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26 Jun 2009 20:57

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Biz, U.S.: The U.S. wants Bernard Madoff to stay in prison for a long while

  • 150 years they want of weekends at Bernie’s prison cell source
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23 Jun 2009 22:37

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Biz, U.S.: Bernie Madoff’s trying to get his sentence reduced – drastically

  • 150 number of years the master of the fraud game, Bernard Madoff, could go to prison
  • 12 number of years his lawyer, Ira Sorkin, is asking for him instead; whatta d-bag source
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25 May 2009 19:19

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Culture, Music: Pre-prison, T.I. lives his life while he still can

  • What I need y’all to do is pray for me while I’m gone. I’ll see y’all in 366 days.
  • Rapper T.I. • At a send-off-to-prison party for himself in his hometown of Atlanta, which 16,000 people attended tonight. Starting Wednesday, one of the biggest music stars in the world spends 366 days in jail. Yikes. • source
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22 Jan 2009 16:33

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World: China’s tainted milk saga leads to the death penalty

  • two people were convicted and sentenced to death for selling milk laced with the toxic melamine; the milk made 300,000 sick
  • 21 people were also given jail time for their roles. Three, including a top-ranking dairy company executive, got life in prison source
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