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Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for political corruption included trying to sell the Senate seat vacated by then president-elect Barack Obama.

Rod Blagojevich was clearly the ringleader of the schemes for which he was convicted, a federal judge said Tuesday at the sentencing hearing for the ousted Illinois governor on corruption charges that include trying to sell or trade an appointment to President Barack Obama's former Senate seat....

A jury on Monday convicted Rod R. Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois, of trying to personally benefit from his role in selecting a replacement for President Obama in the United States Senate.

Former Chief of Staff for ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-IL) reaches plea deal in attempted sale of Obama's Senate seat and agrees to cooperate.

Even in a Senate club famous for how it ostracizes the unwanted, the shunning of Democratic Sen. Roland Burris is unprecedented.

Federal authorities have interviewed U.S. Senator Roland Burris in a probe into whether former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich tried to sell the Senate seat Burris now occupies, the Chicago Tribune, reported on Sunday.

Unlike January, when several politicians stood to defend him, now Ill. senator seems largely alone.

Despite calls, Ill. senator says he won't resign amid probe of contacts with Blagojevich associates.

The largest newspaper in Illinois on Tuesday called for U.S. Sen. Roland Burris to resign, a day after Burris detailed several conversations with impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother he had failed to mention under oath.

Illinois Sen. Roland Burris said Monday that his sworn testimony regarding his contacts with then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich was consistent with what he later said in an affidavit.