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            <title><![CDATA[Dancing Bernie]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Exactly how did the Madoffs spend Kevin Bacon's money? VIEW NEW PHOTOS of Bernie, Ruth and the boys: glorious vacations, beach houses-and the best living Ponzi can buy.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madoff vs. Capone vs. Manson]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Bernie's sentence is more than Al Capone's for tax evasion and 20 years more than a serial killer and suspected cannibal. The Daily Beast compares him to a rogues' gallery of crooks.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Madoff Message]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[An extraordinary jail term for an "extraordinarily evil" fraud isn't just for Bernie Madoff, writes Allan Dodds Frank from the courthouse. It's a signal to all of Wall Street.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[See Ya in 2159]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As Madoff is sentenced to 150 years in jail-the longest for a financial scandal in history-victim Burt Ross exclusively shares exactly what he told Bernie in the courtroom today.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Bag Lady Papers, Part VIII]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Madoff victim Alexandra Penney on Bernie's sentencing, Ruthie's cruel fate-left with just $2.5 million!-and the finer things in her frugal new life: a classic piece from an Upper East Side thrift shop.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Madoff Family Splinters]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As Bernie Madoff's sentencing approaches, Ruth's sister-who lost millions-is coping with her own losses, anger, and confusion. Allan Dodds Frank reports from Palm Beach.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madoff: The Movie]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The just-announced biopic Madoff: Made Off With America will feature unknown actors, but The Daily Beast presents a more A-list cast, including Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand. VIEW OUR GALLERY.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ruth Madoff's Private World]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Lavish Palm Beach shopping sprees, a sister-in-law in poverty, quiet movie nights-Lucinda Franks offers an exclusive look at Ruth's life, then and now.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[People We'd Like to Throw a Shoe At]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[One with no sole.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cabbage Patch CEO Gets Madoff Digs]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The marketing mogul behind Cabbage Patch kids and Pokemon toys is moving into jailed Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff's New York apartment, the New York Post reports. Alfred R. Kahn, the CEO of 4Kids Entertainment, has signed a deal for the Upper East Side...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SEC Fails to Reform after Madoff]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In May, SEC Chairwoman Mary Schapiro said she wanted to spring surprise inspections on almost 10,000 money managers to make sure they weren't following in Bernard Madoff's footsteps. On December 16, she settled on a rule that requires about 1,600 U.S....]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Was Madoff Assaulted?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Did Bernie Madoff get beaten up in prison? Raleigh's ABC11 reports that the Ponzi schemer received treatment for "serious injuries consistent with an assault"-including "facial fractures, broken ribs, and a collapsed lung"-at Duke Hospital in Durham on...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madoff Moved to Hospital]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Bernard Madoff is unwell. The ponzi schemer is serving a 150-year sentence in a federal prison in Butner, N.C., but has been moved to a low-security medical center inside the prison for an unspecified illness. A prison spokeswoman said Madoff was moved...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madoff: Prison's Mr. Congeniality]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[It's no luxury apartment on Manhattan's Upper East Side, but prisoners who served time with Bernie Madoff say the Ponzi schemer is doing well adjusting to prison life. According to the Wall Street Journal, some prisoners have tried to get close to him...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madoff's $2M Yacht Auction]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A small cache of powerboats owned by Bernard Madoff and his associates fetched almost $2 million for victims of the $65 billion Ponzi scheme during an auction in Florida on Tuesday afternoon. The boats-named Bull, Little Bull, and Sitting Bull-sold for...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madoff's $2M Yacht Auction]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A small cache of powerboats owned by Bernard Madoff and his associates fetched almost $2 million for victims of the $65 billion Ponzi scheme during an auction in Florida on Tuesday afternoon. The boats-named Bull, Little Bull, and Sitting Bull-sold for...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Haggling Over Madoff's Riches]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A personalized Mets jacket went for $14,500, Cartier earrings sold for $70,000, and a diamond bracelet cost $50,000 in Saturday's auction of Bernie Madoff's personal items. The auction was held in the hopes of raising half a million dollars for the...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Two More Madoff Arrests]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Two more people have been arrested in the fallout of Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme and are being charged with conspiracy and falsifying books and records for the ex-financier. The two men allegedly created computer programs that helped Madoff hide...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Picower Bequeathed Billions to Charity]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jeffry Picower, who made billions of dollars through Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, left most of his $7 billion fortune to a variety of charities, including MIT, the New York Public Library, and the Harlem Children's Zone. But his money-withdrawn over...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madoff Effects Up for Grabs]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Looking for a unique way to show off your Mets fandom? Bernie Madoff's personalized Mets jacket is going on the auction block this weekend along with jewelry, furs, watches, and three boogie boards. The auction, which is being handled by Gaston &...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fake Madoff Auctions Trick Public]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ads have been appearing in local newspapers across the country promoting "Bernie Madoff Auction" sales, promoting art by Peter Max, Salvador Dal&iacute;, and Norman Rockwell as a result of the Ponzi schemer's financial losses. But auction attendees...