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Pols probe handling of Madoff victims

Pols probe handling of Madoff victims

Several Congressional representatives have asked a federal watchdog agency to investigate allegations that the trustee charged with liquidating Bernie Madoff's estate is treating the con man's victims unfairly. Rep. Scott Garrett (R-N.J.) and his House colleagues also asked U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro to determine if Madoff trustee Irving Picard and his firm, Baker & Hostetler, have charged too much for their work.

Bonds: Perception vs. reality

Jurors don't buy Bonds as victimJurors don't buy Bonds as victim

While the jurors couldn't reach consensus on three perjury charges against Barry Bonds, it was clear they didn't buy the notion he was a steroid martyr or a target of overzealous prosecutors.

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BALCO founder finds redemption, success

BALCO founder finds redemption, success

Sitting in a Thai restaurant earlier this month in San Francisco, just a few blocks from the federal courthouse where Barry Bonds goes on trial Monday, BALCO founder Victor Conte seemed more like Buddha than a boogeyman.

End Zone: The game of Ray Lucas' life

End Zone: The game of Ray Lucas' life

Ray Lucas was lost in a fog of pain and anger and depression when he decided to pack his bags and bolt from Behavioral Health of the Palm Beaches, a South Florida drug-rehabilitation facility where he is being treated for painkiller addiction.

Oliva to plead guilty next month to sexual abuse

Oliva to plead guilty next month to sexual abuse

Bob Oliva pleaded not guilty to rape of a child, a charge with a maximum sentence of life in prison, when he appeared in a Boston courtroom last spring after he was indicted by a grand jury in March 2010. But when Oliva appears in court in Boston on April 4, he's going to tell a very different story: The former Christ the King coach will plead guilty.

The case vs. Armstrong, the cycling champ

The case vs. Armstrong, the cycling champ

Legendary cyclist and philanthropist Lance Armstrong is currently the subject of a federal grand jury investigation into alleged doping conspiracies on his famous Tour de France cycling teams.

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Pols probe handling of Madoff vics

Several Congressional representatives, including two from New York and one from New Jersey, have asked a federal watchdog agency to investigate allegations that the trustee charged with liquidating Bernie Madoff's estate is treating the con man's victims unfairly. Rep. Scott Garrett (R-N.J.) and his...

'60 Minutes' makes Armstrong testy

Lawyers for seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong unloaded a salvo on "60 Minutes" Wednesday, demanding that the program make an on-air apology for its assertion that he tested positive for the blood-boosting drug erythropoietin (EPO) during a 2001 race. Attorneys John Keker and Elliot ...

Madoff vics slam Picard over tactics

Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz aren't the only victims of con man Bernie Madoff who believe they are getting the shaft from trustee Irving Picard. Investors who attended a Securities Investor Protection Corporation forum held at the Grand Hyatt in midtown Wednesday said Picard, the Madoff trustee who fil...

Ackerman bill could keep Wilpon in control of Mets

If Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz are going to retain control of the Mets, and their family's fortune, their best hope may be legislation introduced last week by a New York congressman. Rep. Gary Ackerman's bill would bar bankruptcy trustees such as Irving Picard from suing investors victimized by a Ponz...

Mets owners file motion to move Madoff lawsuit

The owners of the Mets filed a motion in United States District Court Thursday seeking to move the highly contentious lawsuit filed against them by the trustee liquidating the Bernie Madoff estate from bankruptcy court into federal district court....

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Atlantic Yards drama hits the big screen

"Battle for Brooklyn," the excellent Atlantic Yards documentary by Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky, makes its United States debut tonight at the Brooklyn Film Festival. Tonight's showing, at Brooklyn Heights Cinema, is sold out, but the Rooftop Films Summer Series will show the flick for free ......Read More

Barry Bonds: Career in Photos

Barry Bonds

Baseball's Home Run Champ Goes on Trial

Barry Bonds, who is being accused of lying in Balco steroid case, goes from super skinny rookie to super-sized slugger.

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