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According to a newly released federal wiretap, Roland Burris, now the junior senator from Illinois, offered to make a campaign donation to then-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich in a conversation with Blago’s brother but worried, “If I do get appointed, that means I bought it,” reports the Chicago Tribune. Burris did not ultimately make a donation.
Also, prison officials nationwide are “fighting a losing battle” to keep cell phones out of the hands of prisoners, who sometimes use them to threaten witnesses and orchestrate crimes, reports Time. Four states have hired phone-sniffing dogs to try to control the problem.
