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NEW YORK - Now HERE'S a good excuse for working at home. Deborah Norville will anchor Monday's program of "Inside Edition" from her home on Long Island, N.Y., to try to give viewers a taste of what Martha Stewart's home confinement is like. Norville will be fitted with the same type of ankle bracelet that is being used to monitor Stewart's location now that she has been released from prison. Over a 24-hour period, Norville will keep a record of everything she does and report on what the experience is like, the show said. "Inside Edition," a syndicated newsmagazine, airs...

(2005-03-04) -- Residents of New York and neighboring states were on edge today as one of the nation's most notorious criminals, Martha Stewart, was released from a West Virginia prison. "Stock brokers will be watching their backs," said one Wall Street executive. "We're all a bit jittery. She's done her time, but did the correctional institution really correct her?"Almost no one interviewed for this story would allow his name to be used, fearing reprisals from the wealthy convict who remains under house arrest."In the world of finance, your word is your bond," said one unnamed bond trader. "If she lied...

KATONAH, N.Y. — Martha Stewart (search), released after five months in a West Virginia prison, arrived at her multimillion-dollar 153-acre New York estate early Friday to begin serving the home detention portion of her sentence for lying about a stock sale.

Some of the talk radio hosts are ill, a bit green around the gills when it comes to all the attention given to Martha Stewart. I find that pretty funny. Yes, important news is going on all around us. But they fail to see something significant. Many pundits placed their bets that the people would hate her. They thought the American people hate the rich. It would be a knee-jerk hatred, they thought. This is a nation plagued by class warfare, after all. Well guess what? Martha Stewart is putting a human face on the rich, even rich people who...

WASHINGTON : US lifestyle guru Martha Stewart was set to leave jail Friday after a five-month sentence for a stock scandal that boosted her career rather than dooming it. Stewart's time in jail officially ends Sunday, but the federal prisons bureau can release prisoners on a Friday if their sentences end over the weekend, said US prisons spokeswoman Carla Wilson. Supporters eagerly awaited her release from the Alderson minimum security prison in West Virginia, which inmates call "Camp Cupcake." The news media were also outside the prison in force. Stewart's reputation has made a massive public rebound during her time...

Wed Mar 2, 2:19 PM ET Entertainment - AP By APRIL VITELLO, Associated Press Writer ALDERSON, W.Va. - From scrubbing floors to raking leaves, Martha Stewart (news - web sites) spent the past five months performing the sort of tasks ordinarily done by the hired help. She also foraged for dandelions and other wild greens, concocted recipes in a microwave, even ate from the vending machines, heaven forbid. That could all come to an end as early as Friday, when the foremost authority on gracious living gets out of prison in time for the spring gardening season. Instead of working...

For a story about Martha Stewart's new "makeover" as she prepares to leave prison, Newsweek magazine created a cover photo using the homemaking maven's face but someone else's slim body. The story said that while Stewart and her media empire face many challenges, prison has been good for business and her figure, helping melt worry lines and about 20 pounds. She's expected to be freed from the West Virginia prison Friday to begin five months of house arrest. "Paparazzi photos reveal a fighting-trim Stewart strolling the lush grounds of Alderson (a.k.a. Camp Cupcake) with her daughter, Alexis," the Newsweek...

After five months in prison, Martha's primed and ready for her next act: two TV shows and a marketing blitz stage-managed by a new A-list team. Inside the Martha Makeover Machine. Stewart: What a difference a prison stay makes NewsweekMarch 7 issue - Just after 5 on a recent frigid winter morning, Debbie Gettings lined up outside a Detroit TV studio for a chance to work for her idol: Martha Stewart. The 34-year-old suburban homemaker was not deterred by the fact that Stewart, at that moment, was sleeping in a prison cell in West Virginia. To the contrary, Gettings is...

Incarceration has worked a miracle on Martha Stewart's bottom line, restoring the disgraced domestic diva to billionaire status. She has watched her fortunes soar while serving a five-month jail sentence, during which she was forbidden by law to conduct any business.The 63-year-old homemaking queen will emerge from prison on March 6 more than $500 million (£264 million) richer on paper, after shares in her retail and publishing company soared on the back of a new reality television deal and higher licensing fees. Shares in Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia slumped as low as $8.25 in May, as she awaited sentencing after...

