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    dheiowelhlledf n Cicero[edit] The Torrio-Capone organization‚ as well as the Sicilian-American Genna crime family‚ competed with the North Side Gang of Dean O’Banion. In May 1924‚ O’Banion discovered that their Sieben Brewery was going to be raided by federal agents and sold his share to Torrio. After the raid‚ both O’Banion and Torrio were arrested.[17] Torrio’s people murdered O’Banion in revenge on October 10‚ 1924‚ provoking a gang war.[18][19] In 1925‚ Torrio was severely injured in an attack

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    On February 14‚ 1929 at 2122 North Clark Street seven members of George “Bugs” Moran’s gang were shot down by four members of Al Capones gang. Bugs managed to escape Capone’s special “Valentines Day surprise”. This marked the beginning of an era where Capone was not messed with anymore (“Blood‚ Roses‚ and Valentines”‚ 2008). This is why St.Valentines Day Massacre is such a big event. The events that led up to this moment was nothing short of eventful. Dean O’Banion and Bugs Moran were the leaders

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    mob) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson) Don Juan DeMarco (Brando’s patient) Dead Man (accountant at the wrong place at the wrong time) Cry-Baby (a ‘50s singer) Arizona Dream (Jerry Lewis’s nephew)  THE TIM-BURTON’S-ALTER-EGO JOHNNY: Edward Scissorhands (Golden Globe-nominated performance as a boy with scissors for hands‚ opposite Winona Ryder) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Golden Globe-nominated performance as candy mogul Charlie) Sweeney Todd (Oscar-nominated and Golden

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    Johnny Cash came from humble beginnings and overcome personal destruction to become an influential and successful artist. Johnny Cash was born on February 26‚ 1932 in Kingsland‚ Arkansas; he was one of seven children born to Ray and Carrie Cash. His family moved to Dyess‚ Arkansas when he was three‚ so that his father could farm. They bought a five bedroom house and farmed twenty acres of cotton and other crops. The son of Southern Baptist sharecroppers‚ Cash began playing guitar and writing songs

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    The Setting and Characters in The Killers The locations where the story takes place is the lunchroom and the boarding house. Take a look at the names you find out in the first line that the diner is called "Henry?s lunchroom." Except George is the guy running the place. We never really know or find out anything about who Henry is or his life.. Then you take a look at the boarding house which is owned by Mrs. Hirsch but the landlady we meet is Mrs. Bell. Mr Hirsch is a lot like Henry in the fact

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    R v Hester [2007] EWCA Crim 2127 Court of Appeal The appellant was a police officer who had become involved with a criminal enterprise involving blackmail of two wealthy businessmen‚ Scragg and Phillips‚ who provided payroll services to the construction industry. The appellant’s co-defendant‚ McKay‚ had contacted Scragg and arranged a business meeting in a pub. When Scragg turned up he was attacked by a gang who were waiting for him and falsely imprisoned in an upstairs room of the pub. Phillips

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    One quiet night‚ Cohn was heading over to the O’Leary barn for a famous gambling game. Legend has it that Mrs.O’Leary’s cow knocked over a kerosene lamp and that started the fire. Others believe that “Pegleg” Sullivan started it‚ or Bella’s comet did it. But in reality‚ Louis M. Cohn was the one who started the Great Chicago fire. Louis Cohn started the fire during his famous gambling night. He was the only culprit who admitted to starting the fire. So‚ if he didn’t do it‚ who did? Louis M

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    1. Al Capone a. Alphonse "Al" Capone (January 17‚ 1899 – January 25‚ 1947) b. Smuggling and bootlegging liquor‚ and other illegal activities such as prostitution‚ in Chicago from the early 1920s to 1931. c. He made various charitable endeavors using the money he made from his activities‚ and was viewed by many to be a "modern-day Robin Hood". d. It was said that Capone ordered the 1929 Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre in the Lincoln \ Park

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    Favorite Actor; Johnny Depp My favorite actor is Johnny Depp. Personally‚ I haven’t watched too many of his movies but I’ve watched enough to know what an astonishing actor he is. From playing a man with scissors instead of hands‚ to being a rowdy pirate‚ to owning a chocolate factory‚ I believe he’s one of the greatest actors in filmmaking history. Johnny Depp was born in Kentucky‚ on June 9th‚ 1963 but was raised in Florida. In his early life‚ Depp was considered a “rebel” and into narcotics

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    Sacco and Vanzetti Trial On April 15‚ 1920 a paymaster for a shoe company in South Braintree‚ Massachusetts was shot and killed. The killers were described as Italian men who escaped with $15‚776.51. Police found Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in a car shop with what they believed to be what was used as the getaway car. What turns out to have happened though is that Sacco and Vanzetti had participated in a separate crime on the same day as the robbery and killing. Police believed that both

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