DiPascali, Madoff’s Right-Hand Man, Pleads Guilty

Frank DiPascali, the former financial chief for disgraced billionaire financier Bernie Madoff, told a federal court judge on Tuesday that he and others knew as far back as the early 1990s that no sales were taking place in Madoff’s investment scam. He made the comments while pleading guilty to criminal charges as part of a government cooperation agreement for his role in Madoff’s $65 billion Ponzi scheme.

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Psychics see magic in Michael Jackson’s life

When Glynis McCants looks at Michael Jackson’s life, she sees the number five. Jackson’s talent was discovered when he was 5 years old, he came to fame as a member of the Jackson 5 and he planned a series of 50 concert dates in London, England, as part of a comeback tour before he died on June 25 at the age of 50

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Retrial for suspects in Politkovskaya murder case

The Russian supreme court on Thursday overturned a not guilty verdict and ordered a retrial for three suspects in the killing of a journalist, a defense attorney said. The ruling overturns the February acquittal of three men in the October 2006 killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya

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Your Facebook Relationship Status: It’s Complicated

For many people, the manner in which they present themselves on Facebook has come to mirror how they see themselves in real life. Photos broadcast the fun they’re having, status updates say what’s on their mind and a change in relationship status announces their availability, commitment or something in between. Of these mini-declarations, relationship status is the only one that directly involves another person.

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Harman Says She’s the Victim in Wiretapping Controversy

Representative Jane Harman, under scrutiny for allegedly pledging in a 2005 phone call to try and help two former officials of an Israeli lobbying group accused of conspiring to pass classified information, told TIME on Tuesday that she is not worried about her fate. She frets far more, she claimed, about whether government agencies are listening to the conversations of private citizens. “My concern is not about me,” she said.

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