Black Watch: Today’s Top Stories

Sluts, vermin, countrymen lend me your ears as we run down the insidestories of jury foul-ups (the Sun), Barbara Black’s acid tongue (just abouteverybody else), and David Radler’s lightened wallet ($90 million down). Oh,and by the way, the real action starts today.

Ermine, vermin and the sluts in Chicago [Globe and Mail]Credulity on trial [Toronto Sun]Start of Conrad Black Trial Put Off to Today [NY Times]Reporters ‘vermin,’ says Black’s wife [Toronto Star]The Black story . . . [Chicago Sun-Times]Jury issues postpone opening arguments [Globe and Mail]Conrad Black’s wife lets fly [Telegraph]The extravagance that knows no bounds [Independent]”