Topic: Ruth Madoff

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Uggie to Attend Correspondents' Dinner; Obama and Bloomberg Do Lunch

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The Artist's canine co-star will be attending next month's White House Correspondent's Dinner as a guest of the Washington Times, Woody Allen next movie might be set in Copenhagen, and Ruth Madoff is back in the tristate area.

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 21, 2011

Eugenides's Fancy Book Party; Murakami Bored by 'The Road'

Today in books and literature: Jeffrey Eugenides had a terrific book party, Haruki Murakami doesn't like books about the future, and Stephanie Madoff Mack's memoir arrives today.

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