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Shock jock Rosenberg in hot water

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WQAM-AM 560 shock jock Sid Rosenberg’s in the dog house! Rosenberg, who landed in South Florida after getting fired twice from the Don Imus show for making insensitive racial and sexist remarks, is serving a six-week suspension without pay. He allegedly attempted what radio biz folks call “plugola,” three sources tell Gossip Extra. Plugola, which [...]

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Robert De Niro to play Bernard Madoff in new film

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He's played Vito Corleone, Al Capone, and Sam 'Ace' Rothstein. Soon, Robert De Niro will take on another larger-than-life criminal: Bernard Madoff. The 68-year-old actor will play the infamous swindler, who bilked thousands of investors with his $65 billion Ponzi scheme. According to The Hollywood Reporter, HBO have bought Laurie Sandell's "Truth and Consequences: Life [...]

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Bernie Madoff and wife attempted suicide after Ponzi scheme was uncovered

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Bernie Madoff and his wife unsuccessfully attempted suicide by ingesting pills after it was revealed that he had ripped off investors out of millions of dollars, according to a new bombshell interview. In the only interview Ruth Madoff has given about her husband’s crimes, she told CBS's "60 Minutes" that both she and the the [...]

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Larry King Profited From Madoff Scheme

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If there is one good thing that Bernard Madoff did its probably making radio and television host Larry King richer. The veteran journalist has just told the whole world that he had actually profited from the Bernie Madoff hocus-pocus scheme. 77-year-old King, considered as one of the premier broadcast interviewers in USA, has recently revealed [...]

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Bernie Madoff and wife attempted suicide, but now, he's 'happier in prison'

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Bernie Madoff is going to die in prison. But for many people, that's not enough for the man who swindled billions in an unprecedented Ponzi scheme that shocked the world at the height of the financial meltdown. Three years later, the Madoff family is now talking. In an interview on this Sunday's 60 Minutes, his [...]

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Ponzi Scheme Victim Says Ruth Madoff Is Seeking Sympathy

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BOSTON (CBS) – George Christin has a simple reaction to Ruth Madoff: "She's lying!" In an exclusive interview with 60 Minutes, the wife of disgraced financier Bernie Madoff explains that she and her husband tried to kill themselves as the details of his massive Ponzi scheme were coming to light. "I don't know whose idea [...]

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Palm Beach Daily News: Ruth and Bernie Madoff attempted suicide, she tells Morley Safer for '60 Minutes' segment

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By CAROL CARNEVALE Palm Beach Daily News Updated: 9:35 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 Posted: 9:08 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 Ruth Madoff, in an interview for 60 Minutes with Morley Safer, said she and her husband, convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, once attempted suicide together, taking prescription pills. CBS News reported the interview on its 60 Minutes website tonight, showing about two minutes of [...]

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"The X Factor": Poolside performances with Rihanna

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Singer and guest judge Rihanna meets with contestants on "The X Factor," airing Oct. 12, 2011. (Credit:Fox) (CBS) The phrase "I'm working from home" has many pejorative meanings, the principal one being: "Can't you just understand I'm playing golf?" However, for some misbegotten reason, the remaining 32 contestants in "The X Factor" were shunted off [...]

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Lessons From the Tom Petters and Bernie Madoff Scandals

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Tom Petters (alleged) investment scheme is estimated to have cost his investors $3 billion in losses. Bernie Madoff's $50 billion Ponzi scheme has just blown up over the past few weeks. The $50 billion Madoff losses are the largest fraud-related investor losses in history by a wide margin. What lessons can investors learn from these [...]

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The Good, the Bad and the Bernie Madoff's

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Everyone has some Bernie Madoff in them. It is said that for the right price, many people might compromise their values. Fortunately, the vast majority of us have high moral and ethical standards so fraud is not even a consideration. For those very few who have a feeling of entitlement, how do we protect ourselves [...]

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Rental Pricing by Bernie Madoff

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When I used to rent my property out, we had tenants in it paying $1,495/month. You have it listed for $1,195/month. What's wrong with you? First of all, if things were so rosy in $1,495/month self-management land, I don't think you would be talking to a property manager. But I already digress. To begin, there [...]