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Mayo Clinic: Rep. Jackson being treated for bipolar disorder
The Mayo Clinic on Monday announced that Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has bipolar disorder, the clearest indication so far of what's kept the veteran South Side lawmaker on medical leave and out of the public eye for more than two months. But Jackson's family,...
Tags: Health Treatments, Chemical Industry, Weight Loss Surgery, Psychiatrists, Elections
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Drew Peterson trial updates: Judge jokes about blowing his brains out
Tribune reportersContinual coverage of the trial of Drew Peterson for the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. -------------------- 5 p.m. Testimony to resume Thursday Testimony has concluded for the day. Court resumes Thursday morning. -------------------- 4:50...Tags: Judges, Drew Peterson, Trials, Pathology, Accidental Death
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Illinois House expels Rep. Derrick Smith over bribery charge
Clout StreetState lawmakers today kicked out a West Side Democrat accused of taking a $7,000 bribe, marking the first expulsion from the Illinois House since 1905. Rep. Derrick Smith failed to show up to defend himself or hear his fellow House lawmakers condemn...Tags: Charles E Jefferson, Criminals, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Jesse Jackson Jr.'s bipolar diagnosis could help others who suffer
At first, there were whispers. Where was Jesse Jackson Jr.? Was he drying out in rehab? Was he being treated for exhaustion? And soon, whispers grew into partisan shouts. Was the congressman ducking a U.S. House ethics probe into his dealings with...
Tags: Jesse Jackson, Government, Elections, Hypomania, Health
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Congressman Jackson wasn’t at work? Who knew?
Change of SubjectSooner or later we’ll know just what’s wrong with mysteriously ailing U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., his diagnosis and prognosis. We already know that it’s serious — an unspecified “mood disorder” that has him... -
Figure in Blagojevich probe gets 4 years' probation
Tribune reporterA former executive director at the Illinois Finance Authority who was caught up in the federal government’s extensive probe of the Blagojevich administration was sentenced to four years of probation this afternoon. Ali Ata emerged as a key figure...Tags: Judges, Antoin Rezko, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Blagojevich official spared prison for lying
A former state official who admitted he got his job in exchange for a campaign donation to Rod Blagojevich has been sentenced to four years probation.
The sentence is part of a plea deal in which Ali Ata told investigators the convicted governor was in...Tags: Tony Rezko, Punishment
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Blago insider Stuart Levine sentenced to 5 1/2 years
Stuart Levine, the former political insider who masterminded illegal backroom deals before turning government informant to help take down the Blagojevich administration, was sentenced to about 5 ½ years Thursday in prison.
Levine plead guilty in 2006...Tags: Trials, Punishment, Prisons
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Mayo clinic statement about missing Rep. Jackson raises questions
Tribune reporterWhen the Mayo Clinic distributed a statement that Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was being treated at the Minnesota healthcare facility for “depression and gastrointestinal issues,” it marked the first independently verifiable word on the congressman&...Tags: Chicago Sun-Times, Jesse Jackson, U.S. House Committee on Ethics, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Gun Control
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Can we afford to buy some new cliches?
Change of SubjectFrom our story today on the agreement between the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union to hire nearly 500 new teachers to work in the longer school day: (Mayor Rahm) Emanuel could not say where that money will...... -
Mayo Clinic: Rep. Jackson being evaluated for depression, 'gastrointestinal issues'
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota “for extensive inpatient evaluation for depression and gastrointestinal issues,” according to a statement from Jackson sent late Friday by Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo. Jackson’...
Tags: Substance Abuse, Elections, U.S. House Committee on Ethics, Depression, Politics
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Donovan's Feeble TV Ad, Political Ghoulishness, and Connecticut's Ethical Blind Spots
There he was, looking earnest and working class in his shirt sleeves, hoping to somehow salvage what has become a Titanic of a political campaign, post-iceberg. Christopher Donovan’s new TV ad has him talking about how he’s fired several...
Tags: Political Fundraising, Government, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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