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Madoff’s wife breaks cover to buy cheese

The wife of Bernard Madoff, the New York financier who swindled more than $650 billion out of unsuspecting investors, braved the wrath of the public this week by breaking cover to buy cheese.
As Madoff sat in jail awaiting a possible 150-year sentence after pleading guilty to fraud, Ruth Madoff decided to visit a local grocery [...]

Is China fighting a war on cheese?

China is deploying trained sniffer beagles at major airports to track down chunks of cheese packed in luggage, according to anecdotal reports from passengers.
The Website of respected U.S. magazine Atlantic has detailed several accounts of what it says could be an “anti-cheese crackdown” at Chinese ports of entry.