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Democrats' struggle over filling Obama seat (AP)

U.S. Congressman Bobby Rush (D-IL) speaks after Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich announced former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris as his choice to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama during a news conference in Chicago, Illinois December 30, 2008.  REUTERS/Frank Polich (UNITED STATES)AP - Rep. Bobby Rush says he doesn't think any U.S. senator would be caught turning a black man away from serving alongside them.



Burris to go to DC as his fate remains in question (AP)

Roland Burris, right, hugs U.S. Congressman Bobby Rush, D-Ill., at the New Covenant Baptist Church during a rally in Chicago, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009. Burris is leaving for Washington D.C. on Monday, after Il. Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed him to fill President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)AP - Illinois U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris is leaving for Washington on Monday afternoon for a high-stakes showdown on Capitol Hill about whether he'll succeed President-elect Barack Obama in Congress.



Regulators probed Madoff eight times over 16 years: report (Reuters)

Bernard Madoff walks back to his apartment in New York December 17, 2008. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)Reuters - Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC was examined at least eight times in 16 years by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other regulators, who often came armed with suspicions, the Wall Street Journal said.



Battles rage in Gaza as envoys appeal for truce (Reuters)

A Palestinian woman wounded by an Israeli tank shell reacts at Shifa hospital in Gaza January 5, 2009. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)Reuters - Israeli tanks, planes and ground forces pounded Gaza on Monday and the defense minister said the offensive against Hamas militants in the Palestinian enclave would go on until Israel was safe.



SEC halts alleged $23 million Ponzi scheme (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. securities regulators obtained an emergency court order to stop an alleged Ponzi scheme that collected more than $23 million from thousands of investors in Florida's Haitian-American community, the Securities and Exchange Commission said on Tuesday.


Blagojevich defies critics by naming Senator (Reuters)

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich gestures to the media in response to a question after announcing former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris as his choice to fill the vacant Senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama, during a news conference in Chicago, December 30, 2008. (Frank Polich/Reuters)Reuters - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich defied fellow Democrats by appointing a successor on Tuesday to fill Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat -- the seat the governor is charged with trying to sell to the highest bidder.



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