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Judge rebuffs Blagojevich’s request for more evidence
Mon, 8/02/10 – 16:35 | No Comment
The federal judge presiding over the criminal case against former Gov. Rod Blagojevich today declined to order the prosecution to give additional evidence to Blagojevich's lawyers well before the June trial, criticizing a recent defense filing as "oddly detached from the issues."U.S. District Judge James Zagel said prosecutors already have turned over a great deal of material and have agreed to reasonable deadlines for the rest of its evidence…

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United Airlines sees January traffic rise
Mon, 8/02/10 – 16:25 | No Comment
(AP) — United Airlines said Monday that January traffic rose, and it collected more revenue from each passenger. United said it collected 9.5 percent to 11.5 percent more for each passenger flown one mile in January compared with January 2009. Throughout last year airlines struggled to ...
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Mon, 8/02/10 – 16:15 | No Comment

Photo Credit: Last American Year.
  • Gov. Quinn said that Scott Lee Cohen should not be reimbursed the $2 million he spent to secure the Democratic Lieutenant Governor nomination. [Tribune]
  • Steve Rhodes is having fun with the media's overcompensation on missing the Cohen story. [Beachwood Reporter]
  • City Hall's attempt to go green with waterless urinals backfires when the urine corroded the copper piping required in the

State Farm claims it warned feds of Toyota problem in ‘07
Mon, 8/02/10 – 16:05 | No Comment
(Reuters) — Private insurer State Farm informed a U.S. government regulator of a worrying trend of vehicle-caused accidents involving Toyota Motor Corp. as far back as late 2007, an official at the company said. "When you start to see significant claims activity that indicates that there may ...
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Madigan: No Talk Of Reimbursing Scott Lee Cohen’s Campaign Funds
Mon, 8/02/10 – 16:05 | No Comment

Gov. Pat Quinn and fellow Democratic leaders began the delicate dance of picking a new running mate for Quinn today, while emphasizing there was no horse-trading involved in a scandal-ridden Chicago pawnbroker's decision to abandon his primary nomination for lieutenant governor.

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Daley Gives Inspector General Power To Investigate Aldermen
Mon, 8/02/10 – 16:05 | No Comment

Mayor Daley today transferred control over city hiring from his $4 million-a-year Office of Compliance to the inspector general and dropped a political bombshell on the City Council by proposing that the inspector general be given the power to investigate aldermen.

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Feds eye traffic restrictions through Chicago locks to keep out Asian carp
Mon, 8/02/10 – 15:55 | No Comment
(Crain's) — The federal government is weighing a decision to restrict opening of Chicago navigational locks to keep Asian carp out of Lake Michigan. Barge traffic would be limited to specific times when fish poison or other treatment could be applied at the same time to stop the invasive fish ...
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Derivatives banned from Ill. public pension funds under proposed bill
Mon, 8/02/10 – 15:55 | No Comment
(Crain's) — An Illinois bill would ban the state's public pension funds from any investments that trade derivatives in non-public markets and would require divestment of any such existing derivative investment within one year of the bill's effective date. The bill, introduced by state Rep. ...
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Former Boeing engineer gets 15-year prison sentence
Mon, 8/02/10 – 15:55 | No Comment
(Reuters) — A former Boeing Co. engineer who was convicted last year of passing space shuttle secrets to the Chinese government in America's first economic espionage trial was sentenced on Monday to 15 years in prison. Dongfan "Greg" Chung, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was found guilty of ...
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Dick Durbin: Mike Madigan Partially To Blame For Cohen Situation (VIDEO)
Mon, 8/02/10 – 15:45 | No Comment

Here is something you don't hear every day: an Illinois Democrat criticizing state Democratic Party Chairman Michael Madigan.

After announcing his chairmanship of Alexi Giannoulias' Senate campaign, Sen. Dick Durbin talked to reporters over the weekend about the Scott Lee Cohen debacle--and placed some of the blame on Madigan, who is considered one of the most powerful state democrats:

"I think that Chairman Madigan needs…

Durbin To Chair Giannoulias Campaign, Tells Him To Be ‘Forthcoming’
Mon, 8/02/10 – 15:45 | No Comment

With the Democrats clinging to their "59 vote minority" in the U.S. Senate, it's not surprising that the senior senator from Illinois Dick Durbin is on board to help get Alexi Giannoulias elected to the Senate in November. At a news conference at his Springfield home yesterday, Durbin announced that ye would chair Giannoulias' campaign, helping to "get out the vote" to overcome…

Brian Dickie: A Huge Worry?
Mon, 8/02/10 – 15:35 | No Comment

The ever wise and articulate Alex Ross of the New Yorker has a disturbing piece this week on his New Yorker based blog. It is not entirely unconnected to issues raised in my morning post of yesterday. And it is an analysis of a situation which we all in our business in the USA have seen creeping up on us during the last decade.

Oddly…

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