Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested today on corruption charges alleging that he was attempting to sell President-elect Barack Obama 's vacant senate seat to the highest bidder. A federal investigation, known as Operation Board Games , recorded Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff, John Harris , through wire taps discussing the value of the senate seat. Wire taps also caught the governor pressuring the owners of the Chicago Tribune to fire unfriendly members of its editorial board in...Read Full Story
Federal prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald has been appointed to prosecute Rod Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff John Harris . The FBI alleges Illinois governor Blagojevich used his position to try and auction off Barack Obama's vacant senate seat to the highest bidder. In a press conference Tuesday morning, Fitzgerald said Blagojevich's "conduct would make Lincoln roll over in his grave." Fitzgerald went on to quote sections in the FBI-released affidavit that describe Blagojevich's wire...Read Full Story
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Recent advances in neuroscience, such as memory manipulation, create compelling ethical dilemmasThis week it was reported that soldiers could potentially, in the near future, have their minds plugged directly into weapons systems, and have their ...
Disgraced former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich can't go to sleep without boozing, a tipster told the Chicago Sun-Times. "Rod can't sleep without drinking so he drinks himself into a condition to do so, and it became an addiction," the source ...
At the peak of his search for work, he says he was averaging 25 to 30 applications ... I mention the 2.6 million people officially out of work, and suggest that his time on the dole was possibly not because of any failings on his part.
Rod Blagojevich appointed former Illinois Attorney General Roland ... a number of ideas have been floated by lawmakers to take some of the appointment power away from the governor. In legislation introduced this month, for example, state Sen.
Where next for the story of Stephen Hester's bonus? On Sunday, two papers reported that the now-infamous £963,000 is only a fraction of his treasure-chest. Partly thanks to something called a "long-term incentive plan", by this time next year he is likely ...
Rod Blagojevich and mass murderer Richard Speck. “We have a guy in the White House who’s an absolute, America-hating punk,” Nugent told reporters before his speech to the Sangamon County GOP’s Lincoln Day dinner. “And it isn’t really the punk’s fault.
From walking the red carpet to rubbing shoulders with Olivia Newton-John and Geoffrey Rush and hitting the dance ... Just as casting agent Allison Meadows approached her, a woman asked Harris why her dog was without a lead and the two then got into a ...
John Harris (born 1962) is the chief of staff for Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. Both were arrested on corruption charges stemming from accusations they were "auctioning off" Barack Obama's vacant senate seat.