Sen. Al Franken, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, had the opportunity to question U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. On Wednesday, the third day of Sotomayor’s testimony, Franken asked about Perry Mason.
Under earlier questioning by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Sotomayor had said that the Perry Mason TV show had inspired her decision to become [...]

Convicted Ponzi-scheme operator Bernard Madoff arrived at a federal prison in North Carolina to begin serving his 150-year prison term.

Greg Norton, a spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, told the Wall Street Journal that Madoff arrived about 11:15 a.m. Eastern time on July 14 at Butner Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, N.C. Madoff, 71, was assigned [...]