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madoff Accountant Pleads Guilty]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Bernie Madoff's longtime accountant, David Friehling, pleaded guilty Tuesday to abetting one of the most devastating Ponzi schemes in history, which brought down thousands of victims and more than $21 billion in lost funds. Friehling, who verified...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madoff Lived in Fear]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff didn't think much of the SEC, but even he was stunned that they missed so many opportunities to catch him. In a prison interview released by the SEC's inspector general, David Kotz, Madoff said investigators...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Picower Died from Heart Attack]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jeffry Picower, Bernie Madoff's suspected accomplice in his Ponzi scheme, died of drowning after suffering a massive heart attack, according to autopsy results revealed Monday. Toxicology reports will determine if Picower, who was found in his pool on...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fallout of Madoff Beneficiary's Death]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jeffry Picower, a tax-shelter lawyer and accountant accused of making more than $7 billion through longtime friend Bernard Madoff's giant ponzi scheme was found dead Sunday-his wife pulled the 67-year-old's body from the pool at their Palm Beach...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madoff Scheme Billionaire Found Dead]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The body of Jeffry Picower, the tax-shelter lawyer and accountant who made $7 billion in Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, was found dead in the swimming pool of his Palm Beach, Florida, mansion Sunday. According to the city's fire department, Picower's...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madoff the Coke Fiend?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Bernie Madoff's life may have been even wilder than previously imagined. New additions to a lawsuit against Madoff filed Tuesday night in Manhattan Supreme Court allege that Madoff presided over an office so inundated with cocaine that it was known as...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madoff's Jail Friends: Mob Boss, Spy]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Madoff may have burned his bridges in the free world, but behind bars he's got friends. A lawsuit filed by Bernie Madoff's victims has offered a surprising snapshot from the fallen Ponzi schemer's jailhouse life, including his social life. Court...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Goldman Exec Named SEC Enforcement COO]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Another Goldman alumnus joined the public sector on Friday as Goldman Sachs Business Intelligence Group Vice President Adam Storch was named the first chief operating officer of the enforcement division of the SEC. Storch's responsibilities will...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bernie Madoff's Prison Brawl?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Bernie Madoff may be in jail for earning fake profits, but it appears he's committed to earning "cred" the real way: The New York Post is reporting Madoff, currently serving a 150-year sentence in North Carolina, was part of a "prison-yard tussle"-and...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madoff Family Sued for $199 Million]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[With Bernie Madoff already behind bars, members of the famed Ponzi schemer's family are now being brought into court. Irving H. Picard, a court-appointed trustee who has previously sued Ruth Madoff, filed suit on Friday against four more members of...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madoffs to Be Sued for $198M]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Life for the Madoffs just got worse. The trustee winding down the Madoff firm said that Bernard Madoff's two sons, brother, and a niece will be slapped with a $198 million suit this week, Reuters reports. The suit alleges that the family members, who...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nemazee Pleads Not Guilty]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Looks like another corrupt New York businessman will enjoy the luxuries of house arrest this year. Iranian-American financier Hassan Nemazee pleaded not guilty to $292 million in bank fraud charges in a federal court hearing in Manhattan on Wednesday...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Madoff Millionaires]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Half of Bernie Madoff's victims weren't really victims, according to prosecutors. Federal officials are claiming that at the time of Madoff's arrest last December, half his active investors didn't lose money in his elaborate Ponzi scheme because they'd...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madoff's Beach House Sells]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[It doesn't come with furniture, but the new homeowner should check the floorboards: Bernard Madoff's Montauk, New York, beach house has sold to an unidentified buyer. Interest in the property was "fast and furious," according to the real-estate agent,...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Inside Madoff's Lair]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Buyer beware: The Associated Press has published photos of Bernie Madoff's Upper East Side penthouse, which is hitting the market at $7.5 million. The 4,000 square-foot duplex is part of a 12-story building with a doorman and features Chinese...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:28:00 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SEC Slams Madoff Probe]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[No surprise here: The SEC released on Wednesday a harshly critical report that finds that a thorough investigation of Bernard Madoff was never carried out, despite all the warning signs. The report also did not find any collaboration between senior SEC...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA['Shiite Madoff' Busted in Lebanon]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mini Madoffs come in many flavors: A big-shot Shiite investor, Salah Ezzedine, is being held by Lebanese authorities on suspicion of major fraud. Ezzedine, who has not been formally charged as of yet, is rumored to have promised big returns on...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madoff Sons Targeted by Victims]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The trustee tending to the victims of Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme is preparing to file a civil suit against the swindler's sons and brother, CBS News reports. The trustee, Irving Picard, may seek over $50 million through civil complaints against Mark,...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:06:00 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Year in Pictures]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[  From the Miracle on the Hudson to the murder of Neda to Kanye vs. Taylor, The Daily Beast looks back at the most memorable moments of 2009.
Click Image To View Our Year In Pictures Gallery

For more of The Daily Beast, become a fan on Facebook and...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:54:05 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Personal Shopping for the Stars]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[J. Crew creative director Jenna Lyons, the woman credited with reviving Michelle Obama's favorite clothing brand, chooses presents for the people who already have everything. (Only condition: No J. Crew!) VIEW OUR GALLERY of her picks for Sarah Palin,...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Jenna Lyons]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:59:17 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[December 20: 7 Best Moments from Sunday Talk]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[McCain critiques Palin's visor choice, David Axelrod rethinks calling Howard Dean "insane," and did Joe Lieberman actually save health care? That and more in our Sunday roundup.
Howard Dean: Nothing Personal, But Your Bill's Still Crazy
The big...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[The Daily Beast Video]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:54:58 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Bungling of the Madoff Case]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A year after Bernie Madoff's arrest in a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, prosecutors have failed to build a case against his family, and the botched handling of the swindler's right-hand man may have alienated cooperating witnesses. 
On the first...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Allan Dodds Frank]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:04:39 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fantasy Shopper]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A year ago, Bernie Madoff wiped out Alexandra Penney-whose new book, The Bag Lady Papers, comes out in February from Hyperion. In the latest installment for The Daily Beast, she's says she's been daydreaming about Aston Martins, black diamond earrings,...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Alexandra Penney]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:51:40 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Letterman Suspect's Novel Defense]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-11-10/letterman-suspects-novel-defense/]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Robert Joel Halderman wasn't trying to blackmail David Letterman over his workplace peccadilloes-he was trying to sell a story, the suspect's lawyer says. Lloyd Grove reports from the media scrum.
So why was this man smiling?
Former CBS News producer...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Lloyd Grove]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:08:29 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nicolas Cage, Compulsive Spender]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-11-03/nicolas-cage-compulsive-spender/]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[The star is blaming his ex-money manager for his money problems. But insiders say it was Cage who spent his way into big troubles. Jacob Bernstein reports on the star's head-spinning treasure trove: more than a dozen houses, two Bahamian islands,...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Jacob Bernstein]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:23:08 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madoff Secrets Go to the Grave]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jeffry Picower, found dead at the bottom of his swimming pool yesterday, was Suspect Number One in terms of what happened to Madoff's billions. Now, Allan Dodds Frank asks, will they  ever find the money?
Before he was found in his swimming trunks,...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Allan Dodds Frank]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:56:29 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Do-Nothing G-20]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[They fled Pittsburgh with vague promises to rein in their financial systems. But Jeff Madrick writes that the G-20 leaders didn't give this year of global peril its due respect.
Crisis can focus the mind. But can crisis focus 20 minds?  This was the...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Jeff Madrick]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:40:29 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Catch Me If You Can]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-09-02/sec-flubs-astonished-madoff/]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Bernie Madoff bragged he might lead the SEC, fumed when investigators asked for documents-and was aghast at the agency's ineptitude. Allan Dodds Frank dissects the inspector general's report.
Wall Street legend Bernie Madoff repeatedly lied to...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Allan Dodds Frank]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:45:37 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sex With Madoff]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-08-24/sex-with-madoff/]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[  On the day Madoff mistress Sheryl Weinstein's tell-all is released, Madoff victim Burt Ross confesses to a non-affair with Ruthie-and spares a thought for poor Mr. Weinstein, who joins the publicly humiliated spouses' club.
Now that my fellow Madoff...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Burt Ross]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:46:57 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sources: Madoff Indictments Imminent]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Two people close to the Bernie Madoff investigation tell Lucinda Franks prosecutors will issue more indictments after Labor Day, and new evidence is pointing toward family members. 
Xtra Insight: Lucinda Franks on Madoff's Other Girlfriends
Federal...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Lucinda Franks]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:50:23 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madoff's Other Girlfriends]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sheryl Weinstein wasn't the only woman the Ponzi monster was fooling around with, writes Lucinda Franks-he had more than one extra-marital affair, as well as encounters with "masseuses." 
It turns out Bernie Madoff was as profligate in his personal...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Lucinda Franks]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:39:21 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Ruth Told Bernie]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Novelist and playwright Jane Hitchcock channels Ruth Madoff's frustration in a fictionalized jailhouse spat with her philandering and swindling husband. 
As a novelist I am fascinated by the life between the facts. Part of my job as a writer is to...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Jane Hitchcock]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:24:55 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Meet Madoff's Mistress]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[When Bernie told his secretary he was going to lunch with a "pain in the ass" investor, he was really meeting his blond girlfriend. Allan Dodds Frank profiles the newest player in the Madoff saga.
"She's a pain in the ass, but I guess I have to go out...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Allan Dodds Frank]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:15:19 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Madoff Prison Squeeze]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-08-11/jailing-shocks-madoff-aide/]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Frank DiPascali Jr., Bernie Madoff's former CFO, thought he'd escape immediate imprisonment by pleading guilty to 10 felony counts. Instead, he was sent straight to jail. Will he still help the Feds put Madoff's family behind bars?
Will the canary...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Allan Dodds Frank]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:19:53 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Celebrity Hit Man]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-08-07/celebrity-hit-man/]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Unauthorized biographer Jerry Oppenheimer's latest target is the Ponzi king, and as The Daily Beast's Sandra McElwaine finds out, prison may be a breeze compared to this treatment.
Jerry Oppenheimer is a super-sleuth who loves to dish. For twenty...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Sandra McElwaine ]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:25:52 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Making of Madoff]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jerry Oppenheimer's new biography of Bernie Madoff traces the roots of his deceit and his odd compulsions back to a Queens childhood steeped in hustles and scams. The Ponzi King moved on to adult obsessions, from not letting family members sit on the...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Jerry Oppenheimer]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:39:39 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ruth's $45 Million Stash]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-29/us-targets-ruth-madoff-cash/]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Bernie's wife isn't in the clear after all. The U.S. bankruptcy trustee is suing the Ponzi King's wife, claiming he's found nearly $45 million in hidden monies. Are criminal charges next?
The bankruptcy trustee in charge of the Bernie Madoff case has...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Allan Dodds Frank]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:08:52 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Luxury Vacation, Via Madoff]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-19/a-luxury-vacation-via-madoff/]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Burt Ross, the former mayor of Fort Lee, New Jersey, was forced to cancel a resort vacation after he lost $5 million to Madoff-but now he's headed off to a luxury destination, thanks to the Ponzi schemer.
My wife and I are about to leave for a luxury...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Burt Ross]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:50:38 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Marc Dreier's Big Break]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-14/marc-dreiers-big-break/]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[The crooked lawyer's $700 million scam gets him only 20 years in the clink, and he has Bernie Madoff to thank for it. The Daily Beast's Allan Dodds Frank reports.
The long shadow of Bernard Madoff's 150-year sentence allowed crooked lawyer Marc...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Allan Dodds Frank]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:10:38 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bernie: I Won't Appeal]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ One hundred fifty years it is! In a Daily Beast exclusive, Allan Dodds Frank reports that the Ponzi king won't appeal his record prison sentence. Plus, how he's holding up in prison and his visit from Ruth. 
Bernard Madoff has decided not to appeal...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Allan Dodds Frank]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:55:41 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Bernie Should Read in Jail]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As the Ponzi king heads to prison, he suddenly has a lot of time on his hands. Andy Borowitz recommends five books that should keep him busy for the next 150 years.
The Count of Monte Cristoby Alexandre Dumas
There's a lot for Bernie to savor in this...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Andy Borowitz]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:26:17 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Madoff Victims Who Came Out Ahead]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Some feeder funds, which directed money Bernie Madoff's way, ended up hundreds of millions of dollars in the black. So why are they claiming ignorance of his crimes-or worse, describing themselves as "the greatest Madoff victim"?
Like the mythic...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Edward Jay Epstein]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:56:06 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Bernie Ruined Them]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in jail Monday afternoon. Read statements from his victims, Ruth's emotional apology, his lawyer's final plea, and the Ponzi schemer's excuses.
The Victims Strike Back
"Your Honor, we implore you to give him the...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[ The Daily Beast]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:22:01 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Victims Strike Back]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A woman reduced to dumpster-diving, a brother who can no longer pay for his mentally disabled twin's medical care, and more Madoff victims share their stories.
