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Right now, the victims of Madoff's alleged crime are in a very strange place. They still have their big homes. At least for now, the furniture is still polished, the Lexuses are quietly garaged, and the people still stand - except for poor M. Villehuchet, who last week in New York slit his wrists. But underneath these material reminders of a former life there is nothing - or very little...
...taken, I get calls daily from those who have lost their financial lifeline due to this mess. This wasn't a slow-fade-to-ruin crime, but a flip-the-switch-to-poverty crime, and many are now in an adrenal-driven shock stage of having no money - at all - in the bank. The ruin is especially tragic among retirees hit by this pre-holiday bomb...
...Hanukkah is] a festival of bringing people together,” he said. “Clearly this has all the appearance of a hate crime...
Sinaloa is home to some of Mexico's most powerful crime families. A "narco culture" of bulletproof trucks, lavish clothes and gold-plated guns dominates its streets. In this environment, the girlfriends of gangsters have become a subculture - buchonas - identified by diamond-studded finger bling, fake breasts and expensive dresses by foreign designers. "What a shame that there are ladies who get dazzled by the false shine of that money, who only aspire to be the girlfriends or loved ones of these vulgar thugs," wrote a Sinaloan resident identified as Gonzo on a Web discussion of Zuniga's arrest...
...director of Nuestra Belleza Mexico, which crowned Zuniga in her home state and planned to take her to various international contests in 2009. "We are a serious, respectable organization whose interest has been to heighten the beauty, capacity and values of the Mexican woman." (Read TIME's top 10 crime stories...