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Prosecutors have rested their case in the retrial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.  They ended three weeks of testimony this afternoon by going back to the very beginning of Blagojevich's time as governor.  They played a video for jurors from 2003 in which Blagojevich takes the

Prosecutors are expected to wrap up their case Thursday against former Illinois Gov.

Judge James Zagel is inviting Rod Blagojevich's attorneys to appeal his decisions - literally.  He's denied almost every motion brought by the former governor's defense attorneys, and this week they've shown some frustration in court.

Defense attorneys for former Illinois Gov.

An old friend from Rod Blagojevich's early political career will be on the stand Monday in the former governor's retrial.  John Wyma was chief of staff when Blagojevich served as a congressman and stayed on as a consultant and fundraiser through Blagojevich's time as governor.  He parlayed

A deputy governor under Rod Blagojevich will be back on the stand Thursday morning in the former Illinois governor's retrial.  When Bob Greenlee was on the stand in the first trial, he dropped headline-grabbing bombs saying the governor would hide in the bathroom to avoid his budget director.&n

Prosecutors are landing some crushing blows in quick succession in their retrial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.At 3:35 p.m.