PLUS: Read our full coverage of the Madoff scandal.
Dominic Ambrosino and Ronnie Sue...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[ The Daily Beast]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:14:23 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madoff's Lawyer Issues Final Plea]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Ira Lee Sorkin conceded his client is a "a deeply flawed individual," while arguing the swindler is a "human being" who should not get "an eye for an eye." 
PLUS: Read our full coverage of the Madoff scandal.
Your Honor, I know I speak on behalf of...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[ The Daily Beast]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:49:43 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Judge Condemns Bernie's "Evil" Crime]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Judge Denny Chin says Madoff "will get what he deserves" before sentencing him to 150 years in prison. Below, read his full statement to the court. 
PLUS: Read our full coverage of the Madoff scandal.
I take into account what I have read in the...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:12:17 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bernie Madoff's Apology]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Before he received the maximum sentence for his crimes, Madoff said he lived in a "tormented state" because of the pain he's caused. Below, read his full statement to the court. 
PLUS: Read our full coverage of the Madoff scandal.
Your Honor, I...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[ The Daily Beast]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:56:59 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ruth Madoff Breaks Her Silence]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Shortly after her husband was convicted to 150 years in prison, Ruth Madoff said that she was "betrayed and confused" by her husband's crimes.
PLUS: Read our full coverage of the Madoff scandal.
I am breaking my silence now, because my reluctance to...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[ The Daily Beast]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:30:48 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Bernie Ruined Them]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in jail Monday afternoon. Read statements from his victims, Ruth's emotional apology, his lawyer's final plea, and the Ponzi schemer's excuses.]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[ The Daily Beast]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:22:01 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madoff Employee Breaks Silence]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In a Daily Beast exclusive, one of the fraudster's employees tells Lucinda Franks that the supposedly legitimate brokerage operations were in fact just money-losing fronts for the fraudster's scheme.]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Lucinda Franks]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:09:45 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[ The Mysterious Madoff Charity]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Bernie Madoff quietly slipped $2 million into a foundation created by son Mark as the walls started closing in. Was this part of a scheme to divert cash? Lucinda Franks investigates.]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Lucinda Franks]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:09:35 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bernie Will Be Prison Royalty]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Federal rules require that Madoff live out his sentence in a maximum-security prison-but he'll have a lot working in his favor: he's elderly, a criminal father figure, and he stole from the rich. Here's what he can expect.]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Mansfield Frazier]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:22:09 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madoff Victims React]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[George Nierenberg and Dominic Ambrosino, two of Madoff's victims, discuss the trial with Forbes Magazine. Of Madoff, Nierenberg said, "I commanded that he turn around and look at the victims, and he didn't."]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:17:29 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madoff: The Red Flags We Missed]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Not everyone was fooled by Bernard Madoff. Jim Vos of research group Aksia, LLC tells Bloomberg News why he advised against investing with the alleged swindler.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:01:03 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Victim: Bernie's Not Sorry]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Bernie Madoff victim and Daily Beast contributor Burt Ross speaks after the sentencing and says that despite his apology, Madoff is not remorseful. Source: Fox Business News]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:03:57 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Charity Makes Post-Madoff Plea ]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Jewish charity Hadassah has lost a reported 90 million dollars to investor Bernard Madoff, and has issued this video plea for funds. Source:  Hadassah.org]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:58:41 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Mocks Madoff Victims]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA['They're gonna be working for me as caddies,' The Donald tells Fox News about alleged swindler Bernard Madoff's victims.]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:00:56 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ackerman Slams SEC]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[During the Madoff hearings, Rep. Gary Ackerman goes off on the SEC, saying 'you couldn't find your backside with two hands if the lights were on.' Amen. Source: CNN]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:57:39 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madoff Whistleblower Slams SEC]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[One of the few people to call attention to Bernard Madoff's alleged Ponzi scheme, Harry Markopolos, tells Rep. Capuano that the SEC is 'overmatched' and 'undereducated.' Source: CNN]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:19:46 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madoff on Market]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In a fascinating peek into the Madoff psyche, the moneyman gives tips on how to make a bundle on Wall Street. 'Today the big money on Wall Street is made by taking risks,' he opines. Risks with whose money, Bernie?]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:09:47 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How He Duped Them All ]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Bernard Madoff's sophisticated clients, his traders, his sons, even the SEC (despite two investigations) all missed the red flags. How in the world did that happen? Who knew what and when in this "giant Ponzi scheme" with losses that could total $50...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:06:43 -0400]]></pubDate>
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