Articles filed under Political Figures
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Blago top aide's plea again postponedAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's longtime top aide won't be pleading guilty to corruption charges just yet. Alonzo Monk is Blagojevich's former chief of staff, and Monk had...
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Blagojevich gets fresh legal firepowerAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich already has a sizable team of criminal defense attorneys working on his political corruption case. Now, Chicago attorney Jay Edelson has been...
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Can't get enough Blago? Do we have a Web site for youAug 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Vowing to continue speaking his mind, ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Sunday launched a Web site that catalogues his scores of public appearances and allows for ...
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NIU: No evidence Blago tampered with admissionsAug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Northern Illinois University says it hasn't found any evidence that former Gov. Rod Blagojevich or his allies tried to influence the school's admissions process. Univers...
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Blago judge says most wiretaps to stay sealedJul 28, 2009 11:00 pm - A federal judge in Chicago says he'll largely turn down media requests for access to sealed documents in former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's political corruption case. U.S. Di...
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Blago pal to pay more than $200,000 in tax caseJul 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's former chief fundraiser been ordered to pay more than $200,000 in restitution for hiding his use of company money to pay gambling debts. Co...
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Obama: I chose words poorly in arrest of black scholarJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Trying to tamp down an uproar over race, President Barack Obama said Friday he used an unfortunate choice of words in commenting on the arrest of black sch...
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Obama tries to rally support for health revampJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Six months in office, President Barack Obama sought Wednesday night to rally support for sweeping health care legislation he's struggling to push through ...
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Obama says police acted 'stupidly' in arrestJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said Wednesday that police acted "stupidly" in the arrest of prominent black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. and that despite racial ...
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Casinos want Blago lawsuit sent to trial judgeJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Four casinos want the judge presiding over Rod Blagojevich's corruption case to take control of a lawsuit that accuses the former governor of making deals to get campaig...