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Canada's Mulroney, Back in a Bad Light

Feb. 6, 2008
VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Ask Canadians under 30 about the name Mulroney, and chances are they will think not of the former prime minister, Brian Mulroney, but of his son, Ben, the Ryan Seacrest of the North, host of "Canadian Idol." But that was before the elder Mulroney came storming back...
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Ex-Canadian PM denies wrongdoing

OTTAWA, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney said Thursday his acceptance of $225,000 from a businessman was seriously bad judgment but not illegal.

PM Mulroney said broke when he took cash

OTTAWA, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- A businessman told Canadian lawmakers that Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was in need of money when he allegedly paid him $300,000 on his way out of office.

Ex-Canadian leader in tax scandal

TORONTO, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has been accused by a man in Toronto of trying to cover up $300,000 in cash payments Mulroney received from him.

Mulroney, Watson to star in Lifetime film

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Hollywood stars Dermot Mulroney and Emily Watson are set to star in Lifetime's small-screen adaptation of the novel, "The Memory Keeper's Daughter."

Canadian ex-PM told to repay arms dealer

OTTAWA, July 27 (UPI) -- Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has been ordered to repay a German arms dealer who gave him thousands of dollars in the early 1990s.

Dermot Mulroney files for divorce

LOS ANGELES, June 12 (UPI) -- Actor Dermot Mulroney has filed divorce papers in Los Angeles Superior Court to end his marriage with actress Catherine Keener.

Mulroney named Blackstone Group director

NEW YORK, June 4 (UPI) -- Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has been named a director of Blackstone Group Management LLC, the U.S. private-equity firm said Monday.

'Canadian Idol' holds Yukon auditions

WHITEHORSE, Yukon, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- The search for Canada's next singing sensation extends to the sub-arctic, as "Canadian Idol" holds auditions in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.

Mulroney: Reagan admired neighbor, leader

WASHINGTON, June 11 (UPI) -- Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney Friday eulogized former U.S. President Ronald Reagan as a respected leader, admired neighbor and friend.

Canada's Clark joins Wilson Center

WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- Former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark joins Washington's Wilson Center for a three-month stint as a public policy scholar, beginning in October.

Conservatives want to talk beef in D.C

OTTAWA, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The leader of Canada's Tories says a U.S. ban on north of the border beef could be lifted faster by sending a former Conservative prime minister to Washington.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler