Articles filed under Political Figures
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Patti Blagojevich makes her 'Get Me Out of Here' debutJun 01, 2009 11:00 pm - It's a pity the judge in Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial didn't allow him to take part in NBC's new edition of "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!" Illinois' fo...
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Burris an outcast in clubby SenateMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Even in a Senate club famous for how it ostracizes the unwanted, the shunning of Democratic Sen. Roland Burris is unprecedented. Tainted from the day he wa...
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Durbin aides: Blago weighed Madigan moveMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Just two weeks before his arrest on corruption charges, then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich floated a plan to give President Obama's former Senate seat to the daughter of his bigg...
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Blagojevich could get spring 2010 trialMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - The federal judge presiding over ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption case is shooting for a trial in spring 2010. U.S. District Judge James Zagel told a hearing Mon...
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'I'm a Celebrity' brings jungle, semi-famous togetherMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Spencer Pratt would like to see his new bride get back to her roots. Former "American Idol" contestant Sanjaya Malakar wants to be known as more than a mo...
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Patti Blagojevich: I won't swear on showMay 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Former Illinois first lady Patti Blagojevich says she swears less than her friends despite the numerous expletives she uses in secretly wiretapped conversations. Blagoje...
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Danny Davis: 'I thank God every day' I didn't take Senate seatMay 27, 2009 11:00 pm - He is the man who would be king - or at least senator. Before there was Roland Burris, there was U.S. Congressman Danny Davis. Davis was offered the U.S. Senate seat by ...
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Burris fends off new calls for resignationMay 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Sen. Roland Burris struggled to explain his words Wednesday while again resisting calls for his resignation after the release of a taped conversation in which he pleads ...
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Burris needs to 'explain himself,' Durbin saysMay 27, 2009 11:00 pm - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said this morning he was "disappointed" in junior Sen. Roland Burris for not telling the Senate or an Illinois impeachment panel before he was seat...
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Obama's vision of Supreme Court pick clearMay 23, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- On the verge of choosing his first Supreme Court nominee, President Barack Obama has already provided a profile of the person he is likely to pick: an inte...