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Obama Nominates 4 U.S. Attorneys Including One Whose Father is in Prison

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — President Obama on Friday nominated  four U.S. Attorneys including Nicholas Klinefeldt, whose father is in  prison. Klinefeldt, the U.S. Attorney nominee for the Southern District of Iowa, has a father serving a 10-year sentence for a methamphetamine conviction. The story of his possible nomination and his father’s problems were…

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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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