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...with swindler Bernie Madoff, titled Madoff's Other Secret: Love, Money, Bernie, and Me. Voyeurs won't be left wanting for dirt; the salacious tell-all chronicles their trysts in graphic, almost vengeful detail. Ironically, the 60-year-old Weinstein, who calls Madoff a "beast" and a "monster," has done more than anyone else to humanize the inscrutable investment scammer, painting him as an insecure man capable of tender courtship and dashing romance. Weinstein, whose family was forced to sell their home after being wiped out in Madoff's scam, spoke with TIME about the origins of the affair...
...drop their guards when there are big incentives, assuming that they will get great deals no matter what. As the clunker sales reached a fevered pitch, I think it's fair to say that the deals got much stingier. Many shoppers could have gotten better deals if they had done their homework before going to the dealership. (Watch a video about an optimistic Dodge dealer...
...manufacturers like GM, Hyundai and Ford wise to boost production at this point in the economic cycle? Yes, as long as the production increases are done for the right type of vehicles - such as high-demand, low-supply, gas-efficient cars and crossovers - and for the right price point. Recently announced production increases are modest and fit this description; therefore, I'd agree with them. The worst-case scenario for dealers - and the manufacturers - is to have qualified buyers on your lot and not have the inventory to sell. (See the most exciting cars...
...discussing all your problems and think you've solved everything, but in fact you haven't done anything in the last four hours, because you've just been chewing khat and all your problems actually got worse," says Adel al-Shujaa, a professor of political science at Sana'a University and the head of the Yemen Without Khat Association. Plus, he says, "all the decisions you've made are bad because you've made them while on khat...
...Prisons Department officials are facing the dilemma of how to carry out the caning. "We have have never done it to a woman, and we don't know how to do it," said a department senior official who asked not to be named. There is not a single female in the department trained in the "Islamic way" to cane. Nevertheless, prominent Islamic officials in Malaysia have expressed disappointment at the reprieve. "The punishment is light and designed to shame, not to cause physically pain," Harussani Zakaria, an influential cleric, told TIME. "It must be carried out." Counters Amnesty International...