Read more federal prison stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/9617/federal-prison.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:09:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74431/martha-stewart-i-lost-a-billion-bucks-in-prison.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMartha Stewart says she lost more than a billion dollars by going to prison, but don’t cry for her: it’s humanity that lost out. In an interview to air tonight on Nightline , Stewart laments having been “prosecuted in such a way,” saying she lost an “inestimable” amount of money, "probably...http://www.newser.com/story/74431/martha-stewart-i-lost-a-billion-bucks-in-prison.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 14:31:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74132/ill-dems-rally-around-plan-to-take-gitmo-prisoners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIllinois' governor and senior senator spent yesterday feverishly trying to regain momentum on their plan to use a nearly empty maximum-security prison 150 miles from Chicago to house Gitmo detainees. With federal officials visiting Thomson Correctional Center today, local GOP lawmakers had gone on the offense Saturday, calling it a...http://www.newser.com/story/74132/ill-dems-rally-around-plan-to-take-gitmo-prisoners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 9:14:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74054/prison-in-illinois-may-replace-gitmo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe leading contender to take Guantanamo Bay's prisoners when it shuts down is a federal prison in Illinois, sources tell the Chicago Tribune . The near-empty facility in the small town of Thompson, about 150 miles west of Chicago, would take an unspecified but "limited" number of Gitmo's remaining 215 or...http://www.newser.com/story/74054/prison-in-illinois-may-replace-gitmo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Nov 2009 14:04:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70860/madoff-trustee-sues-relatives-for-not-doing-their-jobs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe trustee in the Bernie Madoff case, delivering on his threat to sue the imprisoned fraudster's relatives and co-workers, filed a $199 million lawsuit today in bankruptcy court. Rather than alleging that they knew about Bernie's Ponzi scheme, Irving Picard's complaint takes issue with the way brother Peter, sons Mark...http://www.newser.com/story/70860/madoff-trustee-sues-relatives-for-not-doing-their-jobs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 15:15:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70532/imprisoned-ponzi-schemer-it-happens-to-the-best-of-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBefore he left house arrest in his posh New York apartment to start serving a 20-year sentence, Ponzi schemer Marc Dreier attempted to explain his bizarre actions. Dreier sold bogus debt to expand his law firm, impersonating execs from other companies to do so. His criminal enterprise, he tells Vanity...http://www.newser.com/story/70532/imprisoned-ponzi-schemer-it-happens-to-the-best-of-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 15:32:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70397/lions-score-1st-win-since-2007.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Detroit Lions, winless since December 2007 and holders of the NFL record for futility after their 0-16 2008 season, stunned the visiting Redskins today at Ford Field, recording a 19-14 victory. "Yes, it's just the Redskins. And yes, they are not very good," wrote Shawn Winston of the Detroit...http://www.newser.com/story/70397/lions-score-1st-win-since-2007.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 27 Sep 2009 15:45:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69666/madoffs-beach-home-sells-for-more-than-asking-price.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBernie Madoff's Montauk beach house is off the market, ABC reports. A buyer paid cash "over the asking price" of $8.75 million, say Realtors involved with the deal. The US Marshals Service, which is selling the home to get money back for Madoff's victims, won't divulge the buyer's name...http://www.newser.com/story/69666/madoffs-beach-home-sells-for-more-than-asking-price.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 13:40:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69095/madoff-on-fooling-sec-just-be-casual.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe most important thing to remember if you want to fool the SEC is to act casual, Bernie Madoff told executives at Fairfield Greenwich Group. “You don't want them to think you're concerned about anything,” the Ponzi scheme mastermind said in a phone call taped in 2005, CNN reports. Most...http://www.newser.com/story/69095/madoff-on-fooling-sec-just-be-casual.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 17:11:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68564/vick-can-return-in-week-3-nfl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichael Vick, who last played in the NFL in 2006, will be eligible to suit up for the Eagles on Sept. 27, the Philadelphia Daily News reports. "Hopefully we can have a success story here that will be good for society in general and good for the NFL," commissioner Roger...http://www.newser.com/story/68564/vick-can-return-in-week-3-nfl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Sep 2009 16:41:38 CDT