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Former Illinois attorney general Roland Burris refused seat in US Senate (Cape Breton Post)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? A U.S. Democratic official says the secretary of the Senate has turned former Illinois attorney general Roland Burris away from taking the seat vacated by president-elect Barack Obama.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:06:52 GMT.

State attorney general says Illinois is 'international laughing stock' (KSDK St. Louis)
State attorney general says Illinois is 'international laughing stock'
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:01:20 GMT.

Illinois Attorney General Settles with Hotel Owner in Asbestos Removal Case (Insurance Journal)
The owner of a now-demolished southern Illinois hotel has agreed to pay $30,000 as part of a settlement with Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan over asbestos that she says was improperly ...
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:11:36 GMT.

Schmoke Representing Illinois Senate Candidate (WBAL-TV Baltimore)
Former Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke is going to bat as an attorney for Roland Burris, the man who was denied President-elect Barack Obama's Illinois Senate seat on Tuesday.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:09:16 GMT.

Burris rejected at Capitol as he tries to claim Obama's Illinois Senate seat (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
A Democratic official says the secretary of the Senate has turned former Illinois attorney general Roland Burris away from taking the seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:32:44 GMT.

Defiant Burris insists he will be Obama's replacement in US Senate from Illinois (New Kerala)
Chicago, Jan.6 : Former Illinois Attorney General Ronald Burris has defiantly said that he is the legally appointed junior senator from the state.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:00:47 GMT.

Illinois Impeachment Panel to Welcome Burris After Senate Snub (Bloomberg)
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Roland Burris , rejected by the U.S. Senate as Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich?s pick to fill President-elect Barack Obama?s seat, will find a chair waiting for him in the Illinois capital.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:15:27 GMT.

Illinois gov's brother won't cooperate with feds (The Tennessean)
CHICAGO -- An attorney for Nashville real estate investor Robert R. Blagojevich, the brother of embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, says his client won't cooperate with federal investigators if asked.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:25:27 GMT.

Former Illinois attorney general Roland Burris refused seat in US Senate (Times & Transcript)
Roland Burris announced Tuesday he was rejected for Barack Obama's Senate seat, in a bizarre rainy-day scene on the Capitol grounds as lawmakers awaited the gavelling of the 111th Congress into session.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:11:50 GMT.

Senate Rejects Burris in Spectacle at Capitol (Washington Post)
44 | Former Illinois attorney general was told that he lacked the requisite approval of state officials to be sworn in with the rest of Senate class.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:45:28 GMT.

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