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		<title>Delay of Springfield hotel sale not Cellini related</title>
		<link>http://gusbode.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/delay-of-springfield-hotel-sale-not-cellini-related/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barton Lorimor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Barton Lorimor
The sale of the state-owned Abraham Lincoln Hotel and Conference Center in Springfield has been delayed, but that is not because of the property&#8217;s connections to a recently indicted lobbyists, a spokeswoman for State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias said Tuesday.
William Cellini, Sr., 74, of Springfield, pleaded his innocence Friday to charges he conspired with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gusbode.wordpress.com&blog=4537258&post=1280&subd=gusbode&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ill. Senate Republicans consider minority leader job</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barton Lorimor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Brady]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christine Radogno]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted by Barton Lorimor
While Illinois Senate Minority Leader Frank Watson recovers from a &#8220;mild&#8221; stroke in St. Louis, members of his caucus are throwing their names into a hat for his job.
Watson, a Greenville Republican, announced Tuesday he would not seek re-election for his post as the caucus&#8217; leader, but retain his seat in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gusbode.wordpress.com&blog=4537258&post=1147&subd=gusbode&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>State political insider, Cellini, indicted</title>
		<link>http://gusbode.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/state-political-insider-cellini-indicted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barton Lorimor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Barton Lorimor
Not since Eliot Ness unraveled Al Capone&#8217;s underworld business franchise in 1931 has Chicago seen a federal officer come down on so many of its big-name political insiders. But taking Ness&#8217; place Thursday was U.S. District Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, who announced federal corruption charges against William Cellini, Sr., a longtime influence in Illinois [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gusbode.wordpress.com&blog=4537258&post=1007&subd=gusbode&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s your info &#8216;08: Foreign policy</title>
		<link>http://gusbode.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/its-your-info-08-foreign-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Soliwon</dc:creator>
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By: Diana Soliwon
This week&#8217;s look at the foreign policy platforms of presidential candidates Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain:
-An essay by John McCain in the November/December 2007 issue of Foreign Affairs, which is published by the Center of Foreign Relations
-And one by Barack Obama in the July/August 2007 edition. The Web site also offers an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gusbode.wordpress.com&blog=4537258&post=919&subd=gusbode&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Race plays role in presidential race, students say</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barton Lorimor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted by Barton Lorimor
Marla Baker is a junior double majoring in radio-television and speech communication. She is the mother of two paying for her children&#8217;s education at a private school as well as her own through student loans.
Baker is also an African American woman that plans to vote for Democrat Barack Obama in the Nov. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gusbode.wordpress.com&blog=4537258&post=875&subd=gusbode&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Illinois Senate Leader Watson suffers &#8220;mild stroke&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://gusbode.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/illinois-senate-leader-watson-suffers-mild-stroke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barton Lorimor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted by Barton Lorimor
Illinois Senate Minority Leader Frank Watson remains at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis today after suffering what officials in his office are calling a &#8220;mild stroke&#8221; while campaigning in southern Illinois.
A report in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch said Watson was in &#8220;satisfactory condition&#8221; and is directing his staff in Springfield, Greenville and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gusbode.wordpress.com&blog=4537258&post=836&subd=gusbode&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blagojevich skips SoIL ceremony honoring past campaign fundraiser</title>
		<link>http://gusbode.wordpress.com/2008/10/19/blagojevich-skips-soil-ceremony-honoring-past-campaign-fundraiser/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barton Lorimor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted by Barton Lorimor
ULLIN — Two of Illinois&#8217; most recognizable Democrats, Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Glenn Poshard, relied on Edward M. Smith to raise money for their gubernatorial campaigns, but only one of those figures spoke at a weekend ceremony honoring him.
Poshard, now president of Southern Illinois University, delivered a 10-minute speech at Shawnee Community [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gusbode.wordpress.com&blog=4537258&post=792&subd=gusbode&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quinn: recall amendment would survive a con-con</title>
		<link>http://gusbode.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/quinn-recall-amendment-would-survive-a-con-con/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barton Lorimor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Barton Lorimor

Illinois Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn said Wednesday a proposed amendment to the state&#8217;s constitution legalizing the removal of elected officials from office could take an alternative route and still become law.
Quinn, an advocate of the recall amendment, said the issue could be added to the state&#8217;s governing document if a constitutional convention were [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gusbode.wordpress.com&blog=4537258&post=721&subd=gusbode&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The OTHER candidate</title>
		<link>http://gusbode.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/the-other-candidate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandy Oxford</dc:creator>
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By: Brandy Oxford
One name is listed on Illinois’ ballot but not mentioned in our article.
The reason?
He’s the mystery candidate.
While I’m sure he exists, I’ve researched him to the point of exhaustion and found a lot of articles that call him a mystery, but nothing with any real information on the guy.
Although John Joseph Polachek’s name [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gusbode.wordpress.com&blog=4537258&post=732&subd=gusbode&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s your info &#8216;08: Health care</title>
		<link>http://gusbode.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/its-your-info-08-health-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Soliwon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Diana Soliwon
Editor&#8217;s note: This blog will coincide with the &#8220;It&#8217;s your vote &#8216;08&#8243; series running in the Daily Egyptian up until Election Day. That series, like this one, explores presidential nominees Sens. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama&#8217;s platforms on various issues. 
The purpose of this blog will be to provide easy, FUN, alternative [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gusbode.wordpress.com&blog=4537258&post=669&subd=gusbode&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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