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...Cellini, of Springfield, is accused of trying to shake down the Teachers' Retirement System and other firms for campaign funds for Blagojevich, and also of trying to extort one of the producers of the Clint Eastwood film Million Dollar Baby. He has been under indictment since October, the 13th person charged in the ongoing Illinois pay-to-play scandal that prosecutors said traces back to even before Blagojevich became governor. Cellini has denied any wrongdoing. (Read "The Fall of the House of Blagojevich...
...Bronze Star for helping buddies pinned down in a firefight. "I asked him what he did to get it, and he just looked right at me and said, 'Doing my job, Dad, just doing my job,' and that's all he ever said," says his father Robert of Springfield, Ore. "He wouldn't talk to me about Iraq...
...amazing work ethic and a lot of heart,” co-captain Brady Weissbourd says. “He’s been a great teammate the entire time.”Signs of good things to come became apparent when Jones, in his first collegiate game against Springfield, accounted for seven kills and five digs. And while the promise of playing time drew Jones to the Crimson in the first place, the unexpected departure of prized recruit Nikola Ivica pushed the freshman further into the limelight and on to the front lines of a depleted team roster.Always...
...Pixar film may have one writer besides the director; it's total auteur handicrafting. Monsters vs Aliens credits two directors and half a dozen writers, and plays like the spiffiest sitcom - say, a superepisode of The Simpsons in which Marge grows huge, leaves Homer and doesn't return to Springfield...
...incredibly stupid on Burris' part not to be completely forthcoming. This doesn't fly," said Kent Redfield, a political science professor at the University of Illinois at Springfield. "They may not have asked him the right questions, but he had an obligation to restore people's faith in the system. If there's bad news, you can contain it, deal with it. Now he's created a situation where people are wondering: when are you telling the truth...