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...alarm at a two-and-a-half story frame home in the 5300 block of South Princeton Avenue, according to Fire Media Affairs Dir. Larry Langford. Police responded to a residential fire at 3:40 a.m., according to police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro. None of...
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Chicago Sun-Times
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1935830,south-side-house-fire-121209.article
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...now auditioning for another role: Mayor of Birmingham. Trautwein is among 14 candidates in next week's election to replace Larry Langford, who was booted from office in October after being convicted on 60 felony counts in a bribery scheme. While the minister's...
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Miami Herald
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2009/12/bruno-pastor-runs-for-mayor-of-birmingham-ala.html
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Larry Langford exits the Federal Building in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, after the Birmingham mayor's federal corruption trial ended for the day. (The Birmingham News / Michelle Williams) It has been less than a week since the
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/11/post_159.html
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...read with great sadness about the conviction of former Birmingham, Ala., Mayor Larry Langford , 63, who was found guilty of accepting $236,000 in cash and gifts in exchange for guiding contracts toward one of his friends, Investment Banker Bill Blount . The...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
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Larry Langford, 61, now the former mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, was investigated by the SEC on corruption charges in 2007. In 2008 a lawsuit was filed against Langford for illegally accepting $156,000 in cash and benefits.
On December 1, 2008, Larry
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Huliq.com
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... Defense Attorney Glennon Threatt arrives at the Federal Building in Tuscaloosa, Ala., for Larry Langford's federal bribery trial Wednesday, October 28, 2009. (The Birmingham News /Tamika Moore) Mayor Larry Langford is a shopaholic whose weaknesses were...
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Everything Alabama
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Larry Langford helps Mattie Jackson to her car as they leave the Federal Building in Tuscaloosa, Ala.,after both sides rested in his federal bribery trial Tuesday, October 27, 2009. She testified briefly as the defense presented its case. (The
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Everything Alabama
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Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford's lawyers talked to him as early as February about whether he should testify, but when the moment arrived, his attorneys said, Langford ultimately decided not to take the witness stand.
"The mayor was there for the
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Everything Alabama
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Larry Langford leaves the Federal Building in Tuscaloosa, Ala., for lunch during his federal bribery trial Tuesday, October 27, 2009. (The Birmingham News / Tamika Moore) Mayor Larry Langford's defense team this afternoon called as a witness the FBI
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Everything Alabama
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...Al LaPierre, who helped make Larry Langford's political agenda a reality as both Fairfield mayor and later as Jefferson County Commission president, pleaded guilty in July 2009 to charges of conspiracy and filing a false tax return. LaPierre is set to take...
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Everything Alabama
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Bill Blount returns from lunch break to the Federal Building in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, for the federal corruption trial of Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford. (The Birmingham News / Michelle Williams) TUSCALOOSA -- Montgomery
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/10/larry_langford_gifts_were_buin.html
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Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford arrives at the Federal Building in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Monday, Oct. 19, 2009, before jury selection begins in his federal bribery trial. (The Birmingham News / Michelle Williams) Jury selection is well under way in the
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Everything Alabama
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About 55 people turned out at City Hall this evening for a prayer vigil in support of Birmingham mayor Larry Langford. His federal corruption trial begins Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. (The Birmingham News / Jeff Roberts) A prayer vigil for Birmingham Mayor
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/10/vigil_for_langford_ends_with_p.html
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Also from today's Birmingham News:
Defiant and hopeful, Birmingham mayor faces his biggest challenge
with a photo gallery: Larry Langford through the years
Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford discusses scholarships for students with the Board of
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/10/larry_langford_trial_mayor_fed.html
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Mayor Larry Langford during the City Council meeting at City Hall in Birmingham, Ala., on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. (The Birmingham News / Michelle Williams)Birmingham Mayor
Larry Langford today issued a progress report for his nearly two years in
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/10/mayor_larry_langford_gives_pro.html
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Typically such evidence would not be allowed at trial, but it is admissible when used to show motive, intent, planning or design. The evidence is being filed under seal so as to not contaminate the jury pool.
Blount and Al LaPierre, the intermediary,
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/10/post_90.html
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The Birmingham City Hall will be closed Friday as crews disinfect the building, after an employee was diagnosed this week with swine flu, Mayor Larry Langford said this morning.
