Article: Web site helps Sicilian businesses defy Mafia bullying.(Front)(Website overview)

Byline: FRANCES D'EMILIO

By Frances D'Emilio

The Associated Press

PALERMO, Sicily

When it came down to business, Cosa Nostra could always count on fear.

No more.

In a rebellion shaking the Sicilian Mafia to its centuries-old roots, businesses are joining forces in refusing to submit to demands for protection money called "pizzo."

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