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When President Obama signed a law on Monday to clear the way for the largest privately held archive of papers relating to President Franklin D. Roosevelt to be donated to Roosevelt's presidential library, it was to be the culmination of a five-year effort to finally make the documents available to the public.

Former U.S. president Richard Nixon and Conrad Black in an undated photo. MONTREAL a Conrad Black has published a thousand-page biography of Richard Nixon, but as he spoke to students at McGill University on Wednesday, he had all of 15 minutes to convey his thoughts on the former U.S. president.

Glenn Reynolds links , with an "Ouch" to this column by Conrad Black attacking President Obama.

"The worst good team against the best bad team" might not make for a great tag line, but when the Bulls and Suns meet Friday night , that description won't be too far from the truth.

David Radler, former Chicago Sun-Times publisher, leaves the federal courthouse following his sentencing for fraud Dec.

The National Post is among the daily newspapers CanWest CEO Leonard Asper, pictured with his late father Izzy, is putting up for sale.

Shania Twain Country singer Shania Twain carried the Olympic torch in her hometown of Timmins, Ontario, this weekend.

When it comes to fighting white-collar crime, the sharpest arrow in the federal prosecutor's quiver is a law most nonlawyers have never heard of, known as the "honest-services fraud" law.

Investment Guru Christopher Browne died earlier this week. GuruFocus columnist Jacob Wolinsky wrote a tribute to the long-time value investor, summarizing his contribution to the investing community.

She ruthlessly seduced him, then blew much of his wealth on lavish parties and private jets.

Good morning, citizens of the world. Anyone who followed the corruption saga of Hollinger newspaper magnate Conrad Black has Christopher Browne to thank.

Jacquie McNish Published on Monday, Dec. 14, 2009 7:41PM EST Last updated on Monday, Dec.

Tweedy Browne principal was proponent of value investing - "buying $1 for 66 cents," as he called it - and known as the man who helped bring down newspaper baron Conrad Black.

An unusual coalition of groups has come together to criticize the federal government's increasing reliance on a statute that is commonly used but little understood: honest-services fraud.

Back when he was in the United States Senate, Vice President Joe Biden came up with the brilliant idea of being able to charge people with the crime of "honest services fraud," something that would permit prosecutors to charge public officials with depriving the public of its intangible right to receive the honest services of public servants.

Skeptical Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled they were looking for ways to scale back the broad anti-fraud law that federal prosecutors have used in convicting former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling and scores of other corporate and public officials.

Hollinger Canadian Publishing Holdings Co. , Conrad Blacka s former newspaper holding company that sold its operations, won bankruptcy protection to restructure benefit and pension plans for more than 3,000 former employees.

Photograph: Richard A Chapman/AP The jailed press baron Conrad Black will get a last-ditch chance to win freedom as his lawyers try to persuade the US supreme court on Tuesday that the former Telegraph owner's criminal convictions for embezzling $6.1m amounted to misuse by prosecutors of a controversial fraud law.

Prosecutors plan to revise charges against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to avoid any delays that could be caused by an adverse Supreme Court ruling on honest services fraud.

Justices interrupted a lawyer attacking an anti-corruption law only about 25 times in oral arguments yesterday, an unusual amount of leeway.