(Birmingham News file photo)Birmingham, Ala., Mayor
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/live/2009/09/birmingham_swine_flu_city_hall_closing.html
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The foyer of the club Zen on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009, after a man was stabbed there and died. Signs outline rules, including no weapons. Mayor Larry Langford wants the club's licenses revoked. (The Birmingham News / Kent Faulk)
Langford said Monday he
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/09/police_mayor_target_birmingham.html
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- An investment banker accused of paying bribes to Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford has agreed to plead guilty and cooperate with prosecutors.
Federal court documents filed Tuesday show William Blount admits giving Langford
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The Orange County Register
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BIRMINGHAM_MAYOR?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
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The federal judge presiding over the criminal trial of Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford today scheduled a pretrial conference for Aug. 20 in his chambers.
Birmingham News fileJudge's schedule starts Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford, above, on a
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/08/federal_judge_judge_scott_coog.html
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Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford has completed a revision of his proposed 2010 operating budget that he says meets most of the City Council's priorities while maintaining his revenue projections.
Council members received the new document this evening.
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/07/birmingham_mayor_larry_langfor_30.html
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Somebody sure is paying Joel & LALA money under the table here. Who could it be?
come jon us yoo could be a winner ta (correct spelling)
What about the ones already open that can't possibly accommodate 1,000 machines?
increasing the minimum number of
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/07/birmingham_mayor_larry_langfor_29.html
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uh, who paid for this? the circle of stupidity keeps getting larger...
Why rooneymann, you and I paid for it. Don't worry. I wasn't invited either.
Well he could be right..........
An expensive dome with retractable roof roughly $1.1
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/06/birmingham_mayor_larry_langfor_27.html
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Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford today said he wants to make sure Cooper Green Mercy hospital is not affected by Jefferson County's financial problems. Langford today suggested that the city take over operating the county's indigent care hospital if
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/05/mayor_larry_langford_birmingha.html
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A meeting Wednesday between merchant's from Birmingham's Southside and Mayor Larry Langford started friendly but ended with a heated confrontation between Langford and bar owner Jerry Hartley of J. Clyde.
No punches were thrown but Hartley said
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/05/a_meeting_wednesday_between_me.html
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...issued by the Railroad Park project manager and a request for a $200,000 contract extension rankled Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford, prompting him to send a letter this week asking if the city was being duped by park organizers. LINDA STELTER/BIRMINGHAM...
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/05/birmingham_alabama_mayor_larry_1.html
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Y'all, just let it go. This isn't putting us in a very good light, and we're having a tough enough time as it is.
I think that it is Larry Langford's original statements about the gay pride parade that "isn't putting us in a very good light."
There's
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/04/gay_pride_group_wants_birmingh.html
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Mayor will ask the City Council to pass a resolution allowing city department heads to sign off on federal documents
Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford no longer has the authority to sign federal grant applications or enter into agreements that
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/04/birmingham_mayor_larry_langfor_25.html
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The wisdom of Birmingham, Alabama Mayor Larry Langford, who insists he's not a bigot:
"I don't think I'm intolerant, I just don't condone the lifestyle. Your personal lifestyle should be nobody's issue but yours. It's not a civil rights issue, it's a
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Pam's House Blend
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Mayor Larry Langford wants to quadruple city support for the Birmingham Zoo from $500,000 to $2 million a year to support a new exhibit that brings elephants and other African animals back to the park.
NEWS STAFF/BEVERLY TAYLORBirmingham Mayor
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/02/birmingham_mayor_larry_langfor_21.html
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Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford today called for a doubling of the number of Birmingham police officers serving city schools.
SpecialBirmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper reports more than 250 arrests during school year at Birmingham Schools.
In
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/02/birmingham_mayor_larry_langfor_19.html
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Lawyers for Birmingham, Alabama, Mayor Larry Langford and two associates filed motions today requesting from federal prosecutors everything from possible juror sequestration to the terms of the agreement former Jefferson County Commissioner Mary
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/02/lawyers_for_birmingham_mayor_l.html
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Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford Tuesday announced planned additions to the city's Web site that will create a virtual community featuring real city businesses.
Beverly Taylor--Birmingham NewsBirmingham Mayor Larry Langford spoke at the Harbert
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/02/birmingham_mayor_larry_langfor_17.html
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Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford said this afternoon the old Trinity site in Titusville should be considered as a possible location for a new housing development that would replace the Southtown public housing community.
