Blago Can't Hit Costa Rica for Reality Show

A federal judge has barred Rod Blagojevich’s bid to leave the country to join a reality-show cast, the Chicago Tribune reports. The ex-governor’s lawyers hoped he’d get permission in court today to travel to Costa Rica for NBC’s I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, which would be “a way to earn a living and support my children,” he said, though "it's not my first choice."
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