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Updated at 6:59 p.m. ETJurors in the corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Thursday that they have reached agreement on just two of 24 counts against him, and haven t even begun discussing 11 of the counts. The judge quickly said he would tell them to go back and deliberate more.The exchange once again left the courtroom in a state of uncertainty, with lawyers and legal experts saying there is no way to know for sure how long the deliberations may go on - but some saying the apparent deadlocks on some counts were a good sign for Blagojevich and his co-defendant brother, Robert.The 11 counts the jury has yet to discuss involve wire fraud. Most of them deal with FBI wiretap recordings and the allegation that Blagojevich tried to sell or trade President Barack Obama s old Senate seat.The jurors did not say which two of the 24 counts they had agreed on, nor what their decision was. Little Known about Blagojevich Jurors Blagojevich Jury Heads Home For Night Should His Kids Be in Court Photos: Blagojevich TrialFormer state appellate Judge David Erickson said the jury s apparent deadlock on 11
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As babies, it doesn ;t take long for us to realize that鈥攁s fun as it is to grab on to everything within our reach鈥攊t even more fun to chuck those things as far and as hard as we can. And now, thanks to a new study, we know the reason behind that delightfully destructive pitcher instinct鈥攁nd it all started with Homo erectus almost two million years ago. Neil Roach, lead author of the study and professor at George Washington University, is no stranger to the study of throwing mechanics.
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