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Published 12/9/2008 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
AFP - The governor of Illinois was arrested Tuesday on charges of conspiring to sell an appointment to president-elect Barack Obama's recently open US senate seat, prosecutors said.
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AFP: Illinois governor arrested for trying to sell Obama's senate seat
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