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Published 12/19/2008 at Reuters: Politics
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Friday he has done nothing wrong and will not resign in the wake of charges he tried to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
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