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Wednesday, April 24
President Bush announced his list of pardons for this year. Former governor George Ryan is not on the list (and really, no one of celebrity is), but James Won Hee Kang of South Barrington made the cut; in 1985, he was sentenced to one year of probation and a $5,000 fine for trafficking in counterfeit goods.