Pressure mounts for Spitzer to step down Mar 15, 2008
Spitzer become known as the "Sheriff of Wall Street." Time magazine named him "Crusader of the Year," and the tabloids proclaimed him "Eliot Ness." The square-jawed graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law was sometimes mentioned as a potential presidential candidate. Spitzer's term as governor has been fraught with problems, including an unpopular plan to grant driver's licenses to illegal immigrants and a plot by his aides to smear his main Republican nemesis. (Journal Inquirer, CT)
Smithsonian Channel(TM) Commissions 'THE TRUE STORY,' Five-Hour Popular History Series From Dan Chambers and Blink Films Mar 15, 2008
The new series will explore the real-life history of Indiana Jones (The fourth movie in the series opens in May); Ian Fleming and his famous creation, James Bond; Eliot Ness and his band of FBI "Untouchables"; the infamous three-man escape from Alcatraz Prison in 1962; and the haunted house in Amityville, Long Island, New York. "Each situation or cast of characters is well-known from the movies but frequently the facts are even more fascinating than the fiction. In "THE TRUE STORY" we will... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
FROM THE BACK PORCH - Return of $2 Per Gallon Gas Calls For Government Action Mar 6, 2008
I don t see any Eliot Ness racket-buster candidates seeking the office. Trivia Time: When did people first start to use petroleum. (DeRidder Beauregard Daily News, LA)
CIA leak prosecutor back in his Chicago office hunting new corruption in Illinois politics Feb 22, 2008
Fitzgerald, the son of a New York City doorman, worked his way through college and was once described as "Eliot Ness with a Harvard law degree.". As a young assistant U.S. attorney in New York, he worked long hours and got assigned to major terrorism and organized crime cases. (International Herald Tribune)
Creator George Lucas' Critically Acclaimed The Adventures Of Young Indiana Jones Comes to Its Thrilling Conclusion on DVD April 29 Feb 5, 2008
Unfortunately, he also crosses paths with up-and-coming thug Al Capone and its only with the assistance of his dorm roommate, future Untouchable Eliot Ness, that Indy is able to solve a vicious murder and prevent himself from ending up in a pair of cement overshoes ... On the Trail of Eliot Ness. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Hollywood never lets facts get in the way of a good story Jan 24, 2008
THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987): Though Eliot Ness and Al Capone actually faced off during Prohibition, the events that transpire in this excellent period piece have little to do with the facts. History was far less entertaining. (The Augusta Chronicle)
John Vincent Coulter Jan 21, 2008
So it took me awhile to realize that by telling my friends that Father was an ex-FBI agent and a union-buster whose hobbies included rebuilding Volkswagens and shooting squirrels in our backyard, I was painting the image of a rough Eliot Ness type, rather than the cheerful, funny raconteur they would meet. Besides being very funny, Father had an absolutely straight moral compass without ever being preachy or judgmental or even telling us in words. (Human Events Online)
EU Raids Target Drug Firms Jan 18, 2008
The announcement of a "dawn raid" the police swooping on the unsuspecting targets might have conjured images from the Chicago of Al Capone and Eliot Ness, or from an episode of Miami Vice. Related Articles. (Time.com)
David Fincher Discusses Reunion With Brad Pitt, Possible 'Fight Club' Musical Jan 8, 2008
It's about the deconstruction of the myth of [Untouchables leader] Eliot Ness. It has way more to do with "Citizen Kane" than it has to do with "Seven." Ehren Kruger wrote a script that's pretty great. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Sports in 2007: One crazy year Dec 27, 2007
David Stern playing Eliot Ness. Cycling. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
The year in stupid Dec 20, 2007
Reported stolen: A plaque honoring famed crime fighter Eliot Ness. Where it is stolen from: Cleveland police headquarters. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Steroid use investigation is a carnival show Dec 19, 2007
Pressuring the weak-willed hangers on those who frequent sports training rooms to snitch on sports celebrities, many of whom have incomes that far exceed their maturity level, as a way to save themselves a few years in the slammer is not exactly the stuff of Eliot Ness; but it will inflate the yearly plea bargaining statistics. While one can certainly understand the angst a Clemens, an Andy Pettitte or a David Justice might feel in being linked however tenuously to the use of steroids or human... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
A crime buster, with his eye on the future Dec 11, 2007
He was, to the popular eye, Eliot Ness reincarnated, an unsparing prosecutor for a crime-shadowed age. And when the United States attorney in Manhattan resigned in January 1989, he earned a tabloid salute. (MSNBC -- Politics)
