Person: Roland Burris

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Jailed Blagojevich loses bluster

The Rod Blagojevich who once challenged a prosecutor to face him like a man and the glad-handing politician who took to celebrity TV shows to profess his innocence was nowhere to be found as he was sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption.

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Holocaust museum opens in neo-Nazi threat suburb

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Blagojevich: I considered naming Oprah for senate seat

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Senate approves release of $350bn in bailout funds

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US governor accused of 'freak show' politics at impeachment vote

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Blagojevich appointee rejected for senate seat

Blagojevich makes controversial appointment to US Senate

ROD BLAGOJEVICH created a new distraction for his state by making an appointment to the US Senate even while he faces federal corruption charges for, in part, allegedly trying to sell the very seat he now is trying to fill.

Thu, 01 Jan, 2009

Embattled governor nominates Obama's Senate successor

A defiant Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich named a political trailblazer to Barack Obama’s Senate seat, a surprise move that put the governor’s opponents in the uncomfortable position of trying to block his choice from becoming the Senate’s only black member.

Wed, 31 Dec, 2008