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...these crimes, according to Stephen Obie, acting director of enforcement for the CFTC, is that hard economic times are stripping away fraudsters' camouflage. And, of course, Bernard Madoff's stunner, a $50 billion Ponzi that wiped away billions of dollars from thousands of duped investors around the world, has brought global attention to Ponzi capers, encouraging both whistle-blowers and just plain nervous investors to come forward, he said. (See pictures of Madoff...
...course of action is how it reflects a greater rightward movement of the church since Pope Benedict XVI’s election four years ago. While the Pope has made it a priority of his office to heal the schisms within the church, in doing so he has also brought an increased focus on fundamentalist beliefs and hostility toward other religions back to the Catholic Church. His desire to reunite the modern Roman Catholic Church with several more conservative factions, such as the Society of St. Pius X, of which Williamson is a member, along with his steadfast condemnation...
...men’s basketball team: repeat.A sluggish first half left the Crimson with a 51-35 deficit heading into the locker room in Newman Arena. But the men’s squad emerged reinvigorated and kicked off the second period with a 10-0 run that brought them to within six of the defending Ivy League champ. Cornell looked uncoordinated, frustrated, and nothing like the team that went 22-of-36 in the first half, while Harvard looked to assemble another come-from-behind victory.Flash back to Feb. 7, 2009, when the Crimson, down by 12 to Brown?...
...pushing for an amendment that would let him run again. Just as Chavistas insist Chávez is the only man who can carry through the sweeping populist reforms he began a decade ago, many Colombians feel only Uribe can safeguard the economic revival and improved security he's brought to South America's most war-torn country. Uribe so far has played it coy, neither declaring he wants another term nor denying it. Pundits say they'd be shocked if, after watching Chávez gain the opportunity, he doesn't fight for the same treatment. (See pictures...
...Became Seattle's police chief in 2000 and brought the city's crime rate to a 40-year low. During the so-called "Mardi Gras Riots" in 2001, however, Kerlikowske ordered his officers to stand down while drunken partygoers committed assaults. In the end, one person was killed, many were injured and the incident was seen as a black mark on Kerlikowske's record...