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The problem with Duckworth
Let's see, the reasons that you're supposed to vote for Democrat Tammy Duckworth and against Republican incumbent Joe Walsh in the northwest suburban 8th Congressional District are: He's a radical, "anti-choice," loudmouthed, wing-nut tea partyer. Do I...
Tags: Abortion Issue, Peter Roskam, Iraq War (2003-2011), Republican Party, Planned Parenthood
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'I am human' Jackson tells constituents in robocall
Tribune reporterU.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., absent from public life and the campaign trail since June for treatment of bipolar depression, launched a series of automated telephone calls Saturday, asking constituents for patience but not their votes. The 85-second...Tags: U.S. Senate, Democratic Party, Bipolar Disorder, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Barack Obama
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Team that brought down Blagojevich honored
Tribune reporterThe federal law enforcement team that brought down former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and numerous advisers was honored today by the Justice Department for the eight-year investigation. Blagojevich is serving a 14-year prison sentence after his conviction for...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, FBI, Justice System, Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice
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Latest Jackson Jr. probe clouds political, legal future
Tribune reportersOut of sight for months and seeking re-election in weeks, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s return to Congress by voters may be virtually assured, but a new federal investigation of the South Side Democrat has made his political and legal future even more tenuous....Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Ethics, Democratic Party, Prosecution, U.S. House Committee on Ethics
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Jackson Jr. expected to win reelection, despite absence
WGN NewsCongressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. is up for reelection, but has not been seen in public for more than four months. Questions are mounting about his medical condition and a federal criminal investigation into allegations of misusing campaign funds. The...Tags: U.S. Senate, Bipolar Disorder, Barack Obama, Elections, The Wall Street Journal
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Cellini asks to choose his prison
Former Springfield powerbroker William Cellini will go before a federal judge today. He's expected to ask to serve his prison sentence at a federal prison camp in Montgomery, Alabama. Cellini was convicted of trying to shake down a Hollywood producer to...
Tags: Prisons, Justice System, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Broadcast museum opens with question about $6 million state jobs grant
Two years after a $6 million jobs grant from the state jump-started construction on its new building, the Museum of Broadcast Communications has a lot to show for it: 18,000 square feet of television and radio exhibits, recordings and memorabilia that...
Tags: Edgar Bergen, Photography and Video, Television, Government, Travel
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Cellini sentenced to 1 year, 1 day in prison
The King of Clout is headed to prison. William Cellini, the man some refer to as the state's ultimate political insider, was sentenced Thursday by a federal judge to one year and one day. Cellini was another Rod Blagojevich casualty and convicted for...
Tags: Justice System, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Kass: Have mercy, your honor, for Illinois
To the Honorable U.S. District Judge James Zagel Dirksen Federal Courthouse, 219 S. Dearborn St., Chicago Dear Judge Zagel: I'm not some Indonesian orphan, or a young man suffering from cerebral palsy, or a Chinese political asylum seeker. And I'm...
Tags: Punishment, Parkinson's Disease, Republican Party, Executive Branch, Democratic Party
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BGR The Burger Joint rolls out presidential burgers
The Baltimore SunBGR The Burger Joint is reviving its Presidential Burger Contest with burgers inspired by President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. The burgers, available in BGR locations nationwide beginning Sept. 25, are odes to the...Tags: John McCain, Vienna Beef, Foods and Beverages, Sarah Palin, Lifestyle and Leisure
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State paying 6-figure pension to ex-teachers union lobbyist
— A former lobbyist for a powerful teachers union is reaping a $100,000-a-year state pension thanks to wide-ranging retirement legislation sponsored nearly six years ago by her former boss, House Speaker Michael Madigan, and his legislative allies....
Tags: Gary Hannig, Lobbying, Democratic Party, Emil Jones, Crime, Law and Justice
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