Less is more at Blagojevich retrial
Chicago reports prosecutors streamline the Illinois governor corruption retrial focusing on the core charge of seeking to sell or trade Barack Obama’s Senate seat for money or a top job. Jurors previously heard lengthy personal spending details, now reduced to essential facts and timelines to aid deliberations.
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Rod Blagojevich
Illinois
James Matsumoto
Blagojevich
Barack Obama
U.S. Senate
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FBI
Taliban vow to contest after bin Laden death in Pakistan attack
In northwest Pakistan a double Taliban attack killed 66 paramilitary police and wounded about 120, in what militants call revenge for Osama bin Laden. Taliban say the strike shows they remain a force and aim to avenge bin Laden, with talks unlikely this spring.
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Gadhafi taunts NATO as Libyan strikes kill clerics
Gadhafi declares he is alive after NATO airstrikes and claims to live in a place you cannot reach. Libyan officials accuse NATO of killing 11 Muslim clerics in an attack on an eastern oil town and report a Bab al Aziziya strike in Tripoli. Residents report protests against military trucks in Abu Sitta, with activists noting a burnt truck, though details remain unverified. Government spokesman Ibrahim Uthman says strikes targeted the Agriculture Ministry, a site previously described as an intelligence building.
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Illinois residents sue to force concealed carry allowance
A federal suit filed in Illinois by Michael Moore and Charles Hooks with the Second Amendment Foundation challenges the state ban on concealed weapons. The action follows the May 5 House vote against a concealed carry bill.
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Michael Moore
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Charles Hooks
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Bryant motion denied over Lisa Bryant testimony claim
John Bryant told Kimmel his plea was under duress after Lisa Bryant’s testimony he says destroyed him The retrial judge said Bryant acted intelligently in entering the plea Rocky Maki had admitted to killing Gandy during a drug related robbery Maki pled guilty in 2006 State's Attorney Wepsiec said the motion should be dismissed and Bryant will return to Stateville Correctional Center Family members vow continued support hoping appellate court overturns the lower court’s decision The 2009 appellate ruling had overturned Bryant and Lisa Bryant convictions for Gandy’s murder due to ineffective defense counsel
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