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'The Obamas' a portrait of their evolution inside the White House
Tribune NewspapersHope is easier to embrace than reality. That is one of the themes of Jodi Kantor's new book, "The Obamas," which tells the story of the first couple's arrival in the White House and their subsequent struggles to adapt to Washington and its ways while...Tags: Apple iPod, Chicago Mayor, Human Interest, Hosni Mubarak, Michelle Obama
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Blagojevich hit with 14-year prison sentence
Tribune reportersA contrite former Gov. Rod Blagojevich was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in federal prison, capping one of the state's worst political scandals and humbling a controversial and defiant figure who rode into office as a champion of reform. The sentence...Tags: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Television, Human Interest, Entertainment, Justice System
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Hard time looking likely for ex-Gov. Blagojevich
Two things were clear Tuesday by the close of the first day of Rod Blagojevich's sentencing hearing: The former governor was likely going to be hit with a stiff sentence, and his legal team had abandoned its early hope of him avoiding prison altogether....Tags: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Judges, Prisons, Human Interest, Prosecution
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Patti Blagojevich pleads with judge: 'Be merciful'
Rod Blagojevich's sentencing hearing has ended for the day, with the defense emphasizing the damage a long prison sentence would have on Blagojevich’s family.
Lawyer Aaron Goldstein also read a letter read to the court from Blagojevich’s...Tags: Legal Services, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Human Interest, National Government, Laws
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First lady returns to Chicago for 2nd time in a week
First lady Michelle Obama made her second visit to Chicago in a week, attending a memorial service Thursday for James Bowman, father of Valerie Jarrett, a top aide to President Barack Obama. Bowman, an expert in inherited blood diseases and population...Tags: Cancer, Health, Maggie Daley, Human Interest, Michelle Obama
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Una cultura anti-acoso a lo Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga visitó el martes la Casa Blanca para hablar sobre su trabajo en la prevención del acoso escolar. La cantante se reunió con personal del gobierno de Barack Obama con el fin de conversar sobre el tema, y después la asesora del presidente...Tags: Lady Gaga, Barack Obama, Born This Way (song)
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Michelle Obama back in city for memorial service
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON—First lady Michelle Obama arrived Thursday morning in Chicago for a memorial service for James Bowman, the father of Valerie Jarrett, a top aide to President Barack Obama. Bowman, an expert in inherited blood diseases and population...Tags: Cancer, Health, Maggie Daley, Human Interest, Michelle Obama
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Team Blago's 'Submission in response to pre-sentence report and in aid of sentencing
Change of SubjectI can't easily render this 72-page .pdf image file of the recent filing by lawyers for convicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich into text, but if anyone out there with an OCR scanner and some time on your hands wants to...... -
Michelle Obama attends funeral of Maggie Daley
Michelle Obama was among the mourners at the funeral of former Chicago first lady Maggie Daley.
The first indications that Obama would attend the funeral came early this morning when an order was issued restricting air space around O'Hare...Tags: White House, Maggie Daley, Michelle Obama, O'Hare International Airport, Arne Duncan
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Blagojevich: 'It's not what I meant'
As he weighed whether to name a friend of Barack Obama's to the U.S. Senate, Rod Blagojevich also talked repeatedly on government wiretaps in November 2008 about a number of possibilities he might leverage through the opportunity.
At his corruption trial...Tags: Human Interest, FBI, White House, Political Fundraising, Crime, Law and Justice
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Mayor takes the stand
Chicago Tribune reportersLittle more than a week after raising his right hand to be sworn in as Chicago's new mayor, Rahm Emanuel assumed the position again Wednesday -- this time to testify for the defense in the corruption trial of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich . Emanuel spent...Tags: Lisa Madigan, Chicago Mayor, Prosecution, David Axelrod, Elections
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It's '(bleeping) golden' time
Chicago Tribune reportersOver four days of testimony at his corruption retrial, Rod Blagojevich has had ready answers to explain away a trove of famous and potentially incriminating quotes he uttered on government wiretaps -- except for the most famous of them all. On Wednesday,...Tags: Health, Judges, Prosecution, Macedonia, Lawyers
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