Articles filed under Illinois
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Blagojevich still not leavingDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich ducked questions for a third day as President-elect Barack Obama and top officials grappled with clearing the pungent stench of corruption that is t...
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Illinois AG promises to act soon against governorDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois' attorney general threatened again Thursday to go to the state Supreme Court to have embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich declared unfit to hold office if he doesn't ...
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Thompson: Blago hurts Ryan's bidDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Former Illinois Gov. Jim Thompson says current Gov. Rod Blagojevich's arrest hurts the chances of a presidential commutation for another former governor, George Ryan. Th...
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Quinn opposes special Senate electionDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn, who stands to become the state's chief executive if Gov. Rod Blagojevich quits or is impeached, urged his fellow Democrat Thur...
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Patti Blagojevich's family rallies to her defenseDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Patti Blagojevich's father, sister and brother are refuting the foul-mouthed portrait that's been drawn of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's wife since his arrest, saying ...
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Nursing home fined after patient falls down stairsDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A Springfield nursing home has been fined by federal officials who say the facility failed to prevent an elderly patient strapped into a wheelchair from t...
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Police follow tracks in the snow to make an arrestDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Robbers might think twice about committing a crime when there's snow on the ground. Or at least not head right home. That's the lesson after Joliet police followed footp...
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Back to work, not to normalDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich defiantly struggled to project the illusion of "business as usual" a day after he was arrested on stunning corruption charges - holing up in his Chi...
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Jackson: I did not 'promise anything' to governorDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. said Wednesday he did not offer money or anything else improper to Gov. Rod Blagojevich in exchange for appointment to a vacant U.S. Senate s...
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What was Blagojevich thinking?Dec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - When a spokesman for House Speaker Michael Madigan suggested the governor was a "sociopath" this summer, the dig was chalked up to a bitter rivalry between the two Democ...