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Embattled Ill. gov. could still fill Senate seat (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2008 04:09 AM CST AP - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich could still appoint someone to fill Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat despite charges that he tried to barter it away for cash or a plum job in what prosecutors call "a political corruption crime spree."

Workers win a big round in Chicago factory sit-in (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2008 12:24 AM CST AP - The creditor of a Chicago plant where laid-off employees are conducting a sit-in to demand severance pay said Tuesday it would extend loans to the factory so it could resolve the dispute, though the workers declared their protest unfinished.

Alaska governor's office sent suspicious powder (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 10:01 PM CST AP - An eighth letter containing suspicious powder and addressed to a governor's office was intercepted in Alaska on Tuesday, and it bore a Texas postmark like suspicious mailings to other governors this week, officials said.

Records sought on jet type that killed 4 in crash (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 11:23 PM CST AP - A high-ranking congressman called on the Marine Corps on Tuesday to release the maintenance records of all fighter jets of the type that lost power and crashed into a San Diego neighborhood, killing four members of a family.

NJ commission says state should allow gay marriage (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 09:03 PM CST AP - A commission has concluded that New Jersey legislators should allow gay couples to marry, setting up what could be a spirited debate over whether the state should be the first to allow gay marriage by passing a law, rather than by court mandate.

All 4 former Simpson co-defendants get probation (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 06:44 PM CST AP - Four men who pleaded guilty to reduced charges in exchange for testifying against O.J. Simpson at his robbery-kidnapping trial were sentenced Tuesday to probation, drawing a loud protest from a sports memorabilia dealer they held at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room.

Illinois governor's arrest stuns politicos (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 11:13 PM CST AP - The words on the recording sound as if they were uttered by a mob boss. Instead, the feds say, it is the governor of Illinois speaking.

Blagojevich climbed Illinois' political ladder (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 08:41 PM CST AP - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has two signature traits: defiance and optimism.

Homicide probe opened in apparent NYC bias crime (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 09:54 PM CST AP - Authorities opened a homicide investigation Tuesday into a vicious attack on an Ecuadorean immigrant whose assailants shouted anti-gay and anti-Hispanic slurs, then beat him with a baseball bat and kicked him.

Government rests case in Fort Dix plot trial (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 03:32 PM CST AP - Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday against five men accused of planning to kill American soldiers at New Jersey's Fort Dix, after 25 days of presenting evidence.

Pa. teen charged in foiled school attack plot (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 04:36 PM CST AP - A 15-year-old boy stole his father's guns to use in a suicidal attack against enemies at his suburban Philadelphia high school but was thwarted when a friend threw the weapons in a river, authorities said.

3 NYPD officers charged in subway sodomy case (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 05:34 PM CST AP - A police officer warned a tattoo parlor worker that if he reported being sodomized with a baton during an arrest at a New York subway station, officers would lock him up for a felony, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Feds: Governor tried to get Tribune writers fired (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 08:15 PM CST AP - Hoping to squelch criticism from the state's largest newspaper, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich allegedly tried to strong-arm the Chicago Tribune into firing editorial writers who were discussing his possible impeachment.

Arrest another chapter in corrupt Ill. history (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 05:26 PM CST AP - Federal prosecutors' stunning allegations of corruption by Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday once again reminded the nation of Illinois' shameful history of crooked governors.

'Nanny' state? Drescher eyes Clinton's Senate seat (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 05:23 PM CST AP - The star of "The Nanny" wants to go from playing nasally New Yawkers to succeeding Hillary Rodham Clinton in the U.S. Senate.

Study: US students score higher in math (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 03:41 PM CST AP - American schoolchildren do better than people think in math and science, but Asian students still dominate in math and have gained ground in science, an international study found.

Obama works to distance himself from Ill. governor (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 05:35 PM CST AP - Though Barack Obama isn't accused of anything, the charges against his home-state governor — concerning Obama's own Senate seat no less — are an unwelcome distraction. And the ultimate fallout is unclear.

Edward and Caroline Kennedy share tight family tie (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 04:08 PM CST AP - He walked her down the aisle when she was married. She rushed to the hospital when he was stricken by brain cancer.

Sen. Craig loses appeal in airport sex sting case (AP) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 02:33 PM CST AP - Idaho Sen. Larry Craig has lost his latest attempt to withdraw his guilty plea in the Minneapolis airport men's room sex sting that effectively ended his Senate career.

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