1 Gout can also affect the joints of the feet, ankles, knees, wrists, fingers, and elbows. 2  Symptoms may occur after an illness or surgery.  Gout may first appear as nodules (tophi) on the hands, elbows, or ears. You may not have any of the classic symptoms of a gout attack.
June 4, 2011 - Final auction of personal property belonging to Madoff nets $500,000. To date, the total recovery from the Madoffs has been approximately $24 million in property sales and $80 million in cash assets.
The money comes from the $11 billion that was recovered by officials, mostly thanks to the widow of Madoff's accomplice Jeffrey Picower, who returned $7.2 billion that wasn't hers. Getting the rest of the money back hasn't been so easy, however, tallying up about $1 billion of legal fees and counting.