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The Teamsters Lawyer Who Represented Hoffa

Attorney Bill Bufalino represented Jimmy Hoffa for decades until his mobster cousin Russell Bufalino wanted the union president gone.We all love a good mobster movie, especially when it reveals some of the most cold-blooded players of America’s underbelly enjoying the most mundane aspects of everyday life. This is the idea behind a scene in Martin Scorsese’s new film, The Irishman, which depicts a mobster-filled wedding hosted by mob lawyer and cousin of the Pennsylvania godfather, Bill Bufalino.

The Ten Most Incredible Lightning Photographs

A Beautiful Lightning Display Over Ikaria Source: Chris Kotsiopoulos This composite of 70 different shots shows a severe lighting storm as it passes over the Greek island of Ikaria. The Lightning of Catatumbo, Venezuela Source:Alan Highton Flickr A unique atmospheric phenomenon, the Catatumbo Lightning only occurs in one specific location: where the Catatumbo River empties into Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. Cloud-to-Cloud Lightning Source: Earth Science Picture of the Day Often seen as a single flash, cloud-to-cloud lightning spreads multiple fingers across the sky as seen here above Gurnee, Illinois.

The Time Activist Turned Actor Samuel L. Jackson Held MLK Sr. Hostage

After staging a two-day lock-in of King and the other trustees of Morehouse College in 1969, Jackson ended up on the FBI's watchlist.Samuel L. Jackson/Hollywood ReporterJackson proudly wears a shirt emblazoned with the face of Civil Rights activist Angela Davis in 1969. In the last three decades, Samuel L. Jackson has turned himself into a household name. But before becoming a box office marvel, Jackson was a fledgling civil rights activist.

Tightrope Walker Karl Wallenda Fell To His Death On Live Television

Karl Wallenda's final – and tragic – tightrope walk was caught on video in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Getty Images Karl Wallenda walks the tightrope. Karl Wallenda had been performing stunts since he was six years old. He was trained to walk on a high wire, cycle across a tightrope, and balance as one of a seven-man pyramid. Rarely was a safety net used. For him, it seemed, nothing was impossible.

Was Ellen Greenberg's Death A Suicide Or Murder?

Ever since the Philadelphia teacher was found dead in her apartment on January 26, 2011, her family has been convinced that she was murdered.Greenberg FamilyEllen Greenberg, 27, was discovered stabbed to death in the apartment she shared with her fiancé in 2011. On Jan, 26, 2011, Ellen Greenberg was found dead in her Philadelphia apartment with 20 stab wounds. Despite this, investigators determined that the 27-year-old teacher had died by suicide.