Birmingham News fileMayor
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/01/langford_proposes_old_trinity.html
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Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford, in the Sunday Commentary pages of The Birmingham News, says hypocrisy is costing the city millions. Residents load up on buses at closed shopping sites, he says, to travel to gaming sites outside of the city and the
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/01/sunday_commentary_mayor_larry.html
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"In a TIF district, when property owners make upgrades to their land or buildings, they are assessed higher taxes."
That explains why so much of downtown Birmingham looks like a dump.
Oh...God...when does this idiot go to trial?
Any article about
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/12/mayor_langford_says_paving_rea.html
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A lawyer for Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford said today his client was not allowed surrender himself earlier this week, as have been other high profile criminal defendants.
Instead, Langford was watched, followed and arrested by FBI agents as he
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/12/post_11.html
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Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford addressed the City Council today, his first appearance since he was named in an indictment on Monday.
Linda Stelter/Birmingham NewsBirmingham Mayor Larry Langford talks to audience at the City Council meeting on
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/12/mayor_larry_langford_addresses.html
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Federal prosecutors on Monday unsealed a 101-count indictment against the mayor of Birmingham, Ala., and two associates on bribery and other charges related to $5.4 billion worth of financial instruments for a massive cleanup of county sewers.
Bonds
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Wall Street Journal
http://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/xml/rss/3_7031/~3/OrscKOaYy9U/SB122814345629268913.html
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...Mayor Larry Langford’s indictment on federal bribery charges could hamper the city’s economic development opportunities, industry experts say. Langford pleaded not guilty Monday to a 101-count federal indictment in an alleged pay-for-play scheme involving...
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Birmingham Business Journal
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LOL!!!! Langford did say he wanted all of the criminals in jail!!
101-count indictment?
Really?
They just aren't looking deep enough.
Clown time is over, Lar.
Good riddance.
What a GREAT MONDAY!! LA LA in a holding cell & #1 in the nation! Good ridance
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/12/feds_unseal_101count_indictmen.html
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...county to the brink of bankruptcy, was arrested on Monday on federal criminal charges, an FBI spokesman said. Larry Langford was taken into custody around 7 a.m. on Monday, FBI Spokesman Paul Daymond said. It wasn't immediately clear what charges he faces. Authorities...
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LufkinDailyNews.com
http://www.lufkindailynews.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Birmingham_Mayor.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0
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...Ala. -- The FBI said the mayor of Birmingham, Ala., has been arrested on federal charges. FBI Spokesman Paul Daymond said Larry Langford was taken into custody around 7 a.m. Monday. It isn't immediately clear what charges he faces. Authorities were planning...
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Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122814345629268913.html?mod=rss_Law
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...him and look forward to the day when we can return the focus to the important issues before the city." Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford was arrested this morning on federal charges and is being held at the federal courthouse, the FBI and other federal officials...
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Everything Alabama
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/12/update_birmingham_mayor_larry.html
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...(AP) The FBI says the mayor of Birmingham, Ala., has been arrested on federal charges. FBI spokesman Paul Daymond said Larry Langford was taken into custody Monday morning. It isn't immediately clear what charges he faces. Authorities are planning to say more...
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USA Today
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/PeuGh9iLmlQ/2008-12-01-birmingham-mayor_N.htm
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...Ala. -- Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford reportedly has been arrested on federal charges. And a Langford friend who is a lobbyist plans to surrender. Television station WBRC and The Birmingham News report that Langford was taken into custody by the FBI. U.S....
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WSB-TV Atlanta
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/18178219/detail.html?rss=atl&psp=news
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...They do not reflect the opinion of the author of PoliBlog, nor have they been vetted by the author. Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford has been arrested by the FBI. Authorities say he was arrested this morning on federal charges. Heâs being held at the federal...
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PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science
http://www.poliblogger.com/?p=14520
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...on Monday on charges of receiving illegal payments, the Birmingham News newspaper reported on its website. Mayor Larry Langford was arrested as part of an investigation into corruption surrounding Birmingham's sewer bonds, which have forced Alabama's Jefferson...
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Reuters
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...Blount Parrish and LaPierre gave Langford cash and checks totalling $69,000. The money was intended to influence and reward Langford in connection with the bond transactions, the indictment said. Langford is also facing a lawsuit from the SEC. Langford has...
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Glam.com
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