chicagobreakingnews.com - 12/9/2008
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Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff, John Harris, were arrested today by FBI agents for what U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald called a "staggering" level of corruption involving pay-to-play politics in Illinois' top office. Blagojevich is accused of a wide-ranging criminal conspiracy , ...
myfoxtampabay.com - 12/2/2008
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myfoxtampabay.com —
A former Major League baseball player who lives
in the Bay Area is in jail facing drug...
charges. Tampa police arrested Derek Bell, 39, Monday night on four counts of possession of drug paraphernalia.
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Former baseball player arrested on drug charges
chicagotribune.com - 12/9/2008
suntimes.com - 12/9/2008
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suntimes.com —
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich taken into federal custody
Gov. Blagojevich, wearing a black and blue jogging suit,...
appeared before a federal judge this afternoon on corruption charges. U.S. Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan set a $4,500 ...
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Gov. Blagojevich free on bond after arrested by feds ...
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Blagojevich illegally offered state help for sale of Wrigley?
Bleed Cubbie Blue —
Blagojevich illegally offered state help for sale of Wrigley?
Among the many things Blago just got charged with, this one was kinda interesting:
"Blagojevich and Harris conspired to demand the firing of Chicago Tribune editorial board members responsible ...
Blagojevich Corruption Charges
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... Illinois govenor Rod Blagojevich was arrested on corruption charges today. Cubs-related passage:
Blagojevich and [chief of staff John] Harris conspired to demand the firing of Chicago Tribune editorial board members responsible for editorials critical of Blagojevich in exchange for state help with the sale of Wrigley Field, the Chicago Cubs baseball stadium owned by Tribune Co. ...
Thank God for corruption!
The Hardball Times —
The fun news today is that Illinois has kept its governors-in-jail streak alive. But this isn't just your average, everyday corruption story. This one has some baseball! ...
Rod Blagojevich, American Fool
wrigleyville23 —
... into a loan to a struggling entity in the middle of an economic crisis caused in large part by loans made to struggling entities, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested for a "political corruption crime spree." ...
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Ill. Gov.'s arrest, old-school bribery charges entangle Cubs sale
sports.yahoo.com 12/9/2008 — The feds arrested Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday morning for selling the state's open U.S. Senate seat (Barack Obama doesn't need it anymore) and other alleged crimes. Further, the Chicago Tribune reports in an awkward pdf. file that Blago's rap sheet of allegedly ...
Top Ten Corrupt Chicago Athletes —
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Yesterday, our proud Governor Rod Blagojevich (pictured above holding "Blagojevich Sucks" shirt) was arrested. Now I won't get into details as to what happened, I will let the Sun-Times explain it, but it is ANOTHER case of corrupt Illinois politics. Now you may ask, "what does this have to do ...
Cubs Fan Arrested For Incredibly Stupid Behavior —
Can't Stop The Bleeding
The second count in the federal criminal complaint filed this morning against Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich alleges the man under the blue hat’s unhappiness with certain Tribune editorials critical of the governor drove him to the eye-poppingly risky maneuver of attempting to shake ...
Illinois Governor Blagojevich, And The Total Mind-Blow —
Heavy Soul
This article is completely staggering . Staggeringly stunning. Today, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested by the FBI. U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said “the breadth of corruption laid out in these charges is staggering.” (I totally copied Fitzgerald with my adjectives. Sorry, ...
