Write-Offs: 05.06.13
$$$SEC and Harrisburg Settle Securities Fraud Charges [Reuters]
$$$Buffett Ignores Gross's New Normal, Pities Bond Investors [Bloomberg]
$$$Elliott Fund Turns Attention to Compuware [WSJ]
$$$Wall Street Pipeline Trinity Sees President Quit Amid Frat Fight [Bloomberg]
$$$California Cities Can Ban Pot Shops, Court Rules [AP]
$$$Wall Street Journal Kindly Requests Its Journalists Stop Looking So Ugly On-Camera [DI]
$$$Gore Is Romney-Rich With $200 Million After Bush Defeat [Bloomberg]
$$$New York to sue BofA, Wells Fargo over mortgage practices [Reuters]
$$$Lauryn Hill was sentenced to three months in prison today for failing to pay taxes on about $1 million in income. [Gawker]