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- Conrad Black gets six years Former Telegraph owner jailed for plot to embezzle $6.1m from shareholders Former newspaper baron Conrad Black leaves the federal building in Chicago after sentencing in his racketeering and fraud trial. Photograph: Jerry Lai/AP wow gold Fallen tycoon gets jail term for embezzling millions of dollars from Hollinger media empire Conrad Black was sentenced yesterday to six and a half years in an American prison for abusing shareholders’ trust through a sophisticated plot to embezzle $6.1m from his Hollinger media empire. At Chicago’s federal court, Judge Amy St Eve told the former owner of the Daily Telegraph: “No one is immune from the proper application of law in the United States and that, Mr Black, includes you.” wow gold C.I.A. Was Urged to Keep Interrogation Videotapes WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 — White House and Justice Department officials, along with senior members of Congress, advised the Central Intelligence Agency in 2003 against a plan to destroy hundreds of hours of videotapes showing the interrogations of two operatives of Al Qaeda, government officials said Friday. G.O.P. Voters Are Uninspired by Candidates http://hisgame.kouaa-blog.com A vast majority of Republican voters say they have not made a final decision about who to support in the primaries, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll. Court Restores Sentencing Powers of Federal Judges In two decisions, the court said federal district judges have broad discretion to impose what they think are reasonable sentences, even if federal guidelines call for different sentences. Harvard Steps Up Financial Aid Expanding on efforts to help low-income students, Harvard today announced aid increases for students from middle-class and upper-middle-class families. world of warcraft gold Ice Storm Causes Blackouts and 15 Deaths A wintry storm caked the center of the nation with a thick layer of ice Monday, blacking out more than 600,000 homes and businesses. http://www.fiql.com/blogs/wowgold

Fallen tree limbs cover after a Ice storm in eastern Oklahoma County on Monday. In Midwest Duck Blinds, Visions of Global Warming Because of warmer weather, state wildlife agencies are re-examining some longstanding conservation approaches to cultivating waterfowl populations.http://euwowgold.newspartner.net/