No Laughing Matter: Ex-National Lampoon CEO Pleads Guilty in Stock Fraud Scheme

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Under the category of “no laughing matter” comes Daniel Laikin, 47, the former CEO of National Lampoon. Laikin,  a resident of both Indianapolis and Los Angeles, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in Philadelphia to conspiracy to manipulate the humor company’s stock price from March through June 2008 by artificially increasing the price,…

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Fed Judge: Good Chance Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian Was “Complicit” in Dirty Detective’s Illegal Conduct

The Anthony Pellicano case ruined a lot of people it touched including FBI agent Mark Rossini, who leaked an FBI document in the case (see special reports). Billionaire Kerkorian, like other high-profile people, may have gotten his hands dirty in the whole mess, but nothing will happen to him. By JOHN R. EMSHWILLER Wall Street…

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Maryland Teen Pleads Guilty in Fed Court to Possessing Bomb Materials: Map of Presidential Motorcade Found in His Room

In the wake of the murderous rampages at Columbine and Virginia Tech, authorities and law enforcement need to take all these things very seriously. Many teens represent our future. A very few represent our nightmare. By Dan Morse Washington Post Staff Writer A Bethesda teenager pleaded guilty to a felony explosives charge Wednesday, admitting that…

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