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Another inside deal for governor's wife
Tribune staff reporterGov. Rod Blagojevich's wife received the real estate commission in a $650,000 condominium sale from a businessman who since has won $10 million in no-bid state contracts. The seller was Mark T. Wight, owner of Wight & Company, an architecture firm that...Tags: Tony Rezko, Road Transportation, Real Estate Sellers, Travel, Government
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Feds probe real estate deals
Tribune staff reportersFederal agents are investigating real estate deals involving Gov. Rod Blagojevich's wife as part of a three-year corruption probe into allegations of favoritism and fraud within his administration. Several federal sources familiar with the inquiry...Tags: Tony Rezko, Rahm Emanuel, Trials, Internal Revenue Service, Real Estate Sellers
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Patti Blagojevich's real estate success under scrutiny
Tribune staff reportersIllinois First Lady Patricia Blagojevich walked away from her successful career as a real estate agent earlier this year amid scrutiny from federal agents probing whether clients hired her to win favor from her husband's administration. With her...Tags: Tony Rezko, Career and Workplace, Basketball, Banking, Employers
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Blagojevich arrested; Fitzgerald calls it a 'political corruption crime spree'
![Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff, John Harris, were arrested Tuesday for what U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald called a "political corruption crime spree" that included attempts to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/alternatethumbnails/story/2008-12/43788716-09033241.jpg "Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff, John Harris, were arrested Tuesday for what U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald called a "political corruption crime spree\" that included attempts to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.")
Tribune staff reportersGov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff, John Harris, were arrested Tuesday for what U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald called a "political corruption crime spree" that included attempts to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama....Tags: Tony Rezko, Michael Madigan, Valerie Jarrett, Road Transportation, Chicago
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A surprise delivery
Who's on Team Gloucester?Patricia Cowan, like many of the 41 Gloucester residents who circulated petitions to remove four county supervisors from office, found a surprise in the mail last week.It was a large envelope. Inside was a two-inch tall stack of paper: the supervisors'......Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Crime, Law and Justice
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Lawmakers Vote to Bar Convicted Politicians of Profiting from Crimes
(WGN-AM) - The Illinois Senate gave final approval to a measure prompted by impeached and ousted former Governor Rod Blagojevich's attempts to profit on the notoriety surrounding his arrest and indictment on federal corruption charges. On a 59-0 tally,...Tags: Public Officials, Public Relations, Waukegan, Television Industry, Prosecution
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TAKE 5: Hanukkah TV (Yes, Virginia, There Is)
The TV ZoneWith Hanukkah beginning tonight at sundown, we thought it would be a good time to look at five TV episodes in which the Jewish Festival of Lights was a key part of the plot. thirtysomething (Dec. 15, 1987) ??? Michael......Tags: Hanukkah, Fran Drescher, Holidays, Religious Festivals, Madeline Zima
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The Blagojeviches Turn Into Celebrities- For Reality TV
![(WGN-AM)- Former First Lady Patti Blagojevich is taking her husband's place on the reality show, "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here."](http://media.wgnradio.com/media/alternatethumbnails/story/2009-05/47048909-22065907.jpg "(WGN-AM)- Former First Lady Patti Blagojevich is taking her husband's place on the reality show, "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here.\"")
(WGN-AM)- Former First Lady Patti Blagojevich is taking her husband's place on the reality show, "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here."
A federal judge barred the former governor from leaving the country to do the show pending his political corruption...Tags: Family, Reality Television (genre), Television Industry, Government, WGN
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With friends like these ... who needs hostile witnesses?
Tribune staff reportersIn the wake of one of the most sweeping public-corruption indictments in Illinois history, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich faces a legal landscape in which his former friends are turning against him, his wife remains in the cross hairs of federal...Tags: Ed Genson, Tony Rezko, Lawyers, Prosecution, Crimes
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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: Tony Rezko, Family, Chicago, Business, Government
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