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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010
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 Cabbage Patch CEO 
 Snags Madoff Pad 

Take a look at what $9M will get you in New York City

Feb 7, 10 8:06 AM CST

 Madoff's 
 Brother 
 Target of 
 Crime Probe 

Peter Madoff subject of 'wide-ranging' Ponzi scheme inquiry

Jan 28, 10 5:54 AM CST

Madoff Injured by Falling Out of Bed: Source

Ponzi schemer has facial fractures; lawyer blames dizziness

Dec 24, 09 2:14 PM CST

Madoff Sent
to Prison's Medical Wing

But there's no word from officials on
what's wrong

Dec 23, 09 4:19 PM CST
prison profile

In Jail, Bernie Madoff Is
'the Godfather, the Don'

He's making buddies and earning the respect of fellow con artists

Dec 10, 09 8:29 PM CST
INSULT TO INJURY

 Help Wanted: 
 No Madoffs Need Apply 

Even those cleared of wrongdoing can't find finance work

Dec 10, 09 11:40 AM CST
MADOFF STRIKES AGAIN

 Uma Thurman, Fiancé Split 

Somehow, Cindy Adams ties breakup with Arpad Busson to Bernie Madoff

Dec 8, 09 10:00 AM CST
TO THE BIDDER GO THE SPOILS

 Madoff Auction Nabs $1M 

Yours for only $6K—schemer's college ring

Nov 15, 09 9:27 AM CST

FBI Arrests
Two More
Madoff Aides

Pair of computer programmers helped hide scheme, feds say

Nov 13, 09 9:17 AM CST
GOING ONCE...

 Madoff's Stuff Up for Sale 

Feds hope to score $500K off jailed fraudster's possessions

Nov 10, 09 6:50 AM CST

Madoff Accountant Pleads Guilty, Faces 114 Years

But denies knowing about Ponzi scheme

Nov 3, 09 12:18 PM CST

 Madoff Wishes SEC Had Caught Him Years Ago

Dismisses SEC bumblers who didn't know Accounting 101

Oct 31, 09 6:31 AM CDT

 $534M Paid to Madoff 
 Victims; $4.5B to Go 

Trustee has recovered $1.4 billion in clawbacks, with more to come

Oct 28, 09 2:38 PM CDT

Autopsy: Madoff Buddy Died of Natural Causes

Jeffry Picower, 67, had
a heart attack, then drowned in pool

Oct 26, 09 12:52 PM CDT

Picower Death May Stall
Suit for Madoff Billions

Will be harder for bilked investors to recoup losses

Oct 26, 09 9:40 AM CDT

Madoff Colleague Found Dead in Swimming Pool

Jeffry Picower faced Ponzi scheme lawsuit

Oct 25, 09 4:07 PM CDT

 Madoff HQ Was 
 'Coke-Fueled 
 Animal House' 

Ponzi kingpin now sharing cell with drug offender

Oct 21, 09 2:58 AM CDT

 2 Madoff Victims Sue SEC 

Regulators are responsible for victims' losses, suit claims

Oct 14, 09 3:32 PM CDT

 Madoff in Prison Yard Tussle 

Bernie shoves another senior citizen in stock market argument

Oct 13, 09 5:21 AM CDT

Madoff Trustee Sues Relatives for Not 'Doing Their Jobs'

$199M suit spreads blame to firm's execs

Oct 2, 09 3:15 PM CDT

Ponzi Loot Puts Madoff Client Among Richest Americans

Picower made $7.2B, lands on Forbes list

Oct 2, 09 11:31 AM CDT
GLOSSIES

 Imprisoned 
 Ponzi Schemer: 
 It Happens to 
 the Best of Us 

Jailed Ponzi lawyer just wanted a beach house. $380 million later...

Sep 29, 09 3:32 PM CDT

Trustee to Sue Madoff's Sons, Brother, Niece

He'll seek $198 million; sons may also have 'criminal problem'

Sep 28, 09 8:42 AM CDT

Only Half of Madoff's Clients Lost Money

The rest withdrew more than they invested, prosecutors say

Sep 23, 09 11:41 AM CDT


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

It’s the Sex, Stupid   

7
Feb 9, 10 | 7:46 AM BY Michael Wolff

Stories about the sex lives of politicians are just about the hottest copy in the business. So hot, that the hottest story at the New York Times is the rumor of a story about the sex life of David Paterson, New York’s governor. We are all waiting for the great bombshell. Although it may be that we don’t even need an actual story, that having had so many stories about politicians' sex lives, we can all fill in the blanks. There are already reports... More »

For Me, Palin Scores

64
Feb 8, 10 | 7:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Andrew Sullivan , the journalist and blogger, who flirted for many years with conservatism and the Republican party, has become the... More »

Politics Has Lost Its Power. That’s Why There’s Gridlock

28
Feb 5, 10 | 8:39 AM BY Michael Wolff

Everybody’s beating their breasts about Washington gridlock. Let’s defend gridlock for a moment. The opposite of gridlock... More »

Rupert Murdoch Is Mad as Hell

8
Feb 4, 10 | 8:07 AM BY Michael Wolff

Rupert is off the reservation again. This is always a possibility when News Corp.’s quarterly earnings reports are issued and... More »

Sarah Palin, Inc. Has a Problem

16
Feb 3, 10 | 8:00 AM BY Michael Wolff

Before this gets out of hand, I want to try to save the word “retarded,” which seems robust and meaningful and evocative... More »

Obama’s Deficit Faux-Hawk

12
Feb 2, 10 | 12:14 PM BY Kevin Spak

During his State of the Union address, Barack Obama promised to freeze government spending , not this year, but soon, and not on defense,... More »

Jenny Sanford, Andrew Young, Gayle Haggard Tell Everything You Always Want to Know About Sex—Other People's

9
Feb 2, 10 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

Maybe the problem is not so much with sex but with books. The great thing (I mean the really great thing) about books (good books... More »

James O’Keefe: What Did Glenn Beck Know, and When Did He Know It?

18
Feb 1, 10 | 8:12 AM BY Michael Wolff

I can offer some reasonable speculation about where this O’Keefe business is going. There are the perpetrators, the four... More »

JD Salinger, and His Way, Are Dead

38
Jan 29, 10 | 7:02 AM BY Michael Wolff

A number of months ago, when he roused himself to file yet another law suit against another writer who came too close to him, I wrote... More »

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