If there's a better villainess than the corporate multimillionaire who flouts the rules to save a few bucks, it's the defense lawyer who flouts the rules by claiming a higher duty to her terrorist client. Their convictions matter differently in important ways, but Martha Stewart and Lynne Stewart illuminate just how full the extent of the law can get in the conservative 2000s.

NEW YORK (AP) - Martha Stewart, you're hired. The masterminds behind "The Apprentice" - Donald Trump and Mark Burnett- and NBC announced Wednesday that Stewart will host "The Apprentice: Martha Stewart." "Mark and I have always admired her," Trump said. "She's a very brave woman. She's built a multimillion-dollar empire. It was an easy decision. We think this will be an absolutely tremendous success." Burnett didn't reveal many details about the new version of the business-themed reality show, such as whether there will be a boardroom or when the show would begin taping. But Stewart's take on "Apprentice" should be...

Free Martha? After bushels of supportive letters and e-mails, America's most celebrated white-collar convict may find affirmation from the U.S. Supreme Court. The legal team for Martha Stewart is scrutinizing a Wednesday ruling by the judicial bigs, one which jettisoned federal sentencing guidelines. [snip] Whether paroled early or not, la Martha is likely to be able to piece her life back together pretty handily. Upon her release, she'd slated to begin work on a new television show with Mark Burnett.

The Supreme Court tossed out federal sentencing guidelines yesterday, giving hundreds of inmates - including Martha Stewart - a shot at new sentences. The stunning ruling is expected to unleash a flood of requests by defendants around the nation to be resentenced. Lawyers for Stewart said yesterday they were examining the ruling with her. "We're having discussions with our client about the implications of the decision," said David Chesnoff, one of Stewart's attorneys. Stewart was sentenced to five months in prison, followed by five months' home confinement. She has about two months left at the minimum security prison camp in...

NEW YORK — Martha Stewart (search), who built a billion-dollar media empire based on her holiday and home decorating tips, was unable to lead her team to victory in a prison decoration contest, a magazine reported. Stewart and a team of fellow inmates at a federal prison camp in Alderson, W.Va., crafted paper cranes to be hung from the ceiling, People magazine reported in an article posted on its Web site Wednesday.

Has Martha Stewart lost her touch in the joint? The diva of do-it-yourself domesticity sure looked off her game recently, leading her team to an embarrassing defeat in a holiday decorating contest, it was reported yesterday. Team Stewart created paper cranes and hung them from the ceiling of West Virginia's Alderson Federal Prison only to have fellow jailbirds pooh-pooh them, according to People magazine's Web site. Although Stewart made a fortune showing her legion of fans how to spiff up their homes with little money and lots of imagination, one prisoner shrugged at her effort and said, "It wasn't all...

No Justice for Falsely Imprisoned Paul Craig Roberts Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2004 While enjoying Christmas, good food and drink with family and friends in the warmth and comfort of your home, take a moment to remember the falsely imprisoned. Think about how your own family would handle the grief, because wrongful imprisonment can happen to you. In a just published book, "Thinking About Crime," Michael Tonry, a distinguished American law professor and director of Cambridge University's Institute of Criminology, reports that the United States has the highest percentage of its population in prison of any country on earth. The U.S....

Apparently the talents of home decoration diva Martha Stewart don't translate all that well behind bars, with reports surfacing this week that she lost a Christmas decorating contest to one of her fellow inmates at the Alderson, West Virginia correctional facility. "The shocking story came out this afternoon," reported MSNBC's Chris Jansen last night. "No word yet on who took the title from the high doyen of household hints and no word on how she is handling this surprise upset." Despite her disappointing showing, a former inmate at the jail tells MSNBC that Stewart is at least surrounded by friends...

Martha Stewart, the US lifestyle guru serving a five-month sentence for lying to stock market regulators, has complained about the food in prison. In an open letter posted on her web site, she says she is fine, but looking forward to going home. "I have had time to think, time to write, time to exercise, time to not eat the bad food, and time to walk and contemplate the future," she says. Stewart, who is halfway through her jail term, says she is keeping busy. She says her main work in jail has been cleaning - "washing, scrubbing, sweeping, vacuuming,...

NEW YORK — Martha Stewart (search), in a Christmas message posted on her personal Web site, called Wednesday for sentencing reform and took a swipe at the "bad food" in prison. Stewart, who is roughly halfway through a five-month sentence for lying about a stock sale, urged fans to think about the women she has met in prison who are "devoid of care, devoid of love, devoid of family."

