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CBS producer who blackmailed Letterman up for Emmy

NEW YORK -- The former CBS News producer jailed for trying to blackmail David Letterman is up for an Emmy award. Robert "Joe" Halderman was nominated Thursday for a News and Documentary Emmy award for his participation in an April 2009 "48 Hours" story about an American exchange student charged with murder in Italy. Halderman began a six-month jail sentence in May for trying to extort money from Letterman.

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