See Spitzer stumble Nov 25, 2007
Eliot Ness declared the tabloids. Time magazine called Eliot Spitzer Crusader of the Year, while People called him one of the sexiest politicians alive. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Boxed-Set Bonanza Nov 25, 2007
" Martin's straightforward production style informs this cop show as much as San Francisco itself and the unforgettable performances of Karl Malden and Michael Douglas. The four-disc, 14-episode package from the first season in 1972 also includes the pilot. On its own, it's not very good. The pace is languid, the writing forced and the acting only occasionally convincing. Guest stars Kim Darby and Robert Wagner are pretty awful. That said, it's a wonderful historical document as we see Malden... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Rock Hall of Fame profile, more attractions Nov 17, 2007
Specialty tours focus on markets, breweries, a "Steeples & Spires" church tour and an Eliot Ness tour focusing on homes and haunts frequented by the man who busted Al Capone. All tours depart from Trolley Tours station at the Powerhouse at Nautica on the West Bank of The Flats. (USA Today -- Life)
Globalization and the Corrupt States Nov 10, 2007
Thus the international organizations are in a permanent, and fruitless, search of an "honest" lawmaker, an Eliot Ness who will bust corruption and illegality. They fail to notice that governance structures respond to underlying incentives, and to expect an honest person to rise to power in a corrupt state is akin to expecting a person with no financial backing from big business to be elected president of the US. In both cases, the outcome of a political process reflects the country's underlying... (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, CT)
Pats aside, history filled with asterisks Nov 8, 2007
Al Capone loses freedom after long battle against Eliot Ness. Bookkeeper rats put the finger on Big Al. Until then, the Feds couldn't touch him. (USA Today -- Sports)
Chapman plaque key to Indians success? Oct 10, 2007
Raymond Johnson Chapman's grave sits under a giant maple tree at historic Lake View Cemetery, where President James A. Garfield, famed detective Eliot Ness and industrialist John D. Rockefeller are among the other famously interred. It's Sept. 24, one day after Cleveland clinched its first division title since 2001, and a warm breeze rustles clinging leaves which have yet to turn fall colors during another Indian summer afternoon. (Anchorage Daily News)
Witch Hunter in Chief Sep 28, 2007
Henry Waxman, now the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, as "The Scariest Guy in Washington." In the column by Karen Tumulty, the ultraliberal Beverly Hills Democrat is portrayed as "tenacious," and Tumulty says there is "no one tougher." Quoting from the left-wing magazine The Nation, she calls the Napoleonic Waxman the "Eliot Ness of the Democrats" and describes those who work for him as "one of the most highly regarded staffs on Capitol Hill." ... Henry... (Townhall.com)
'Bad Lieutenant'; Aug 29, 2007
"Listen, how many movies have been made about Jesse James and Eliot Ness? There are certain characters that are part of our literature and they will be revisited -- that's just the nature of it. There's a difference between appreciating something and putting it in amber.". A site spreads the insider insightInformation is currency in Hollywood, as in journalism, and everyone knows that having it first makes you richer, if just for a few hours. (Los Angeles Times)
A day in New Orleans | Aug 28, 2007
But that joie de vivre is cut with a dose of Eliot Ness. "I want every politician here to understand that if they're contemplating engaging in activity that furthers their own profit, either one, the person they're dealing with is working for the FBI, or two, they better look over their shoulder because the FBI is behind you," he says. (Los Angeles Times)
It may be a tackle even he can't elude Aug 18, 2007
If Eliot Ness was untouchable, Michael Vick may be unthinkable. I don't think you could have picked a more guaranteed loser problem, said Barbara Pinzka, the public relations specialist who once sought to rehabilitate Pete Rose. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Now it's dances with psychopaths Jul 12, 2007
Kevin Costner - famous for playing such tough guys as Crash Davis, Eliot Ness, Roy McAvoy and The Postman - has a confession to make. "I don't like scary movies," he says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
It was a very good year Jul 3, 2007
Spike Lee and Katie Couric were born, Bugs Moran and Eliot Ness died. And the Loudoun County High School Class of 1957 walked to the dais in the gym on June 5 and accepted their diplomas from Principal George Grove. (Loudoun Times Mirror, VA)
Pick of the day Jun 15, 2007
As a boy, Eliot Ness loved the Sherlock Holmes stories. As an adult, Ness himself became a crime-fighter, battling the bootleggers with the Treasury Department's Bureau of Prohibition. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
