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<p>Until he was indicted last week on nine fraud and corruption charges, Vinny Palermo was vice president of the Omaha City Council, the man who took charge whenever the mayor was out of town.</p>
<p>His fellow council members have now stripped him of that title.</p>
<p>And federal investigators say he has assumed a new one.</p>
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Until he was indicted last week on nine fraud and corruption charges, Vinny Palermo was vice president of the Omaha City Council, the man who took charge whenever the mayor was out of town.
His fellow council members have now stripped him of that title.
And federal investigators say he has assumed a new one.