Kennedy seeks speedy replacement
BOSTON (AP) A cancer-stricken Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has asked Massachusetts leaders to change state law to allow a speedy replacement if it s necessary for him to surrender his seat, fearing a months-long vacancy would deny Democrats a crucial vot...
 6.4K - Aug. 20, 2009; scored 188.0 Even in disgrace, Blagojevich finds the spotlight
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been rejected by the people of his state, bounced out of office by legislators and indicted by federal prosecutors. But in the world of entertainment, he's a hit. Television, radio, theater...
5.4K - Jun. 17, 2009; scored 307.0 Racketeering indictment against former Gov. Blagojevich all about money and lots of it
CHICAGO (AP) - The federal racketeering indictment against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is all about money, and lots of it - including the big bucks he is accused of trying to collect selling or swapping President Barack Obama's former U.S. S...
1.0K - Apr. 3, 2009; scored 155.0 Illinois gets back to work with a new governor
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Illinois lawmakers spent seven weeks using impeachment to scrub away the ethics stain of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. But his successor says that doesn t mean the notoriously corrupt state has been cleaned up. Today is a begi...
4.2K - Jan. 31, 2009; scored 281.0 Governor wants to mend flaws
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Now that Rod Blagojevich s scandal-ridden tenure as governor is over, Gov. Pat Quinn said today he s ready to get to work and mend the flaws in state government. This is a time for governance and reform. Politics we can do tha...
6.8K - Jan. 30, 2009; scored 397.0 Illinois senators hear governor's own voice as FBI recordings are played at impeachment trial
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Gov. Rod Blagojevich was hundreds of miles away, but his voice captivated the Illinois Senate Tuesday as impeachment prosecutors played FBI wiretaps of conversations in which he seems to demand campaign contributions in excha...
1.6K - Jan. 28, 2009; scored 222.0 Impeachment trial rolls on
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) The impeachment trial of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has begun its third day with Blagojevich once again a no-show. The Illinois senators weighing the governor s political fate have listened to his voice captured on a secre...
3.8K - Jan. 28, 2009; scored 322.0 Blagojevich: Play the FBI tapes
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich began the second round of his media blitz today, reiterating his claims that his impeachment trial is unfair and that he wants all of his conversations taped by the FBI released to show he s innocent ...
5.6K - Jan. 27, 2009; scored 372.0 Illinois governor turns to airways for defense
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Though Illinois lawmakers are launching an impeachment trial today that could remove Gov. Rod Blagojevich from office, the governor himself will be far from the capitol building instead chatting with Larry King and the wome...
1.1K - Jan. 26, 2009; scored 206.0 Illinois governor to administer Senate oath
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) In an ironic, surreal scene, impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich will preside briefly over the chamber that holds his political future in its hands. Today, Blagojevich was to swear in the Illinois Senate, which will decide in a ma...
1.0K - Jan. 14, 2009; scored 188.0 Illinois lawmakers vote 114-1 to impeach Blagojevich
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Gov. Rod Blagojevich was impeached Friday by Illinois lawmakers furious that he turned state government into a freak show, setting the stage for an unprecedented trial in the state Senate that could get him thrown out of of...
4.9K - Jan. 10, 2009; scored 1000.0 Lawmakers prepare to impeach governor
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Gov. Rod Blagojevich faces almost certain impeachment by the Illinois House, a historic step that would trigger a trial to determine whether the Democratic governor should be tossed out of office. A simple majority vote will ...
1.2K - Jan. 9, 2009; scored 673.0 Crazy like a fox
As the weeks pass since Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was publicly drawn and quartered by U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, the man has simply refused to give up. The Energizer bunny has nothing on this guy. I can t say he s earned my respect, but he...
2.9K - Jan. 8, 2009; scored 795.0 Illinois lawmakers plan to grill Burris
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Illinois Republicans are promising tough questions today for Senate-appointee Roland Burris on why he accepted a position offered by disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich and whether he promised the governor anything in return. Burr...
1.4K - Jan. 8, 2009; scored 736.0 Burris arrives at Senate to claim seat
WASHINGTON President-elect Barack Obama s appointed successor came to Capitol Hill in a steady rainfall and a swarm of television cameras today to claim his Senate seat. Umbrellas partially shrouded Roland Burris as he strode briskly toward the Cap...
3.8K - Jan. 6, 2009; scored 285.0 Obama s fast-track Cabinet process slowed by withdrawal
WASHINGTON The Cabinet that President-elect Barack Obama picked on a fast track has an unexpected opening, with New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, Obama s choice for commerce secretary, withdrawing under pressure of a federal investigation into how h...
4.7K - Jan. 5, 2009; scored 179.0 Burris to go to DC as his fate remains in question
CHICAGO (AP) Illinois U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris plans to have a high-stakes showdown on Capitol Hill this week with Democratic leaders who continue to say he won t be seated in Congress. Dozens of black leaders and ministers organized by ...
4.3K - Jan. 5, 2009; scored 309.0 Roland Burris to visit Capitol Hill as his Senate appointment remains in question
CHICAGO (AP) Illinois U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris plans to have a high-stakes showdown on Capitol Hill this week with Democratic leaders who continue to say he won t be seated in Congress. Dozens of black leaders and ministers organized by ...
1.3K - Jan. 5, 2009; scored 167.0 Democrats struggle with filling Obama s Senate seat
WASHINGTON Rep. Bobby Rush says he doesn t think any U.S. senator would be caught turning a black man away from serving alongside them. He thought wrong. No Senate Democrat responded to his racial challenge. And they got support from President-elec...
1.9K - Dec. 31, 2008; scored 755.0 Blagojevich staff contacts reviewed
WASHINGTON (AP) President-elect Barack Obama s transition office is ready to release an internal review of all contacts his staff had with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich s office over the Senate seat that Obama has vacated and that the governor is a...
1.7K - Dec. 23, 2008; scored 188.0 | 