JOSE DE LA ISLA: Can the United States control its drug habit? Jun 14, 2007
Instead, something else might be more significant than the display of firepower and Eliot Ness tactics. And it was suggested by Calderon himself. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Oakmont's crash course Jun 12, 2007
U.S. Open courses are to the field what Eliot Ness was to mobsters. They always gets their man. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Fabulous fins flagged fleeting era 50 years ago Jun 10, 2007
Chrysler as well," said Greg Wallace, manager of General Motors' Heritage Center in Sterling Heights, Mich. The enduring popularity, not to mention collectibility, of Chevrolet's 1957 cars "speaks for itself," he said, adding, "The '57 Chevy was quite simply the best-looking car of the entire postwar era. " It was a golden era, but a fleeting one. It would end before the year was out. Fifty years ago, things were very different for the now-beleaguered Ford Motor Co. Ford's 1957 lineup was all... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Wine too snooty? Tours for beer aficionados Jun 7, 2007
Originally, hardworking locals bellied up - like famed crime-fighter Eliot Ness, who frequented the place decades earlier when it was called the Market Street Exchange ... He recommends the rich, sugary Eliot Ness Amber Lager for fried foods and any dish with tomato sauce. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Money Still Stalls the North Korea Nuclear Deal May 16, 2007
"The proud inheritors of Eliot Ness," Michael Green, a former top Asia hand at the White House, remarked Tuesday, "are being forced to find a way to transfer what amounts to drug money" back to accounts controlled by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Green, who now holds the Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and teaches at Georgetown University, said he is worried that the administration's policy switch risks "making it easier for them [the North Koreans] to get... (U.S. News & World Report)
The week aheadWhat may be grabbing the headlines in the next seven days May 7, 2007
The untouchable: It is 50 years since the death of Eliot Ness, the special FBI agent who headed the investigation into US gangster Al Capone. TUESDAY 8 MAY. (BBC News)
Defending Wolfowitz May 4, 2007
Yet this veritable Eliot Ness of development is now a subject of scorn, with the European Parliament proclaiming the other day, with unsuppressed glee, that Wolfowitz's "withdrawal from the post would be a welcome step toward preventing the bank's anti-corruption policy from being undermined.''To make the whole thing even more of a "slam dunk" (pardon the expression) from the lynch-mob standpoint, it is increasingly apparent that Wolfowitz is being cornered into a forced resignation.And yet, the... (Forbes -- Business)
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April 19, 1903: Eliot Ness, leader of the Untouchables, was born in Chicago, Illinois, on this day ... His work in Chicago was made into a movie The Untouchables in 1987 with Kevin Costner as Eliot Ness. (Searcy Daily Citizen, AR)
Eliot Ness plaque stolen from police HQ Apr 14, 2007
CLEVELAND -- Famed crime-fighter Eliot Ness' plaque is missing, stolen right from the Cleveland police headquarters. Ness, who earned his tough-on-crime reputation by taking on the mob and successfully prosecuting gangster Al Capone in Chicago, came to Cleveland in the 1930s to be the city's public safety director. (Albany Times Union)
New on DVD: 'Jonestown' will mesmerize Apr 13, 2007
After busting Al Capone in The Scarface Mob, Robert Stack's ace Fed, Eliot Ness, takes down Ma Barker, Mad Dog Coll, Bugs Moran, Dutch Schultz and more. The two-part pilot, included here, is directed by film-noir royalty Phil Karlson. (USA Today -- Life)
The Genius of Paying Politicians $1.6 Million: William Pesek Apr 13, 2007
Peers call him Indonesia's answer to Eliot Ness, the crime-fighter who brought down gangster Al Capone. Lubis's fight for legal change routinely invites death threats, underscoring the lengths to which businesspeople and politicians will go to protect the status quo from which they profit handsomely. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
`Bobby' doesn't accomplish ambitions Apr 10, 2007
Starring Robert Stack, the show about Eliot Ness' war with the Capone mob can look kind of creaky today -- especially in less than realistic fight scenes. But you can also see why it was considered so violent in its day; one shootout in a brewery ends with a lot of dead bodies sprawled in a pool of beer. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
New DVDs: Bobby Doris Day Collection Apr 10, 2007
Debuting in 1959, The Untouchables stars Robert Stack as federal agent Eliot Ness, who put 1930s gangster Al Capone behind bars. A four-disc set has the first 14 episodes, plus a movie version of the two-part pilot that aired on the Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Chicago Olympics would follow in Fairs' footsteps Apr 9, 2007
