The Ticker (p.m. edition): Jobs, Madoff, Cooper…

> Webnewser has the video of a Dennis Kneale joke about Steve Jobs that didn’t exactly go over well on CNBC this afternoon. He later apologized.

> Fox Business Network had exclusive video today of Bernie Madoff leaving his apartment to attend a bail hearing. It was the first time he left his apartment “in a couple weeks,” according to FBN’s Sandra Smith. Update: CNN also had video of him leaving his apartment, which it played throughout the afternoon.

> CNN’s Anderson Cooper is currently reporting/anchoring from Israel. “If we had a choice we’d be on the ground in Gaza, but the Israeli government won’t let reporters get any closer,” writes Cooper on the AC360 blog.

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