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Marking the ‘Year of the Gangster’

It seems that both Hollywood and the FBI have declared 2009 “The Year of the Gangster.”

Harriet Baskas writes 's popular weekly column, The Well-Mannered Traveler. She is the author of the , and a columnist for USATODAY.com. You can follow her on .