Eliot Ness wrote on April 08, 2007 6:19 PM:"Move both airports to Unincorporated Grundy County and you might have a slim chance. Maybe the states of New York,Massachusetts and California could chip in on the tab.". Sounds good wrote on April 08, 2007 6:04 PM:"Sounds like a great idea until they start taxing the state of Illinois. ". (The Pantagraph newspaper)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE NEWS BUDGET Apr 3, 2007
WASHN: One magazine famously referred to him as the Democrats' Eliot Ness. Another suggested recently that, as far as the Bush White House is concerned, he just might be the scariest guy in town. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Ian Brown: Chicago is gunning for Lord Black Mar 19, 2007
" He wrote that in 1951. Jeffrey Cramer, the young prosecutor who is expected to deliver the government's opening argument today, even looks like Eliot Ness, who put Al Capone in jail for 11 years for tax evasion. Lord Black, if found guilty on all counts, could reasonably face as many as 20 to 25 big ones, and by law would have to serve as much as 90 per cent of his sentence. In Canada, he'd be on full parole within 2 years. But the government's case is no slam dunk. Joseph Groia, a top... (Globe and Mail)
Where's Rove? Jury sympathises with the fall guy Mar 7, 2007
MINUTES after Lewis Libby's guilty verdict was read, Pat Fitzgerald did his best Eliot Ness impression as his prosecution team marched, Untouchables-style, across the courthouse plaza under a perfect blue sky. But it did not take long for the clouds to roll in. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
The Spartans are coming Mar 6, 2007
Back in 480BC, on the cliffs of Thermopylae, it s unlikely that the band of Spartans repelling the Persian hordes thought of anything beyond slicing off a few heads, a quick bit of boy love and perhaps a kebab on the way home. Time has elevated their sacrifice, which ultimately saved the Greek city states from conquest, into a defining moment for western freedom. (Times Online)
Director David Fincher: Beyond The Zodiac, By Kurt Loder Mar 3, 2007
Man behind 'Se7en'/ 'Fight Club' talks about new film, Eliot Ness, singing totalitarians ... Among other things, we talked about such possible future projects as "Torso," based on the Brian Michael Bendis comic about the latter-day involvement of gang-buster Eliot Ness with a Midwestern miscreant known as the Cleveland Torso Murderer ... I'm not interested in the serial killer thing, I'm interested in Eliot Ness. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Bruins bruise Bengals: Njos scores 18 to pace Bruin boys Feb 14, 2007
Of course this isn t Al Capone s nemesis Eliot Ness, but Capital High s Matt Njos (pronounced Ness), who scored a game-high 18 points to lift the Bruins over Helena High 60-54. He s a heck of a competitor, Capital head coach Guy Almquist said of his sophomore point guard. (Helena Independent Record)
Look for Petersen's return to 'CSI,' 'Untouchables' on DVD Feb 4, 2007
Paramount Home Entertainment is slated to release a "Season One, Volume One" DVD set of the famously violent show - which starred Robert Stack as mobster-tracking U.S. Treasury agent Eliot Ness - on April 3. I know that ABC canceled "Day Break." Are there plans to show the remaining episodes on the ABC Web site. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
'Untouchables Tour' a hit in Chicago Feb 1, 2007
Finally, with the help of federal Prohibition Bureau agent Eliot Ness, head of a special unit dubbed "The Untouchables," Capone was brought down by income tax evasion charges. The Associated PressCapone, center, jokes with his lawyers, Michael Ahern, left, and Albert Fink during his trial for income tax evasion. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Foolproof Way To Nail Babes Jan 30, 2007
"They'd have their dates over in Bob's apartment and there'd be drinking and carrying on, and eventually they'd go into the bedroom where they had flags of different countries around the world. And if the girl couldn't identify what country the flag was from, she had to put out. It was like, 'Ooh, you don't know? You're going to have to go back to school. I'd better give you some lessons.' " The book will also tell how "Desi Arnaz once challenged Frank Sinatra on his mob connections and almost... (New York Post -- Gossip)
Chicago visitors still look for traces of Al Capone Jan 29, 2007
Finally, with the help of federal Prohibition Bureau agent Eliot Ness, head of a special unit dubbed The Untouchables, Capone was brought down by income tax evasion charges. Convicted after a trial in which his men tried to bribe jurors, Capone spent seven years in federal prison. (MSNBC -- Travel)
A Glance Back at Lakeland's 1956-57 State Title Season Jan 28, 2007
Deaths: Humphrey Bogart, joseph McCarthy, Christian Dior, Oliver Hardy, Eliot Ness. WHERE ARE THEY NOW. (The Ledger)
The Scariest Guy in Washington Nov 29, 2006
