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Rezko gets 10 1/2-year sentence
![Even before <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/rezko">Antoin "Tony" Rezko</a>'s long-awaited sentencing began Tuesday, his teenage daughter appeared anxious, her arms clutching her stomach and her face already in a pained expression.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-11/66270092-22194922.jpg "Even before <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/rezko\">Antoin \"Tony\" Rezko</a>'s long-awaited sentencing began Tuesday, his teenage daughter appeared anxious, her arms clutching her stomach and her face already in a pained expression.")
Even before Antoin "Tony" Rezko's long-awaited sentencing began Tuesday, his teenage daughter appeared anxious, her arms clutching her stomach and her face already in a pained expression.
Two hours later, when a judge sentenced Rezko, once a top...Tags: Prosecution, Public Officials, Trials, Chicago Tribune, Corporate Crime
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Juror in Cellini trial appears to have hidden two felony convictions, Tribune finds
Court officials acknowledge that information revealed by the Tribune appears to show that a member of the federal jury that convicted Springfield power broker William Cellini concealed two felony convictions.
Attorneys for Cellini said the information...Tags: Judges, Cocaine, Crimes, Punishment, Blackmail and Extortion
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State lawmakers head to Cuba next week on trade mission
Clout StreetAbout a dozen state lawmakers are headed for Cuba next week for a trip they hope will boost Illinois exports. The six-day tour is being led by Rep. Jack Franks, D-Marengo, and Rep. Dan Burke, D-Chicago. They said no taxpayer dollars will be spent on...Tags: Marengo, Cuba, Chicago, Laws, Illinois
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Friday, September 9, 2011
5 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Greg Jarrett 5:39 a.m. ABC’s Aaron Katersky checks in from NYC with the latest on the potential threat as well as a rundown on ceremonies taking place across our nation to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11. 6:09 a.m. ...Tags: ABC (tv network), New York Mets, September 11, 2001 Attacks, National Security, CNBC (tv network)
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Cellini pressed pension head to hire connected firms, U.S. alleges
In 1998, Keith Bozarth was just weeks into his job overseeing the state pension system for Illinois teachers when he agreed to a meeting at the Renaissance Hotel in Springfield.
His lunch companion was William Cellini, a longtime Republican fundraiser...Tags: Prosecution, Regional Authority, Trials, Politics, Justice System
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Cheney says aide 'did not deserve' Fitzgerald prosecution
Clout StreetSpeaking a few paces from Chicago U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald's offices, former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney said today that his former chief of staff did not deserve prosecution by the federal prosecutor in the Valerie Plame case. “...Tags: Robert Novak, Prosecution, Colin Powell, Union League Club, George W. Bush
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With no background checks for jurors, Cellini conviction shaky
At the start of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's first corruption trial last year, federal Judge James Zagel denied a request from several news organizations to release jurors' names before opening statements.
It didn't matter, Zagel said, that the Tribune'...Tags: Prosecution, Judges, Cocaine, Crimes, Music
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2 former state employees accused of giving fake road tests for bribes
Two people who administered road tests for the Illinois Secretary of State's office were charged with giving passing marks to unqualified drivers or passing people who did not even take a road test in exchange for cash, federal officials said today....Tags: Prosecution, Bribery, Chicago, Robert Grant, Blackmail and Extortion
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George Ryan, released from prison, at wife's side when she died
Tribune reportersFormer Gov. George Ryan was with his ailing wife Lura Lynn as she was taken off a respirator and died at a Kankakee hospital Monday. Ryan was temporarily released from prison in Terre Haute, Ind. so he could be at her bedside during her final hours,...Tags: U.S. Army, Illinois, George W. Bush, LeVar Burton, Nelson Mandela
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Blagojevich faces higher pension hurdle, loses law license
Clout StreetConvicted ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich will now have to clear a few more hurdles before he would even have a slight chance of collecting a $65,000-a-year state pension. The General Assembly Retirement System board added the extra layer of scrutiny Wednesday...Tags: Kevin McCarthy, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Laws, Punishment, Labor Legislation
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Leader of Asian American Institute seeks to unite communities into political bloc
Tribune staff reporterIn many ways, Asian-Americans have done remarkably well in achieving the American dream of going to college, working at a good job and earning a nice living. Take Tuyet Le, who came to the United States as a Vietnamese refugee when she was 3 years...Tags: Local Elections, Chicago, Uptown, Asian American Institute, Rahm Emanuel
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Blagojevich sentencing on hold
A federal judge on Monday postponed the Oct. 6 sentencing of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
U.S. District Judge James Zagel gave no reason for the delay in a brief written order, but it didn't come as a surprise because Blagojevich's co-defendant,...Tags: Prosecution, Judges, U.S. Senate, Punishment, Regional Authority
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