Articles filed under Illinois
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Lawyer: Feds want gov. to forfeit campaign fundDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - A defense attorney said Thursday that federal prosecutors have served notice they will seek to have Gov. Rod Blagojevich's campaign fund forfeited if he is convicted of ...
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Kelly not cooperating; Blago quotes Elvis while chatting up reportersDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - The attorney for a key confidant to Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Wednesday that he is not cooperating with investigators as part of a coming plea deal. Chris Kelly, a form...
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Gov. Blagojevich on his own for legal billsDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Taxpayers will not have to foot the bill to defend Gov. Rod Blagojevich against criminal charges or moves to oust him from office, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan...
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Obama to name LaHood transportation headDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Ray LaHood has said he wanted to write his memoirs now that he is retiring from the U.S. House of Representatives after 14 years. But it looks like the Peoria legislator...
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Blagojevich not talking todayDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich has no plans to address the public today, despite having said Wednesday he would, according to his spokesman. Blagojevich showed up at his office a...
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Blagojevich attorney: Wiretaps were illegalDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The lawyer for Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich says federal investigators illegally monitored his client's conversations. Attorney Ed Genson told the Ho...
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Group hopes to buy house where Lincoln stayedDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - ANNA -- A group in Union County is trying to buy and preserve a home Abraham Lincoln stayed in when he came to the area in 1858 to debate Stephen Douglas. The house on M...
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Lawyer: Governor was all talk, no actionDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich is a jabbermouth who talked big but never actually did anything, so there's no grounds to remove him from office, his attorney told la...
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Pharmacists score win on 'morning-after' pill ruleDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - The Illinois Supreme Court has dealt a blow to a rule requiring pharmacies to dispense emergency contraception. Lower courts had dismissed claims from pharmacists who ob...
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Father, son died of smoke inhalationDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - GALESBURG -- Officials in central Illinois say a father and his young son died of smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide poisoning when their apartment was engulfed in fla...