, over-emphasized, over the top. And, of course, most of it has been foisted on us, relentlessly, by the television network of which sports is now a wholly-owned subsidiary: ESPN ... or, more accurately: ExcessPN.
The reputed hideout of infamous mobster Al Capone sold to Chippewa Valley Bank of Wisconsin for $2.6 million, according to CNN affiliate KBJR affiliate in Duluth, Minnesota.
Al Capone's legend of bootlegging, gangland slayings and tax evasion lives on more than 60 years after the Chicago gangster's death. Now comes a footnote that is a sign of the times: foreclosure.
What do Spiderman, Al Capone's silk boxer shorts and a waterproof hiking jacket have in common?
The Great Depression is in full swing. Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years behind bars for tax evasion. Dick Tracy debuts in the comics. The George Washington Bridge opens.
New York City runs vintage subways on Sundays in December. CNN's Phil Rosenbaum reports.
The FBI earned its reputation hunting down bank robbers and other outlaws in the heydays of Bonnie and Clyde and Al Capone.
CNN's Kelli Arena reports on the efforts the FBI puts forth in the battle against terrorism.
We hope your initial reaction to this story wasn't "Wait, when is tax day again?" If you haven't filed yet, you'd better hurry. You don't want to find yourself on this list next year.
An investigation has been launched to investigate whether drug firms have been fixing the market to squeeze out copycat medicines
You may think you have the worst boss in the Western Hemisphere, but if you've never had to dodge a cell phone, been fired over a breakfast pastry or had your work referred to as "a complete and utter mess," you probably have it better than you realize.
A federal jury has found former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby guilty on four of five counts in his perjury and obstruction of justice trial.
James Bond's car -- really, the James Bond car -- will be going up for auction in January. Cars custom-built for Al Capone and Hank Williams Jr. will also be for sale at the same event.
James Bond's car -- really, the James Bond car --will be going up for auction in January. Cars custom-built for Al Capone and Hank Williams, Jr. will also be for sale at the same event.
Golfing in Chicago is not for the timid. After all, this is the Windy City, the City of Big Shoulders, that toddlin' town. This is Al Capone's old stomping grounds.
A pork festivalupdated: Mon Nov 29 2004 14:37:00
One reason the $388 billion spending measure that Congress rushed to approve by Thanksgiving is 3,320 pages long is that lawmakers have stuffed it with pork-barrel prizes.
Fortune: White-Collar Woesupdated: Mon May 12 2003 00:01:00
For two years former star CSFB banker Frank Quattrone has been in the cross hairs of regulators for allegedly pressuring analysts and doling out cheap IPO shares to favored clients. Last week feder...
Money Magazine: The Big Fixupdated: Sun Dec 01 2002 00:01:00
Controversy erupted as soon as then SEC chairman Harvey Pitt began pushing for William Webster, former director of the FBI and CIA, to head the new accounting oversight board in late October. Many ...
Just like today's most sophisticated pirates, yesterday's used an underground banking system to hide their loot. This system was literally underground, of course, and spadefuls of doubloons still t...
Nexis, as ever our guide to ideas in the wind, confirms that a large new question has been laid on the table. It concerns legitimacy. Here we allude not to the marital status of various folks' natu...
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