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  • OCTOPUSSY CONVICTED

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    Zvi Goffer a/k/a Octopussy was convicted Monday in a New York Federal courtroom of security fraud crimes arising from his activities in the Galleon Hedge Fund. In May, billionaire Raj Rajaratnam, the head of Galleon, was also convicted.
    We note this case because the defense of Mr. Goffer was [...]
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  • Summer is now my least favorite season.

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    Sunday felt like the first day of real summer.

    Until then it'd been hot, but not ungodly humid, and the nights were cool.

    No longer.

    Sunday brought sun and heat in the morning, rain in the afternoon, and sweltering humidity.

    Today was' [...]
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  • On This Date

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    June 13, 1971 -- The Pentagon Papers were published in the New York Times.

    I remember them, not because of what they revealed, but because I remember thinking that they basically proved everything I had come to believe about the war in Vietnam and the people who got [...]
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  • In My Head

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    I am eating a grilled cheese and watching Inside Edition right now, which is great considering that I was just the sickest I have ever been in my entire life. Sometimes when I've been sick and then I get better I can feel the better in opposition to the sick.' [...]
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  • Obama doesn't pack 'em in at the PAC

    Maybe it was the cost of the tickets ($44-$2,500). Maybe it was the rain. Or the night. Or maybe there wasn't that old '08 enthusiasm.

    Either way, President Obama's fundraiser-speech at the Adrienne Arsht Performing Arts Center wasn't a packed-to-the-rafter's event. Seats remained empty in the wings and the upper level. [...]

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  • I support congressman Weiner

    People left and right and high and low are calling for the resignation of Congressman Anthony Weiner in the wake of sexting scandal. I'm not one of them. I mean sure it's embarrassing and sure he lied but his behavior is not criminal. It's not' [...]

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