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...Illinois A New Burris-Blago Brouhaha The U.S. Senate Ethics Committee and a local Illinois prosecutor have launched investigations into Senator Roland Burris' inconsistent descriptions of his contact with Rod Blagojevich before being tapped by the then governor to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat. Burris recently admitted attempting to raise money for Blagojevich months earlier--a fact he neglected to mention while testifying in Blago's January impeachment hearing. Though Burris has denied any wrongdoing, lawmakers of both parties have called for his resignation...
...Just when it seemed that the Rod Blagojevich corruption scandal might actually recede from the spotlight, with the accused governor booted out of office and his seemingly unimpeachable Senate pick Roland Burris firmly ensconced in Washington, comes another baffling chapter in the saga. (See pictures of the remarkable world of Rod Blagojevich...
...work towards upholding Proposition 8 generated mixed views among students. Starr, a former United States solicitor general, was named as lead counsel for the official proponents of Proposition 8 last December. The California proposition, which eliminated same-sex couples’ right to marry, has remained a lightning rod of controversy since it was passed in November. While Starr did not mention his position during the course of his talk, a handout was distributed before he spoke that included a newspaper article about Starr’s appointment to the counsel, and his work on the issue came up during...
...news, first reported by SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, that perhaps the best player in the game used to juice was depressing--but maybe not shocking. Baseball's drug problems are as durable as horsehide, and A-Rod's Primobolan boosters were arguably less dangerous than Mickey Mantle's experiences with booze and speed...
...third, never underestimate the shamelessness of the owners. Tom Hicks, A-Rod's employer in 2003, said he felt "betrayed and deceived." Like Claude Rains in Casablanca, the lords of baseball are shocked, shocked by the lucrative corruption right before their eyes. Where did they think all those crowd-pleasing homers were coming from...