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By MICHELE DARGAN Daily News Staff Writer Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff, sentenced today to 150 years in prison, is seen through a window as he heads to Federal District Court in lower Manhattan Jan. 14. On that day, federal prosecutors were challenging a ruling that allowed him to remain free on bail, although under house arrest in his luxury penthouse apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Updated 3 p.m. Monday — NEW YORK, N.Y. — Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff will serve 150 years in prison for orchestrating a decades-long Ponzi scheme to the tune of $67 billion, a judge ruled today. "At the beginning of this crime, I thought I would work my way out of it ... [instead] I dug myself deeper," Madoff told U.S. District Judge Denny Chin before his sentencing in federal court in lower Manhattan. "I'm responsible... [read full story]
TORONTO, ONTARIO - (Marketwire - Nov. 23, 2009) - Attn: News/National/Assignment The spread of hate on the internet is exploding with the help of social media, and Canadian bigots are gaining strength thanks to sites like...
It appears that the number of people interested in helping monitor “the sum of all human knowledge” is on a sharp decline. According to The Wall Street Journal (subscription required), Spanish researcher Felipe Ortega has been...
Gavin Newsom's Channel 5 interview last week revealed a Mayor defensive about his recent behavior, and it suggested he will lash out against critics by making vindictive budget moves. It's only November, but Newsom has already...
BY PEPPI KIVINIEMI, ADAM COHEN AND MATTHEW DALTON BRUSSELS -- General Motors Co. wants European Union governments to help provide €3.3 billion ($4.9 billion) for its Adam Opel GmbH unit, but will restructure the auto maker...
