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• Paper: Blago had clout with U. of Ill. admissions (AP)
• Bus driver killed after leading police on chase (AP)
• Driver takes empty Ill. school bus on police chase (AP)
• Duncan: States could lose out on stimulus cash (AP)

Paper: Blago had clout with U. of Ill. admissions (AP) Posted: 29 May 2009 02:10 PM PDT AP - A relative of a key figure in the state's corruption scandal got admitted to the University of Illinois despite sub-par credentials — after then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich put in a good word for him, The Chicago Tribune reported Friday.

Bus driver killed after leading police on chase (AP) Posted: 29 May 2009 11:59 AM PDT AP - A school bus driver who had just been criticized by his employer was shot and killed by police Friday after he led officers on a chase, ramming police vehicles and other cars.

Driver takes empty Ill. school bus on police chase (AP) Posted: 29 May 2009 08:14 AM PDT AP - Authorities say a person driving a school bus with no children on board led police on a chase, ramming cars before stopping in the yard of a house in a Chicago suburb.

Duncan: States could lose out on stimulus cash (AP) Posted: 28 May 2009 06:38 PM PDT AP - States will hurt their chance to compete for millions of federal stimulus dollars if they fail to embrace innovations like charter schools, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Thursday.

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