NEW YORK, April 9 (UPI) -- Papers filed in New York's Brooklyn Supreme Court show actor James Gandolfini has requested his deposition for a lawsuit not be videotaped.

NEW YORK, March 24 (UPI) -- James Gandolfini admits preparing to star in the new Broadway play "God of Carnage" was a bit nerve-racking, but says he's now having fun with it.

PALERMO, Italy, March 17 (UPI) -- Mafia families in Italy are suffering an identity crisis and could benefit from psychiatric help, says a study from the University of Palermo.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Despite Moscow's assurances of support and cooperation in efforts to defeat the Taliban, Russia appears to be working hard to undermine NATO supply lines to the troops in Afghanistan.

NEW YORK, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, James Gandolfini and Marcia Gay Harden have signed on to star in Yasmina Reza's new play "God of Carnage" on Broadway.

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ST. PETE BEACH, Fla., Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Michael Finnerty, mayor of St. Pete Beach, Fla., says he'd rather not be mistaken for the Michael Finnerty recently indicted as a Gotti crime family figure.

LOS ANGELES, July 8 (UPI) -- U.S. actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler has confirmed she is to appear in a three-episode arc on the Hollywood-themed television comedy series "Entourage."

NEW YORK, May 28 (UPI) -- Dozens of costumes from the recently wrapped U.S. mob drama "The Sopranos" reportedly are heading to the auction block to raise money for charity.