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Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), commonly nicknamed Scarface, was an Italian-American gangster who led a crime syndicate dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging of liquor and other illegal activities during the Prohibition Era of the 1920s and 1930s.

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UN Under-Secretary General Ibrahim Gambari, center, looks on as Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos, left, and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, right, shake hands before their meeting at a UN compound in UN buffer zone in divided capital of Nicosia, Cyprus, in this Saturday, July 8, 2006, file photo. Papadopoulos died from lung cancer on Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. Papadopoulos, 74, was admitted to Nicosia General Hospital with severe breathing problems and was diagnosed with lung cancer. Papadopoulos was president of the ethnically divided island from 2003 to 2008. He led Greek Cypriots into rejecting a U.N.-brokered reunification plan in a 2004 referendum over fears it was unworkable. Tassos Papadopoulos
MIAMI BEACH, FL - MARCH 19: Kim Kardashian is seen on March 19, 2010 in Miami Beach, Florida. Miami Beach
Musicians Lloyd, left, and Rick Ross talk to each at at the 8th annual BMI Urban Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. Rick Ross
Actress Anika Noni Rose (R), the voice of Princess Tiana, poses with rap and hip-hop artist Ne-Yo as they arrive for the world premiere screening of Disney's 'The Princess and The Frog,' at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California on November 15, 2009. Princess Tiana is Disney's newest princess, as well as the studio's first African-American princess. Anika Noni Rose
SAN FRANCISCO - MAY 21: James Teiser (L) and Stuart Proffitt, dressed as Franklin Delano Roosevelt (R) stand with a wax figure of US President Barack Obama aboard the USS Potomac en route to the Wax Museum at Fisherman's Wharf May 21, 2009 in San Francisco, California. The wax figure of President Obama traveled across the San Francisco Bay to the wax museum aboard the USS Potomac, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidential yacht. Franklin D. Roosevelt
FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2010 file photo, Democratic candidate for Illinois lieutenant governor Scott Lee Cohen with son, Jacob, and fiancee, Karen Reisman, drops out of the election during press conference at a bar in Chicago. The photo by Scott Strazzante of the Chicago Tribune was chosen as the Illinois member photo of the month for February 2010. Chicago Tribune
Police officers inspect the graves of two Cyprus Archbishops at a cemetery in the capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Sunday, March 21, 2010, after grave robbers are thought to have plundered the graves of the two Archbishops. Grave robbers stole the remains of two Cyprus Archbishops who led the island's Greek Orthodox church in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, police said. Police spokesman Michalis Katsounotos said the Archbishops' coffins were found missing after officers responded to a pre-dawn fire at a downtown Nicosia graveyard where the tombs of Sofronios III and Kyrillos II are located. Cyprus
Customers sit at the century-old mahogany bar of the Great Lakes Brewing Company in Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday, May 12, 2007. While famed crime-fighter Eliot Ness frequented the place decades ago when it was known as the Market Street Exchange, the Great Lakes Brewery now entertains guest and tourists from around the nation who come to enjoy their local brews. Eliot Ness
This image provided by profilesinhistory.com shows a first-edition copy of Bram Stoker's "Dracula," that has been signed not only by Stoker but also Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff and other horror film notables. This is one of several items from Forrest J Ackerman's estate set to be auctioned off. Boris Karloff
JACKSONVILLE, FL - MARCH 19: Terrell Kennedy #52 of the Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions drives around Miles Plumlee #21 of the Duke Blue Devils during the first round of the 2010 NCAA men's basketball tournament at Jacksonville Veteran's Memorial Arena on March 19, 2010 in Jacksonville, Florida. Arkansas
A firefighter walks behind a burning tanker truck Monday, Dec. 1, 2008, after it rolled off the road and exploded north of Cairo, Ohio. Timothy Dawson, 31, of Cridersville was driving the Ottawa Oil Co. tanker carrying 8,500 gallons of gasoline northbound said Sgt. Rick Sanchez, of the Lima post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Dawson told troopers he reached to grab something in his cab when the truck went off the road. Then when Dawson swerved to get back on the road, the weight of the fuel in the tanker shifted, causing it to overturn. Rick Sanchez
ORLANDO, FL - MAY 10: Lindsey Hunter #10 of the Detroit Pistons reacts after chasing down the rebound as time expired in the vitory over the Orlando Magic in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Semifinals during the 2008 NBA Playoffs at the Amway Arena on May 10, 2008 in Orlando, Florida. The Pistons defeated the Magic 89-90. Amway
FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2008 file photo, singer Kelis, left, and Nas pose on the press line at the Entertainment Weekly Island Def Jam Grammy party in Los Angeles. Nas
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: Peter Orszag, director of the Office of Management and Budget, speaks on a mobile phone before President Barack Obama spoke to the Democratic Caucus about the need to pass the Health Care Reform bill on Capitol Hill, March 20, 2010 in Washington, DC. The House is expected to vote on the bill on Sunday, March 21. Barack Obama
Former Chicago Bulls basketball player Michael Jordan, right, watches an NBA basketball game between the Miami Heat and Charlotte Bobcats with an unidentified woman in Miami, Saturday, March 20, 2010. Michael Jordan
U.S. director Brian De Palma, right, receives from jury member and Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu the Silver Lion for best director for his movie "Redacted" at the 64th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice,Italy, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007. Brian De Palma
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, right, autographs a copy of the New York Daily News for John Iorio, 27, of Brooklyn, as he greets New Yorkers in the Brooklyn borough of New York after winning a reelection bid, Wednesday Nov. 4, 2009. New York Daily News

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