Blago Mulls 'Apprenticeship' at Nev. Reality-Show Brothel

By Will McCahill, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 29, 2009 4:31 PM CDT

(Newser) – A Nevada brothel featured on an HBO reality show is offering Rod Blagojevich the chance to recoup some of the cash he missed out on by being barred from leaving the country to film for NBC, Gawker reports. The former Illinois governor’s PR flak... Read full story »

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