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Blagojevich optimistic after 1 year in prison, family left with 'aching hole'
Last March, an adoring crowd of supporters gathered outside the Ravenswood Manor home of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and chanted "Free our governor" as the disgraced politician was about to set off for federal prison. "This is not over," Blagojevich said...
Tags: Justice System, Prisons, U.S. Senate, Executive Branch, Government
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Patti Blagojevich apologizes to neighbors for media 'barrage'
Any hopes of a peaceful holiday season in the Blagojevich neighborhood unraveled last week with the governor's arrest. Christmas carols and jingle bells have to compete with idling news trucks and helicopters, and the first lady is sorry about that....Tags: Holidays, Family
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Uncomfortable spotlight shone on Patti Blagojevich
Tribune reportersEven before her voice was heard on covert recordings made by federal investigators, First Lady Patricia Blagojevich was neck-deep in the federal probe of her husband and his administration. Once a residential real estate broker on the North Side,...Tags: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, FBI, U.S. Senate, Chicago Cubs, Executive Branch
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Governor's ally sought tollway contract
Tribune staff reportersAn Illinois doughnut mogul forged ties last year to Gov. Rod Blagojevich, through campaign donations and a real-estate deal involving the governor's wife, while seeking to expand his Dunkin' Donuts business into the state's tollway oases, according to a...Tags: Public Employees, Contracts, Executive Branch, Charity, Economy, Business and Finance
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Patti Blagojevich posts email from hubby on Facebook
A new email from Rod Blagojevich shows he is still confident he'll be released on appeal. He sent the email to his wife Patti, on their anniversary and she posted it on Facebook Sunday. She said: "Got this message from Rod yesterday...It is better than...
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Patti Blagojevich shares anniversary message from imprisoned ex-governor
Tribune reporterFormer Gov. Rod Blagojevich, better known these days as inmate No. 40892-424, wished his wife a happy 22nd wedding anniversary Saturday. In an email Patti Blagojevich posted on her Facebook, the ex-governor quoted poet Robert Browning and waxed...Tags: Prisons, Regional Authority, Culture, Rod Blagojevich, Executive Branch
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Patti Blagojevich sees husband: 'Visiting room one of saddest places on earth'
Tribune reporterTwo months into her husband's sentence, Patti Blagojevich has shared her thoughts on visiting the Colorado prison where former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is serving 14 years for corruption. In comments posted to her Facebook page Monday, she spoke...Tags: Regional Authority, Rod Blagojevich, Executive Branch, Government, Politics
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Blagojevich often MIA, aides say
Rod Blagojevich's approval ratings had tanked and he was furious. Illinois voters were ingrates, the former governor complained to an aide on an undercover recording played at his corruption trial Thursday.
"I (expletive) busted my ass and pissed...Tags: Tammy Duckworth, U.S. Senate, Prosecution, Executive Branch, William Randolph Hearst
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First lady of Illinois linked to developer
Tribune staff reporterA controversial fundraiser and adviser to Gov. Rod Blagojevich has had a business relationship with First Lady Patti Blagojevich for eight years, the governor's office acknowledged Thursday. Antoin "Tony" Rezko, a Chicago developer who has been...Tags: Local Elections, Executive Branch, Government, Political Corruption, State Budgets
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Feds taped Blagojevich
Tribune staff reportersFederal investigators recently made covert tape recordings of Gov. Rod Blagojevich in the most dramatic step yet in their corruption investigation of him and his administration, the Tribune has learned. As part of this undercover effort, one of the...Tags: Contracts, Prosecution, Executive Branch, Political Corruption, Health
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Patti Blagojevich drops defamation lawsuit
Illinois' former first lady agreed to drop her defamation lawsuit against a Chicago Christian Industrial League official, the two sides said Monday. Terms of the settlement weren't disclosed. Last year, Patti Blagojevich sued Richard Roberts, the league'...Tags: Illinois, Social Issues, Rod Blagojevich, Executive Branch, Charity
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Drug-test firm boss charged in fraud
Tribune staff reportersThe owner of a Chicago drug-testing company with a long-standing no-bid state contract has been charged with billing the state for more than $2 million in drug screenings it never performed. Anita K. Mahajan first came under government scrutiny last year...Tags: Prosecution, Executive Branch, Corporate Crime, Health, Lawyers
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