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What promises to be the biggest political corruption trial at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse since former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s 2011 conviction is set to begin March 6.

And ahead of the trial, prosecutors have revealed new details of wiretapped conversations and other evidence they intend to use against four people accused in an alleged scheme between Commonwealth Edison and Michael Madigan.

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A computer outage at the Federal Aviation Administration brought flights to a standstill across the U.S., with hundreds of delays quickly cascading through the system at airports nationwide. Read more here.

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