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      <excerpt>...if he would replace the lost piece, Hendon said, &quot;No comment.&quot; The police were kind enough not to charge him. U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, another Chicagoan, has endorsed a nationwide ban on handguns and, in 1993, organized Chicago's first Gun Turn-in Day. </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...like me want him to do.&quot; Republicans are pushing hard to claim Obama's old Senate seat. The seat is currently held by Sen. Roland Burris, who was appointed to the post by Blagojevich after the then-governor was arrested last year. The crowded GOP primar</excerpt>
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