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Ryan pushes on after appeals court rejects bail
Former Gov. George Ryan's lawyers vowed to continue to seek his release from prison after a federal appeals court today rebuffed his bid for freedom to be at the side of his terminally ill wife. Ryan's legal team said it would seek the backing of the U....Tags: Prisons, James Robert Thompson, Regional Authority, Government, Local Government
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Vrdolyak reports to federal prison
Tribune reporterFormer Chicago Ald. Edward Vrdolyak reported to federal prison in Terre Haute this morning, Bureau of Prisons officials confirmed. Vrdolyak was sentenced in October to 10 months in prison for a mail fraud conviction tied to a $1.5 million kickback he...Tags: Punishment, Prisons, Chicago, Edward Vrdolyak, Corporate Crime
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Local 'Fallen Hero' story to get TV airing
Tribune reporterThere are some books that all but shout, "Put me on the big screen!" and "In With the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption" is one of them. The "fallen hero" of the title is the book's co-author, a former drug...Tags: Punishment, Metal and Mineral, CNN (tv network), Gold and Precious Material, FBI
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U.S. drops part of case against Currie
Federal prosecutors have dropped nearly half of the bribery charges against state Sen. Ulysses Currie, chopping seven counts that were connected to an outdated legal theory.
Currie, a Democrat, remains accused of accepting bribes from a grocery chain...Tags: Prince George's County, Trials, Government, Corporate Crime, Crime, Law and Justice
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State business-incentive program falling short of promised job creation
About five years ago, John B. Sanfilippo & Son Inc., the producer of Fisher nuts and trail mixes, agreed to build a headquarters and state-of-the-art processing facility in Elgin rather than head out of state.
In exchange for $5 million in state tax...Tags: Economic Policy, Boeing Co., Rod Blagojevich, Tax Credits, Labor Legislation
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Notre Dame allegation raises questions
Tribune staff reporterA 19-year-old Northbrook woman died of an apparent suicide nine days after telling University of Notre Dame police that she had been sexually attacked by a football player in a dorm room, the Tribune has learned. Elizabeth "Lizzy" Seeberg, a freshman...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Sexual Misconduct, Health and Safety at School, Crime, Law and Justice, Suicide
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'It feels like a betrayal'
Tribune staff reportersThe parents of a Northbrook teenager who killed herself a week after accusing a University of Notre Dame football player of sexually attacking her say they feel betrayed by the school they love and that several generations of their family have attended....Tags: Abusive Behavior, Sexual Misconduct, Crime, Law and Justice, Athletes, College Football
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Quinn on Blagojevich conviction: 'Sad day for our state'
Clout StPosted by Ray Long at 5:10 p.m.; last updated at 7:48 p.m. SPRINGFIELD --- Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn this evening called his former running mate Rod Blagojevich's conviction of lying to the FBI another "sad day for our state." "Another...... -
Democrats try to counter Blagojevich fallout at state fair
Clout StPosted by Rick Pearson and Ray Long at 10:15 a.m.; updated at 1:15 p.m. SPRINGFIELD â Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan today warned his Democratic colleagues that voters are "very volatile" and that the party should address "head on" the...... -
February mayoral election will see no clowning around
Change of SubjectThank Spanky. When Chicago voters go to the polls Feb. 22 and receive a ballot with a long list of names of ethnically and ideologically diverse mayoral candidates, they can offer up silent expressions of gratitude to Ray Wardingley (right),...... -
Quinn says voters beware on Brady's anti-tax promises
Clout StPosted by Monique Garcia at 5:23 p.m. Gov. Pat Quinn today suggested voters should be wary of promises not to raise taxes from opponent Bill Brady, saying Republican governors have a history of doing just that once they're safely elected....... -
Brady, Quinn lash out at each other at Chicago forum
Clout StPosted by Ray Long at 11:45 a.m.; updated at 3:22 p.m. Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bill Brady today clashed over education, taxes, government corruption and their divergent ways to pull Illinois out of a financial hole in......
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