Convicted former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich surrendered at a prison in Colorado yesterday to begin serving his 14-year prison sentence on corruption charges. The media followed “Blago” as he was being driven from Denver’s airport and walking into the Federal Correctional Institution Englewood, about 15 miles southwest of Denver, where he will become inmate number [...]

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Here are your top stories for this Friday, March 16, 2012: – Afghan president not demanding all U.S. forces leave villages – U.N. says well over 8,000 have died in Syria – Impeached Illinois governor heads to prison – Cherry blossoms in early bloom

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Here are your top stories for this Thursday, December 8, 2011: – Blagojevich gets 14-year prison sentence for corruption – Arrest made in the case of Georgia girl’s slaying – New charges filed against Sandusky – American Airlines responds after Baldwin kicked off flight

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Disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has just been sentenced to 14 years in prison after making a final plea for leniency, acknowledging his guilt by stating, “I am unbelievably sorry.” “I believe he did, in fact, accept [responsibility],” U.S. District Judge James Zagel said in announcing Blagojevich’s sentence in the wake of 18 corruption [...]

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Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich has just been found guilty on 17 of 20 counts in his second corruption trial. The jury found him not guilty on one count and was hung on two others. Jurors were hung on counts 11 and 16 and Blagojevich was found not guilty on count 17. Blagojevich, 54, faced [...]

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Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. is denying allegations that he offered to raise campaign funds for former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich in exchange for the Senate seat that was then being vacated by President Barack Obama. Oak Brook businessman Raghuveer Nayak, who has aided in fundraising for both Blagojevich and Jackson, claims that back in [...]

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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was convicted Tuesday of one count of lying to federal agents. The jury in the trial was deadlocked on the remaining 23 charges, including that he attempted to sell an appointment to President Barack Obama‘s former Senate seat. Prosecutors say they will attempt to retry the case as quickly as [...]

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Disgraced Illinois ex-governor Rod Blagojevich is getting pretty good at embarrassing himself. He managed to do so once again on Monday. In a new interview with Esquire magazine, Blagojevich says: “I’m blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in a black community [...]

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