Come January, however, the man that the liberal Nation magazine once called the "Eliot Ness of the Democrats" can do even more, thanks to the two words that strike fear in the heart of every government official: subpoena power. As the new chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, Waxman will have free rein to investigate, as he puts it, "everything that the government is involved with." And the funny thing is, Waxman can thank the Republicans for the unique set of levers he will hold. (Time.com)
Review: 'Stranger' thinks better than it is Nov 14, 2006
Hanks was playing a Fed, and I'm not too sure Eliot Ness fits the bill either. Maybe Charles Martin Smith's "Untouchables" accountant character. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Street fighter takes on the state Nov 4, 2006
Eliot Ness in reverse ... Eliot Spitzer is an Eliot Ness in reverse. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Diebold's screens need closer look Oct 31, 2006
The business also has brought unaccustomed criticism to a company that built its reputation protecting bank customers and once hired retired "untouchable" Eliot Ness as its chairman. The T-man's distant successor, Walden O'Dell, vowed in 2003 that he was "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president." The company distanced itself from the remarks, and O'Dell said he only meant them as a Bush fund-raiser. (AZCentral -- Business)
Back in the day, party was over when men in suits showed up Oct 22, 2006
Until suddenly our flat turned into a speakeasy infiltrated by Eliot Ness ... True, no one wearing an Eliot Ness costume had even come into our flat. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Watch extras Oct 5, 2006
In "The Untouchables" (1987), Robert De Niro, as Al Capone, says he wanted Eliot Ness dead so he could go to his house in the middle of the night and "piss on his ashes.". Information gathered from IMDB.com (International Movie Database. (Daily Orange, NY)
Jerry Brown, Reborn as Eliot Ness, Aims to Be Top California Crime-Buster Sep 28, 2006
Jerry Brown, Eliot Ness Fan, Aims to Be California Crime-Buster ... He quotes Jim Malone, played by Connery, who tells Kevin Costner's Eliot Ness how to fight crime: ``They pull a knife, you pull a gun. (Bloomberg -- US)
New festival features Iowa film makers Sep 23, 2006
The spirit of the film maker can get easily lost," said Fossey.The center rolled out the red carpet Friday night for the showcased filmmakers and area film buffs. The guests were treated to the Cedar Valley premiere of Collins' "Eliot Ness: An Untouchable Life" following an hourlong meet and greet. Another Collins' film, "Caveman: V.T. Hamlin and Alley Oop" will be shown this evening at 6 p.m. Collins will also be available for a question and answer session.Following the film, another group of... (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Festival features homegrown filmmakers Sep 23, 2006
The guests were treated to the Cedar Valley premiere of Collins Eliot Ness: An Untouchable Life following an hourlong meet and greet. Another Collins film, Caveman: V.T. Hamlin and Alley Oop will be shown this evening at 6 p.m. Collins will also be available for a question and answer session. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Max Allan Collins Film Expo to spotlight Iowa filmmakers Sept. 22-24 Sep 10, 2006
Originally produced as a play, Collins' "Eliot Ness" culminates decades of research by the author and was filmed in an intense five-day shoot, only the second Iowa feature to be shot on high-definition video ... "Mingle with the Makers," reception and screening of "Eliot Ness: An Untouchable Life," 6:30 p.m. Sept. 22. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
If you’re on drugs, prosecutor Todd Bjerke is on your case Aug 21, 2006
He is the Eliot Ness of La Crosse County. A passion to help. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Selig, time not on Bonds' side Jul 19, 2006
Eliot Ness and the T-Men couldn't get Big Al on murder, so they busted him for tax fraud. Word from San Francisco has it Bonds is being investigated for tax evasion, money laundering and possibly perjuring himself the last time he appeared before a grand jury, which was in the BALCO case when he denied knowingly using steroids. (AZCentral -- Sports)
Anderson's wish to pinch hit for Bonds makes him a fool Jul 9, 2006
Criminologists seem to think that, if they're ever going to get Bonds, it will be the way Eliot Ness finally nailed Al Capone, for income tax evasion, and I wouldn't be so sure of that. Eliot Ness is dead. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Mirvish's Lord may close by Labour Day Jun 28, 2006
Partly because of his relentless style and partly because he's in Chicago, Fitzgerald is a latter-day Eliot Ness crime-fighter. In asking a judge to revoke Black's $20 million (U.S.) bail and put him behind bars immediately a motion turned down on Monday Fitzgerald made reference to Black's donation. (Toronto Star -- Arts)