Martha Stewart, in a Christmas message posted on her Web site, called Wednesday for sentencing reform and took a swipe at the "bad food" in prison. Stewart, who is roughly halfway through a five-month sentence for lying about a stock sale, urged fans to think about the women she has met in prison who are "devoid of care, devoid of love, devoid of family." She suggested Americans should push for reforms in federal sentencing guidelines for nonviolent first-time offenders and particularly for drug offenders, who she said would be better served by rehabilitation than prison. Stewart, who built a billion-dollar...

Happy Holidays from the Big House!Martha Stewart isn't letting a pesky inconvience like federal jail time keep her from proper holiday etiqette.The imprisioned domestic diva has sent out Christmas cards to friends and family from the West Virginia federal prison where she is serving her time.The cards are, of course, quite tasteful and understated, according to one reciepent.A photo of a red wreath adorns the front of the card, then on the inside, in red type-face, are the words: 'Happy Holidays/My Very Best Wishes to You and Your Family/Martha Stewart/Alderson, West Virginia.'Seems like she could have left the location off,'...

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc.'s former chief executive, Sharon Patrick, has left the New York media and merchandising company's board, the company said late Friday in a regulatory filing. Patrick, who stepped down as president and CEO about three weeks ago in a surprise shake-up, resigned from the board on Thursday, "in connection with her previously announced retirement," the filing said. A spokeswoman for Martha Stewart Living wasn't immediately available to comment further.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Martha Stewart is making big plans to return to the small screen next year following her five-month gig in a West Virginia prison. Sources said Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, having tapped former ABC Entertainment chief Susan Lyne as its new CEO this month, is close to sealing a deal with NBC for a primetime reality series to feature the domestic diva. It will be produced by "Survivor" Svengali Mark Burnett. Specifics of the series are still murky, but sources said that it would have an elimination-style competition element along the lines of Burnett's "Survivor" and...

DENVER (AP) - The food at the Federal Corrections Camp in Alderson, W.Va., apparently is nothing to write home about - unless one is eating it with Martha Stewart. Roman Catholic nun Carol Gilbert, 57, who is serving time in the same prison as the famous homemaker, says she enjoys eating with Stewart, although the setting could be better. "We're not talking about a tea party," Gilbert's attorney, Sue Tyburski, told the Rocky Mountain News for a story in Saturday's editions. "We're talking about a big cafeteria setting with the terrible food." Gilbert is serving 33 months on convictions of...

"Martha Stewart's prison secrets — right down to the spices she allegedly sneaks into her bra...prison guards searched the culinary queen's locker last month and found hidden food inside...Stewart — Prisoner No. 55170-054 — was caught with the goods and punished with additional work duty after a prison pal ratted her out..."

Martha Stewart, in prison for one of her favorite holidays, says she is "safe, fit and healthy" and grateful this Thanksgiving for the support of her fans. In a new message on her personal Web site, the homemaking expert also says she is being treated fairly by staff and other inmates at the federal women's prison in Alderson, W.Va. "As you would expect, the loss of freedom and the lack of privacy are extremely difficult," the message says. "Visits from my friends, family and colleagues - together with your goodwill and best wishes - will get me through this chapter...

Martha Stewart to Fans: Stop Sending Money, Start Sending Cigarettes - ALDERSON, West Virginia — Into her second week of incarceration, Martha Stewart has written an open letter to her fans describing her ordeal and asking that supporters to stop sending gifts and money to her at the federal minimum security camp at Alderson, West Virginia. “I’m grateful to all of you that have shown your support through letters, presents and cash donations,” wrote Stewart, “but what I really need are smokes and narcotics. Preferably, Lucky Strikes and Oxycotin…they seem to be the popular form of currency here. Ecstasy is...

NEW YORK (Oct. 23) - Martha Stewart has been exercising, reading and making friends in prison, but the food at the minimum-security prison camp in West Virginia is "terrible," the domestic diva's daughter said Friday. "I'm sure she could give them quite a few pointers, but I think that the budget is so limited that ... I'm not sure how much change they'd be willing to make," Alexis Stewart said on CNN's Larry King Live. "I think airplane (meals) would be better. It's just -- it's terrible," the daughter added. "It's not going to affect her that badly because she's...

