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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for political corruption including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by then president-elect Barack Obama.

Blagojevich, who turns 55 on Saturday, must serve at least 85 percent of the sentence or about 12 years.

He was convicted of seeking jobs ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Lawyers for disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich asked a federal judge on Tuesday to show mercy in sentencing him for his federal conviction on multiple corruption counts.

The lawyers said Blagojevich did not profit personally from his conduct and his family would be devastated if he is sentenced to a lengthy prison term.

In court filings, prosecutors ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A prominent lawyer tapped by New York City Comptroller John Liu to review questions about Liu's fund-raising abruptly quit the probe on Thursday, a potential setback to the comptroller's ambitions to succeed Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Liu, a Democrat, was widely considered a top contender to replace Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the 2013 election until Wednesday ...

The state of Nevada has sanctioned killing black bears, but Moose hunting is still banned.Yes, whip out your crossbows, train them on lumbering animals guilty of nothing and shoot to kill. But if you are an elusive political animal who takes campaign money, does not disclose it and puts the cash in his personal account, have no fear: You ...

WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The number of donors who raise big money for President Barack Obama jumped in the last three months as he builds a war chest for what will likely be the costliest presidential election ever.

At least forty-one people have raised at least half a million dollars for the president, compared to 27 in Obama's first report ...

WASHINGTON/AUSTIN (Reuters) - Texas Governor Rick Perry raised $17 million in his first fundraising quarter since joining the race for the Republican presidential nomination, the campaign said on Wednesday, likely topping rival Mitt Romney for the period.

Perry's camp also reported an impressive $15 million in cash on hand. His advisers had set an internal goal of raising $10 ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Big Republican donors are still undecided on Rick Perry or Mitt Romney as their party's best chance to defeat President Barack Obama in the November 2012 presidential election.

Only about a third of the Republican campaign cash raised four years ago has been committed so far for the upcoming election -- a sluggish pace that is unlikely to ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A major Republican-linked fundraising group has amassed $25 million so far this year to finance its attacks on President Barack Obama and other Democrats in the 2012 elections.

American Crossroads, conceived by Republican guru Karl Rove, is a new breed of political committee that can raise unlimited cash, thanks in part to recent court decisions loosening federal campaign ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Howard Schultz is winning support for his call to withhold political contributions from U.S. lawmakers until they strike a "fair, bipartisan" deal on the country's debt, revenue and spending.

Schultz recently led the world's biggest coffee chain through a painful but successful restructuring that returned it to growth. In his ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two campaign finance watchdogs are asking the Federal Election Commission and Department of Justice to investigate a $1 million donation given to a pro-Mitt Romney PAC by a corporation that no longer exists, the groups said on Friday.

W Spann LLC formed in March, donated the money in April and dissolved itself in July, shortly before campaign ...