For decades the mafia had New York City in a stranglehold with law enforcement

seemingly powerless to intervene.

It uses terror to extort people.

But the murder of Carmie Galante marked the beginning of the end.

It sent the message that we can prosecute these people.

Listen to law and order criminal justice System on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or production of I Heart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast. Today's tip is to solve

one nagging problem today.

Don't let something that is not quite right be a drain on your energy.

Tackling just one thing means you'll get it done, and you'll also make your life a little better.

I am guessing that a lot of us have nagging problems that regularly jerk us.

For instance, for a long time the door on my four-year-old's bedroom squeaked.

If I was slipping out after he fell asleep, I worried I was going to wake him.

Or this, to get from our front door to the path to the pool

you had to cross a patch of gravel.

That is fine and shoes, but bad with bare feet.

That was a problem for barefooted kids coming to and from the pool who sometimes then needed to be carried.

I realized recently that I'd bought my 17-year-old a bunch of movie posters years ago,

and they were still in the mailers they'd come in.

I kept getting junk email from some company in a foreign language, and it was not obvious to me which link

was the unsubscribed one. So I just hit delete and punt it forward getting more

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