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daily dos
wed 12/17/2008
- Hector "El Father" says he's broke.
- Major banks from the U.S., Britain, Spain and Japan have lost millions of dollars to New York hedge fund trader Bernard Madoff. The 70-year-old was arrested last week for running a $50 billion pyramid scheme. (via Foreign Policy)
- A Cleveland hospital announced one of its doctors has performed the world's first near-total face transplant.
- A Mets fan tells the New York Times he's glad Major League Baseball is now allowing team logos on funeral caskets because “they’re going to drive me to my grave."
- The Los Angeles Times profiles Enrique Portocarrero, the Captain Nemo of Cocaine. The 45-year-old Colombian is credited with building and designing over 20 submarines used to transport drugs from Colombia to México and Central America. (via Metafilter)
- Mexican drug cartels are the "greatest organized crime threat" to the United States, according to a report by the National Drug Intelligence Center: "The influence of Mexican drug trafficking organizations over domestic drug trafficking is unrivaled."