Extortionists Can Get Emmy Nominations Too

From a jail cell somewhere in the New York tri-state area, Robert "Joe" Halderman is celebrating a News and Documentary Emmy nomination. The CBS News producer, who attempted to shake David Letterman down for $2 million last October, earned a nod for his 48 Hours Mystery segment about Amanda Knox (in fact, it's not even Halderman's first Emmy nomination). Congratulations, Joe! We're sure the taste of victory is better than the taste of prison meatloaf. [Deadline]