October 20, 2004 -- Martha Stewart's recipe for doing hard time in prison: whip up something sweet with crab apples. The guru of good living spent some time last week picking crab apples from trees that dot the grounds of her federal lockup in West Virginia — and used them to make a tasty dish.

Martha Stewart is now relying on the kindness of convicts to make herself pretty. Once a board member for cosmetics giant Revlon, the guru of good living borrowed makeup last weekend from a fellow prisoner at a federal lockup in West Virginia, one inmate told the Post. And one could bet it wasn't Chanel. Stewart, the inmate said, borrowed the cosmetics to make herself more presentable for her daughter, Alexis, who came to visit the disgraced domestic diva during her first days behind bars at the Federal Prison Camp in rural Alderson, W.Va. Also last weekend, Stewart was frequently interrupted...

She said she was doing fine and that everyone she has met, from prison officials to fellow inmates, was "nice." Stewart, like all federal prisoners, is allowed to spend a maximum of $290 a month at the prison commissary. It's basically a mini-mart that sells snacks, stamps, and some toiletries. All inmate money is kept in separate "commissary accounts," according to Novak. Stewart will be allowed to take any leftover funds with her when she is released in March.

Martha Stewart Reports to Jail to Begin Sentence Fri Oct 8, 2004 11:17 AM ET By Larry Downing ALDERSON, W.Va. (Reuters) - Trendsetter Martha Stewart arrived at a minimum-security prison known as "Camp Cupcake" under cover of early morning darkness on Friday to serve a five-month sentence for lying about a stock sale. Stewart, one of the America's best-known personalities, was subjected to a strip search on arrival and had to squat and cough hard to check for hidden contraband, Federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Carla Wilson said. For the next five months, she will be known as prisoner...

Prison Guards' Union: Martha Could Be Jailbait Oct 4, 2004 4:45 pm US/Eastern Budget cuts and staffing shortages will make it difficult to protect Martha Stewart at the minimum security prison where she will serve five months for lying to federal investigators, the union representing correction officers there said Monday. "During the day there is one officer for 550 inmates," said Kent Gilkerson, a correction officer at Alderson Federal Prison Camp in southeastern West Virginia and local president of the Council of Prison Locals. "At night there's two." Stewart has until 2 p.m. Friday to report to Alderson to begin...

West Virginians Ready To Welcome Martha Stewart At "Camp Cupcake" POSTED: 11:35 am EDT September 30, 2004 UPDATED: 12:02 pm EDT September 30, 2004 ALDERSON, W.Va. -- Some people of Alderson, W. Va., say that after she's finished with her first visit, they'd like to see homemaking diva Martha Stewart come back again -- voluntarily. Alderson -- nicknamed "Camp Cupcake" -- is the home of the Federal Correctional Institute where Stewart will serve her time for lying to federal investigators. Betty Alderson, who once worked as a secretary at the nation's oldest prison for women, said it's really a beautiful...

Westport's Martha Stewart has been ordered to report to a prison in West Virginia to serve her five-month term, a source close to Stewart said today.Stewart had hoped to serve her time in Danbury so she could be close to her 90-year-old mother, or in a prison facility in Florida where there are good transporation links.The U.S. Bureau of Prisons told Stewart last week to report to jail by Oct. 8. The source said Stewart had been told to report to the federal prison camp for women in Alderson, W. Va.Stewart's lawyer, in a Sept. 15 letter to a federal...

Martha Stewart Is Designated Federal Inmate No. 55170-054 Despite Not Knowing Where She'll Do Time NEW YORK Sept. 27, 2004 — Martha Stewart still does not know where she will do her time for lying about a stock sale, but she's already been designated federal inmate No. 55170-054. The celebrity homemaker, who must begin serving her five-month prison sentence by Oct. 8, was assigned the number by federal marshals. The number now appears under Stewart's name on the U.S. Bureau of Prisons Web site. She is also listed as "in transit," but the designation simply means she has a reporting...

What's the difference between Martha Stewart and John Kerry...? She has a conviction.

Martha Stewart designated federal inmate No. 55170-054 September 27, 2004, 2:09 PM EDT NEW YORK (AP) _ Martha Stewart still does not know where she will do her time for lying about a stock sale, but she's already been designated federal inmate No. 55170-054.

