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Fast Forward Ruth Madoff Says Couple Tried Suicide
Ruth Madoff said in a new interview that she and her disgraced husband Bernie Madoff tried to commit suicide on Christmas Eve after his Ponzi scheme was uncovered. The couple took handfuls of sleeping pills on December 24, 2008 in their Manhattan penthouse, she told The New York Times. “We were both so saddened by…
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Fast Forward Gadhafy Killed as Libyans Seize Holdout Town
Libya’s ruling former rebels say they have captured the hold-out town of Sirte, and reports say they killed ex-leader Moammar Gadhafy. The now-governing National Transitional Council said it overran the final opposition in Sirte, long known as a Gadhafy stronghold, on Thursday after fierce fighting raged for days, according to The Guardian A military council…
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Fast Forward Free at Last, Shalit Returns to Israel
Joyous crowds of neighbors greeted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit on his arrival home in the northern town of Mitzpe Hila after he was finally released from five years in captivity Tuesday. Throngs lined the streets singing ?Heveinu Shalom Aleichim? and marching with flags as he returned with his family to his house for the first…
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The Schmooze This Week in Forward Arts and Culture
Jenna Weissman Joselit looks at Reconstructionist founder Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan’s efforts to get rid of Kol Nidrei. Sarah Breger goes to see the Jew-tastic cancer comedy “50/50.” Philologs responds to a South African judge, who inquires whether a woman of valor is like rubies, pearls, or maybe coral. Amy Klein provides us with Anthony Weiner’s…
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Fast Forward Steve Jobs, Apple’s Co-Founder, Dead at 56
Steve Jobs, the tech visionary who built Apple into a global force in culture, has died at 56 in California, the company said. The Silicon Valley pioneer helped create the world’s first personal computer and turned Apple into a corporate giant that won millions of devoted customers worldwide. For many, it cornered the market on…
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Fast Forward Awlaki, Al Qaeda Terror Leader, Killed in Yemen
Anwar al-Awlaki, a top al Qaeda leader in the Arabian peninsula nation of Yemen, has been killed, several news reports said, quoting officials. The U.S.-born cleric considered the head of the terror group’s Yemeni wing, was killed in an air raid in Yemen, U.S. officials told The New York Times. He was blamed for several…
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Fast Forward U.N. UPDATE: Cheers for Abbas as Palestinians Bid for Statehood
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the United Nations that he presented a historic bid for statehood because the peace process had been ?repeatedly smashed against the rocks? by Israel. ?The goal of the Palestinian people is their inalienable national right (to) the state of Palestine,? he said. ?No one with a shred of conscience can…
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News ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Opens Quietly
A controversial Islamic center in lower Manhattan opened quietly yesterday without protests as the developer reportedly admitted making missteps in the campaign to build it. The Park51 center, which was the target of mass protests by those opposed to an Islamic center close to the site of the Sept. 11 attacks, opened with a photo…
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