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Bruce Weber hired by Kansas State – Chicago Sun-Times Kansas City Star Bruce Weber hired by Kansas StateChicago Sun-TimesBY DAVE SKRETTA March 31, 2012 7:56PM Kansas State president Kirk Schulz helps new head basketball coach Bruce Weber into a purple jacket Saturday, March 31, 2012. Weber replaces Frank Martin who left for South Carolina this [...]

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Romney routs Santorum in GOP primary in Illinois Mitt Romney took a major stride toward the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night, routing Rick Santorum in the Illinois primary for his third big-state win in a row and padding his already-formidable lead in the race for convention delegates.

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Chicago Tribune Rod Blagojevich enters federal prison in Colorado to start 14-year sentenceChicago TribuneAfter a goodbye tour that stretched from Chicago's Ravenswood Manor neighborhood to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Rod Blagojevich turned, waved and disappeared Thursday behind a darkened doorway of a federal prison.Rod Blagojevich begins 14-year sentence at a Colorado federal prisonChicago [...]

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Convicted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich never allowed himself to even think about spending the next decade of his life behind bars. Less than an hour before he began serving his 14-year sentence on corruption charges, he could hardly say that word: "prison."

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Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, who was never one to mince words during his political career, had a final moment in the spotlight on Wednesday when he made a statement before reporting to a federal prison to serve a 14-year sentence for corruption.

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Chicago Tribune Bruce Weber becomes third Illini coach fired since NovemberChicago Sun-TimesBY HERB GOULD hgould@suntimes.com March 9, 2012 10:50PM Former Illinois men's basketball coach Bruce Weber, joined by family and players, talks about his time as coach, during a news conference at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Ill., Friday, March 9, …Illinois fires Bruce WeberChicago TribuneIllinois [...]

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LINCOLN – Noble Grand Wilma Newlin of the Coles County Odd Fellow Lodge has announced that the Illinois Odd Fellows, one of the world's oldest fraternal organizations dedicated to service for the bett

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The twice-elected Democrat is now the second former Illinois governor in a row to be sentenced to prison and the fourth Illinois governor in the last four decades.

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Blagojevich sentenced to 14 years for corruption – Reuters Los Angeles Times Blagojevich sentenced to 14 years for corruptionReutersDisgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich leaves his home in Chicago home for the second day of his sentencing hearing December 7, 2011. By Janan Hanna CHICAGO (Reuters) – Three years after he was arrested outside his [...]

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Jacksonville Jaguars fire Jack Del Rio, agree to sale of team – Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Jacksonville Jaguars fire Jack Del Rio, agree to sale of teamLos Angeles TimesJaguars owner Wayne Weaver fires longtime coach Del Rio and agrees to sell the team to Illinois businessman Shahid Khan. The Jacksonville Jaguars fired coach [...]

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