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Martha Stewart today told a federal judge that she wants to immediately begin serving her five-month prison term, claiming that the "uncertain duration of the appellate process" was having a detrimental effect on her company............... ...........Since her first choice of federal prison camp--the one in Danbury, Connecticut--is overbooked, Stewart wants to spend her sentence at a Bureau of Prisons facility in Coleman, Florida.

I wonder about the following topics: Does he have amnesia? Four years ago Alan Keyes said the following of Hillary Clinton's New York Senate run: "I deeply resent the destruction of federalism represented by Hillary Clinton's willingness to go into a state she doesn't live in and pretend to represent the people there." Keyes, a resident of Maryland, is running for the Senate seat in Illinois. Did you know these guys aren't running free? Supporters of Martha Stewart claim she was singled out and other high profile corporate crooks have gotten away. Enron's Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, indicted. Andrew...

MARTHA Stewart is in hot water with the tony town of Westport, Conn., for placing boulders in front of her house in an effort to deter gawkers. The domestic diva, who was sentenced to five months in prison but is free pending an appeal, trucked in a heap of giant stones from her estate in upstate Bedford and had them placed along both sides of Turkey Hill Road in front of her Westport estate, to prevent snoops from pulling their cars off the street and onto her property. [snip]LEADEN FOOTIF former Vice President Al Gore (above) ever gets back into...

Attention, Martha: Inmates at the Danbury Correctional Facility in Connecticut are eagerly awaiting your arrival. Prisoners at the minimum-security prison camp where Martha Stewart is expected to serve her sentence have been anticipating the 62-year-old disgraced domestic diva's arrival for months, according to one ex-con who spent time there. "Even when I was in, I'd hear a lot of jokes about when she comes, she'll try to decorate the cells or improve the food," said Rae Kramer, who last March finished a six-month stint at the Satellite Camp of the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury. "Some prisoners have followed her...

Martha Stewart Witness Gets $2,000 Fine By TOM HAYS, Associated Press Writer Sun Jul 25, 7:20 AM ET http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=530&e=8&u=/ap/20040725/ap_on_bi_ge/martha_stewart_faneuil NEW YORK - A former brokerage assistant who helped Martha Stewart (news - web sites) make her fateful stock trade and later emerged as a key government witness was spared prison and probation Friday and fined just $2,000 for accepting a payoff during the government's investigation. U.S. District Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum imposed the fine against Douglas Faneuil one week after she sentenced the convicted homemaking entrepreneur to five months in prison and five months home detention for lying to authorities....

Lifestyle queen Martha Stewart is reportedly ready to surrender to prison authorities next week to start her jail time. The domestic diva has been given the option by New York Judge Miriam Cedarbaum to put off her five-month prison sentence while appealing the verdict in her insider-trading case. Stewart was sentenced to five months in jail and five months confined to her home after being found guilty of lying about the sale of shares she owned last week. A source tells American newspaper New York Daily News: "She wants to put this ordeal behind her. She thinks that it's in...

In the wee hours of April 15, 1912, the “unsinkable” SS Titanic settled into its final resting spot in the depths of the North Atlantic. The nascent cause of gender equality was dealt a blow on that wintry night. Among its 425 female passengers, 74% were rescued. But among the 1,667 men, only 338 – that’s a paltry 20% -- survived this nautical disaster (www.sciencedrive.com/mitchk/stats.htm). First Officer Charles Lightoller was later called to testify before Congress. One Senator inquired why women had been favored over men, even while many of the lifeboats bobbed half-empty in the icy waters. Lightoller’s response:...

So it appears Martha Stewart will, one of these years, go to prison for five months. I’m starting to wish there were a way to send her up the river for life. Not that her crimes warrant such a sentence. I used to be ambivalent about her case, wondering if what she did justified such tough, resolute prosecution. She was sentenced for lying about a stock sale. I can understand her astonishment at being nailed for that. Not many years ago, we had a president who was giving Burger King stiff competition for turning out the most whoppers. Lying under...

I sat down with Martha Stewart yesterday evening to interview her about the interview she gave to Barbara Walters for ABC's ''20/20,'' which aired last night. She wore the same dark gray business suit she wore for Barbara. I wore the same cream-colored suit and dark blouse that Barbara wore during her sit down. And a blond wig too. Me: Martha, you told... may I call you Martha? MS: No. Me: Ms. Stewart, you told Barbara Walters that you hope that charges of which you were convicted, stock manipulation and lying to investigators, would be overturned on appeal. MS: Yes....