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Ill. scandal puts spotlight on vacant seat in NY (AP)

 
AP - The corruption scandal engulfing Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich puts a spotlight on the nation's only other vacant Senate seat — that of Hillary Rodham Clinton in New York. (link)

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