People came from near and far to bid on Bernie Madoff's things—and they paid a premium for a little piece of this dark chapter of US history. Ruth's baubles were some of the hottest items—several pairs of earnings went for $70,000 or more. One wooden duck decoy sold for nearly $5,000.   Read More

Bernie Madoff in a prison brawl=AWESOME. With all these white-collar prison brawls, it makes you wonder: Who would win a match of Madoff vs. Allen Stanford? Madoff vs. Enron's Jeff Skilling? Welcome to the Prison Fantasy League. Click here to cast your vote for the winners of five white-collar prison smackdowns.   Read More

Pictures have been circulating on the Internet of a sculpture of Bernie Madoff getting gored by a bull. What does it mean? We get to the bottom of the bull.   Read More

Autumn is upon us, but I see no fall off in candidates for our weekly look at finance's festering underbelly. Here's our list of nominees for The Call of Shame. Vote for your pick at the bottom. And feel free to leave a comment.    Read More

It's an up week on Wall Street! (So far.) But that doesn't mean we haven't had a week's worth of boneheaded decisions. Vote now for the most egregious money-moves of the week.   Read More

The recession has provided a lot of fodder for comic relief. To help you with your watercooler show, here are more than 50 recession jokes—and some advice for how to tell them. On your mark...get set...joke!   Read More

Addicting Games churns out 50 free online games every month. Recently, it created a popular new game category called "NewsGames", based on stories ripped from the headlines, just like Law & Order! But more fun!    Read More

We had a fun little game of "Where in the World is Bernie Madoff" in the newsroom yesterday. We're still playing it a little bit today.   Read More

Several readers commented on the Kodak contest to identify "Rose Boy", the young man trying to hand a rose to actress Megan Fox.   Read More

So Bernie Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in the slammer today. He also delivered one of his now-patented non-repentant repentance speeches in the courtroom. Oh, by the way, his wife Ruth also issued a statement, and she threw him under the bus.    Read More