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19/12/2008 20:35

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Legal fight planned over Ill. governor wiretaps - Caroline Kennedy did not vote in many elections - Mark Felt, Watergate's `Deep Throat,' dies.



Legal fight planned over Ill. governor wiretaps

Rod Blagojevich's attorney is offering a glimpse of his client's unfolding legal strategy, saying he'll challenge the lawfulness of court-ordered wiretaps at the heart of federal corruption allegations against the Democrat. But the two-term governor appeared ready Friday to defend himself first.

Caroline Kennedy did not vote in many elections

Caroline Kennedy, who wants to fill Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's seat, has not voted in a number of elections, including one race for the very job she is seeking.

Mark Felt, Watergate's `Deep Throat,' dies

W. Mark Felt, the former FBI second-in-command who revealed himself as "Deep Throat" 30 years after he helped The Washington Post unravel the Watergate scandal, has died. He was 95.

Ray LaHood named to transportation post

President-elect Barack Obama is naming Republican Rep. Ray LaHood of Illinois to be transportation secretary.

Conn. man imprisoned for 20 years gets new trial

A Connecticut judge has granted a new trial and ordered the release of a man who has been imprisoned for 20 years for the 1988 killing of a Hartford teenager.

Case closed? Questions linger in Adam Walsh probe

A quarter-century ago, Adam Walsh's accused killer accompanied police to a bus bench outside a Sears where he claimed to have snatched the 6-year-old boy. Then, Ottis Toole went with authorities to a turnpike where he said Adam cried for his mother. Later, they stopped at a bridge where Toole said he hacked off the boy's head.

Franken opens first lead in Minn. Senate race

Democrat Al Franken edged ahead of Republican incumbent Norm Coleman on Friday for the first time in Minnesota's long-running U.S. Senate recount.

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