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Madoff to Magazine: 'Government Is a Ponzi Scheme'

NEW YORK -- Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff said in a magazine interview published Sunday that new regulatory reform enacted after the recent national financial crisis is laughable and that the federal government is a Ponzi scheme. "The whole new regulatory reform is a joke," Madoff said during a telephone interview...

Helen Mirren Goes Topless in New York Magazine

This week's issue of New York Magazine features a very intimate profile of Helen Mirren. In it, she chats about what it was like working with her husband, director Taylor Hackford, in her upcoming movie, 'Love Ranch.' She also talks about playing the madam of a brothel and what she did to prepare. And she coyly reveals how...

Where Is Bernie Madoff Still a Hero? Prison

(June 6) -- Bernard Madoff may wear the same standard-issue khakis as the other inmates at North Carolina's Butner Federal Correctional Complex, but to them, he isn't just prisoner No. 61727-054. The $65 billion Ponzi schemer is considered a hero and a celebrity among fellow convicts, solicited for autographs and business...

Sweat Lodge Guru Defends His Actions

(Jan. 26) -- The New Age practitioner who presided over a sweat lodge ceremony that led to the deaths of three people says reported comments suggesting he ignored participants' complaints have been "taken completely out of context." No charges have been filed, but James Arthur Ray remains the focus of an ongoing homicide...

Future Owner of the Cubs: Alex Rodriguez?

I know, that sounds ridiculous -- and this story is from the New York Post -- but apparently Scott Boras has been in discussions with who he believes is the "frontrunner" to purchase the Cubs this offseason about Alex Rodriguez owning a portion of the Cubs as a partial trade for his free agent services. According to the...

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Jessica Pare Teeth: 'Mad Men' Star Discusses Her Famous Feature

Television's "it" girl of the moment is Jessica ParÃ© of "Mad Men" -- you know, the girl who plays Megan on the hit AMC show, stole Don Draper's heart as his 25-year-old secretary and stole ours with a sultry rendition of "Zou Bisou Bisou" on the Season 5 premiere.

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