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The Daily News' Beth Barrett has posted a story saying that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has taken $10,500 in campaign funds from indicted Chicago entrepreneur Antoin Rezko and his relatives or affiliates. Rezko is the indicted Chicago entrepreneur who Villaraigosa's candidate for president, Sen. Hillary Clinton, bashed Obama over at a recent debate.
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