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Can the SEC Be Sued for Failing to Catch Madoff?

Sep. 3, 2009
The SEC's internal investigation of its failure to catch Bernard Madoff finds incompetence and human frailty, but is that enough to make the SEC liable?
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler