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Conrad Black seeks release on bail pending appeal

Jun. 22, 2009
Former newspaper mogul Conrad Black is asking a federal judge in Chicago to release him from a Florida prison while he appeals his fraud conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court. The high court has agreed to hear Black's appeal of his July 2007 conviction on...
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Conrad Black loses in U.S. court appeal

Conrad Black loses in U.S. court appeal

CHICAGO, June 25 (UPI) -- A U.S. appeals court in Chicago Wednesday shot down the appeal of former media tycoon Conrad Black's corporate fraud conviction.

Conrad Black's son charged

TORONTO, March 17 (UPI) -- Media mogul Conrad Black's son faces charges stemming from a hit and run in downtown Toronto, police said Sunday.

Black convicted of mail fraud

CHICAGO, July 13 (UPI) -- Media baron Conrad Black was convicted of fraud and obstruction of justice by a Chicago federal jury on its 12th day of deliberations Friday.

Conrad Black to appeal Canadian decision

TORONTO, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Former media mogul Conrad Black plans to appeal an Ontario judge's decision that allowed his former Canadian holding company to plead guilty to fraud. Black's Toronto lawyer, Edward Greenspan, told the Chicago Sun-Times that the appeal will involve an ord

New book dishes even more on Conrad Black

TORONTO, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A new book on Conrad Black published in Britain portrays the Canadian publishing mogul and his wife as over-the-top social climbers.

Conrad Black keeps appointment with judge

CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Conrad Black, a Canadian press baron turned British lord turned U.S. defendant, was arraigned Thursday in Chicago.

Lord Black says he is innocent of fraud

LONDON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Canadian-born Conrad Black, indicted in a U.S. fraud case, is professing his innocence.

Conrad Black loses another round in court

CHICAGO, June 22 (UPI) -- A Chicago federal judge has refused to drop securities fraud charges against former newspaper magnate Conrad Black, who once ran a global newspaper empire.

Conrad Black to resign from Hollinger

TORONTO, Ontario, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Conrad Black is expected to resign as chairman and CEO of Hollinger Inc., parent of the Jersualem Post and Chicago Sun-Times, the BBC said. The embattled former international media mogul will offer his resignation to the Hollinger Inc. board "in a matter

Conrad Black says he's been defamed

WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Media mogul Conrad Black said Friday in court that he has been defamed and unfairly labeled as an embezzler.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch