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Markopolos described the crooked returns as "the equivalent of Major League Baseball player batting .966 and no one suspecting a cheat." In the hearing, he used his arm to show the straight upward growth of Madoff's funds, up 45 degrees without any down ticks. "This was the first sign that this was a fraud," Markopolos said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Madoff Whistle-Blower Tells His Story | 2/4/2009 | See Source »

...take me through the general process of what happens when Crime Scene Cleaners gets a call? First they look at all the objects that should be thrown away. Say the suicide is in the bedroom. Straight away, the bedclothes come off - they're going to be thrown away. The mattress - that's going to be thrown away. If there are valuables that can be cleaned, they'll start cleaning them and moving them out of the way. If it's a carpeted floor, there's no cleaning this stuff out of the carpet, so they'll roll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Clean Up a Crime Scene | 2/3/2009 | See Source »

...History favors Harvard in this matchup, though, as the Crimson has won 19 straight meetings with BU and holds a 13-1 record against the Terriers in the Beanpot...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Seeks Bragging Rights in Beanpot | 2/3/2009 | See Source »

...hand in four of the other goals. The first time she worked her magic was on the second goal of the night, at 7:32 into the first period. Vaillancourt single-handedly snagged the puck on a shorthanded play, drove it down the rink and made a shot straight over the goalie’s shoulder. “I think it was just one of those plays where you think at first that you are going to dump the puck and then you see a full ice in front of you so you think you have...

Author: By Alexandra E. Zimbler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Vaillancourt Sparks Offense in Beanpot Opener | 2/3/2009 | See Source »

...first started coaching. One time, for a road game, we actually slept in the other team's gym the night before. We had mats, we had our little sleeping bags. When I was a player at the University of Tennessee-Martin, we played at Tennessee Tech for three straight games, and we didn't wash our uniforms. We only had one set. We played because we loved the game. We didn't think anything about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Tennessee Coach Pat Summitt | 2/2/2009 | See Source »

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