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'Madoff of Campaign Finance' Used the Money to Buy Groceries

Kinde Durkee, the California campaign treasurer expected to plead guilty this week to embezzling as much as $8 million from at least 50 Democratic political clients including Sen. Dianne Feinstein, allegedly squandered the money on a variety of pretty pedestrian expenses.

By Adam Martin

Mar 20, 2012

The Secret Madoff Prison Letters

"I made the tragic mistake of trying to change the way money was managed." [Forbes]

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Mar 19, 2012

Mets Will Settle with Trustee for Madoff Fraud Victims for $162 Million

The New York Mets owners have agreed to pay $162 million to settle a $303 million case by the liquidator of Bernie Madoff's firm, Bloomberg is reporting.

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By Ray Gustini

Mar 5, 2012

The Widening NFL Bounty Hunt; Hideous Home Run Structure Under Siege

Miami Marlins players fret the team's new $2.5 million center-field statue will blind left-handed hitters, the NFL is expanding the investigation into the New Orleans Saints bounty pool, and another legal setback for New York Mets ownership.

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By Ray Gustini

Feb 21, 2012

Manny to Resume Being Manny; Greg Oden Needs Another Knee Surgery

Today in sports: what Bernie Madoff meant to the New York Mets, Tim Tebow's former backup managed to avoid catching Tebowmania, and the Washington Redskins prove again they do not run the tightest of shops.

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By Ted Mann

Dec 11, 2011

It's Been Three Years Since the Madoff Bust

The New York Times' Diana B. Henriques reports on the lingering hard feelings, three years after Bernie Madoff's arrest. She also dishes on his emails from prison.

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By Ray Gustini

Nov 10, 2011

The Smart Set

Bernie Madoff Is a Big, Gross Lech

Bernie Madoff was a creep with women, and Ashton Kutcher only pretends to know about football, and Piers Morgan gives up on spotting America's talent.

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By Dino Grandoni

Oct 31, 2011

Ruth Madoff: 'What's a Ponzi Scheme?'

Ruth and Andrew Madoff, the wife and son of famed fraudster Bernie Madoff, in a round of interviews to promote a tell-all memoir, claimed they knew nothing of the Ponzi scheme he ran for decades until the patriarch confessed to them shortly before the truth became public.

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By Adam Martin

Oct 27, 2011

Bernie Madoff Smiles in Prison

Perhaps the most infamous white-collar crook of the last decade, Bernie Madoff took his reputation as a pariah so hard he and his wife Ruth tried to commit suicide, Ruth Madoff told 60 Minutes, but now that he's in prison the convicted ponzi-schemer says he finds himself smiling sometimes, and he's "horrified."

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Oct 26, 2011

People Were So Mean to the Madoffs That They Attempted Suicide

Ruth Madoff, who's being featured on 60 Minutes in the first interview she's done about her husband's crimes, says "I don't know whose idea it was, but we decided to kill ourselves because it was so horrendous what was happening."

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By Ray Gustini

Oct 18, 2011

The Smart Set

Shia Coldclocked; Beyonce and Jay-Z to Brooklyn?

Another late night incident for Shia LaBeouf, a chilly White House reception for former Clinton aides, and Michael Bloomberg's television viewing habits.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 25, 2011