Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich

Thousands Got Illinois-Subsidized Jobs According To Blagojevich, But Who?

AP | JOHN O'CONNOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — In 2006, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said he would give poor teens eight-week summer jobs on community service and highway...

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Judge Agrees To Drop 3 Charges Against Blagojevich

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A federal judge has dropped three of 23 corruption charges against ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Prosecutors requested the mo...

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Blagojevich Charges Tossed? Feds Move To Dismiss Three Counts Against Former Illinois Governor

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors asked a judge for permission Wednesday to dismiss racketeering charges against ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevic...

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Blagojevich Jurors To Begin 8th Day Of Deliberations, No Verdict Yet

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Jurors have ended their seventh day of deliberations at the corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich without announcin...

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Blagojevich Juror Describes Experience, Supports Retrial

Huffington Post | Jen Sabella | Posted 05.25.2011

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Following Tuesday's verdict in the Rod Blagojevich corruption trial, Judge James Zagel released names of the jury to the media. Within an hour, the 12...

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Some Jurors Glad Blagojevich Will Be Tried Again

AP | MICHAEL TARM and KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors aren't alone in wanting a retrial after the jury deadlocked on all but one count at former Illinois Gov. Rod Blago...

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Blagojevich Verdict

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Blagojevich Corruption Has Not Changed Rules For Senate Appointments In Other States

AP | KATHLEEN MILLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Lawmakers in at least 15 states backed stripping governors of their power to fill U.S. Senate vacancies after former Illinois G...

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STREET ART: Chicago's Ray 'CRO' Noland

ArtSlant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago, July 2010 -- Ray Noland is perhaps better known here in Chicago as CRO, the street name of this artist whose work can be seen all over Chicag...

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Blagojevich Lawyers Say They Will Go To Supreme Court If They Can't Get Trial Postponed

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A federal appeals court Tuesday rejected the latest defense efforts to delay former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's impending corruption trial ...

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Blagojevich Trial A Distant, Unwanted Headache For Obama

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — The corruption trial of ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich – for allegedly trying to sell President Barack Obama's own Senate ...

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Blagojevich Defense Moves To Subpoena President Obama

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Defense lawyers for Rod Blagojevich have moved to issue a trial subpoena to President Obama, asking him to testify at the former Illinois governor's J...

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Rod Blagojevich To Discuss Corruption Case, Says Publicist

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO -- Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has reiterated his call for federal prosecutors to play all of the secret recordings they used to buil...

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Rod Blagojevich Trial: Judge Chides Ex-Governor But Won't Gag Him

AP | MIKE ROBINSON and MICHAEL TARM | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Rod Blagojevich's trial judge accused the talkative former governor on Wednesday of making a "backhanded play for sympathy" in comment...

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Rod Blagojevich Trial: Feds Say Releasing Evidence Blueprint Would Not Bias Jurors

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Prosecutors on Tuesday scoffed at a request by former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's lawyers to keep a government blueprint of the evidence ag...

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Judge Bans Rod Blagojevich From Tweeting During Trial

Posted 05.25.2011

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Rod Blagojevich has been all for letting the public know every detail of his legal woes, and today--just before opening statements begin in his federa...

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Blago FIRED Again...This Time By Donald Trump

Posted 05.25.2011

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Rod Blagojevich has been fired...again. On the fourth episode of Donald Trump's "Celebrity Apprentice," former Illinois governor Blagojevich took th...

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Rod Blagojevich On 'Celebrity Apprentice': Fails To Use A Computer, Avoids Chopping Block Again

Posted 05.25.2011

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Disgraced ex-gov Rod Blagojevich disgraced himself a little further on Sunday night's episode of "Celebrity Apprentice." On top of alleged corruption...

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Obama Administration: Don't Delay Blagojevich Trial

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday refused to delay ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's trial on corruption charges, set to begin next ...

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Rod Blagojevich Springfield Portrait: House Denies Funds To Hang Portrait At The Capitol

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD -- If ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich wants his portrait to hang in the "Hall of Governors" at the state Capitol, he may have to pay for it himsel...

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Blagojevich On Celebrity Apprentice: Uses Sinbad As Fall Guy, Survives Another Week

NBC Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rod Blagojevich survived another week on Celebrity Apprentice. Sinbad organized a storefront where customers could have their pictures taken with the...

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Blagojevich Ran Up $7.2M In Legal Expenses As Governor, Used Taxpayer Money

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Impeached ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich used taxpayer money to fund legal counsel that was of "questionable benefit to the state," a new report found. Acco...

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Blagojevich Trial Will Start In June: Defense Request To Push Back To November Denied

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A federal judge refused Wednesday to postpone the June start of ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial, brushing aside defense...

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Rod Blagojevich Asks Judge To Delay Corruption Trial

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's attorneys asked a federal judge Thursday to postpone his corruption trial, saying so many uncertainties ...

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Gov Met With Laughter, Boos During Talk On Ethics In Politics (VIDEO)

HuffPost Eyes&Ears Local | Samira Said | Posted 05.25.2011

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Produced by HuffPost's Eyes & Ears Citizen Journalism Unit The initial reaction to the news of Rod Blagojevich giving a speech on ethics in politics ...

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