CHICAGO (AP) --A mega-millionaire who for decades stayed in the shadows of Illinois power even as he wielded enormous influence looked on Wednesday at his corruption trial as prosecutors shined a ...

Update: "Cellini business interests remain extensive, documents show." Steve Rhodes asks an interesting question today: "Did the media fail to properly scrutinize Cellini all these years?" It's ...

Springfield powerbroker William Cellini was sentenced to a year and day in prison today for his role in corruption tied to imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Cellini, 77, a longtime ...

Benvenuto Cellini (1500-71) woke one morning and noticed something odd floating over his head: a halo. It had begun appearing there, he said, while he was in a prison cell down the street from the ...

William Cellini, center, departs the federal courthouse with unidentified family members after Judge James Zagel sentenced him to 366 days in prison and a $75,000 fine Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, in ...

William Cellini, Illinois’ ultimate political insider who for more than four decades worked quietly behind the scenes to amass wealth and power, was convicted Tuesday for joining an age-old conspiracy ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The ABC7 I-Team has learned that Illinois' "King of Clout" is once again asking for special treatment from a federal judge. The story involves ex-con William Cellini, who was once a ...

CHICAGO (AP) --A federal judge agreed to delay the sentencing of a onetime Springfield powerbroker with ties to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich for a second time Wednesday because of health ...

Noted theater director Andrei Serban, who has staged numerous operas for national and international companies, drew a tough assignment for his Metropolitan Opera debut. The task at hand was actually ...

In the world of coffee, there are your run-of-the-mill espresso machines (the ones at an affordable price that elevate the basics of espresso making), and then there are espresso machines. The latter ...

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