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Friday, April 26
Good Ol' Rod Blagojevich in keeping with Illinois tradition of vanguardism (as with Fmr. Gov. Ryan's death-sentence moratorium), has led the charge for cheaper prescription drugs by sending a "fact-finding" mission to Canada. The FDA, as expected, is not too happy.