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...INDICTED. CONRAD BLACK, 61, former media baron; on eight criminal fraud charges; in Chicago. As chairman and chief executive of the Chicago-based newspaper group Hollinger International, owner of the Chicago Sun-Times and one-time controller of Britain's Daily Telegraph and the Jerusalem Post, Black allegedly helped orchestrate a $32 million fraud. He was forced out in November 2003 when shareholders revolted over the surfacing allegations. Along with three other senior executives, Black is also accused of illegally pocketing $51.8 million from the sale of the company's Canadian newspaper assets, which he used to bankroll a lavish...
...Makybe those walls are about to be replaced by paddock fences. Though Boss says he's never seen a horse with her recuperative powers, Makybe was spent after the race. So it seemed fitting that it was on the victor's podium that Santic, the engaging self-made tuna baron from the South Australian fishing town of Port Lincoln, announced to her "20 million owners" that their winner wouldn't race again. The crowd went home lingering over the inevitable comparisons with other track greats - a contest Boss has little time for. "They all have their own stories and they...
Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar is finally dead ((Drugs, Dec. 13)). But even if Escobar's rival Cali cartel cashed in all its chips, the highly lucrative cocaine market would be taken over by operators in one of several other countries. The concept of drug legalization should be given serious consideration. There is substantial support from influential libertarian- conservatives for ending yet another nefarious prohibition...
...Reed humoring his old friend? "Ralph receives unsolicited requests all the time for assistance on such matters," says his spokeswoman Lisa Baron, "but he does not recall following up on these matters." The cruise-ship scheme never came to fruition. The Choctaws got their jail, but so far, there's no evidence that the White House lifted a finger to make it happen. Abramoff declined to comment...
...show, it is pretty funny. But it’s not perfect. Colbert’s interview with guest Stone Phillips during the premier felt awkward. It’s one thing, as Sacha Baron Cohen does so well in the Ali G show, to take on a different persona to interview someone who has no idea who you are; when the interviewee is in on the joke, it feels like a waste of our time...