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Illinois Governor Pat Quinn on Tuesday proposed a state ban on assault weapons in the aftermath of the July 20 movie theater massacre in Colorado in which a former graduate student is charged with killing 12 people with guns including a semi-automatic rifle.

Illinois primary voters awoke this morning to electoral confusion in President Obama's home state, facing Democratic and Republican gubernatorial races still too close to call.

Gov. Pat Quinn is dismissing the comments Rod Blagojevich made while filling in on a Chicago radio show, calling the former governor "yesterday's tomatoes."

Quinn says he tuned in for about 30 minutes of Blagojevich's show on WLS radio Wednesday morning.

During the show, Blagojevich blasted Quinn for his proposal to raise the state income tax to fix an $11.5 billion deficit.

Blagojevich was sitting in on the "Don Wade & Roma Morning Show" because the regular hosts are off this week.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn Roland Burris should resign from the U.S. Senate for the good of the state and a new senator should be chosen by special election to fill the seat once held by Barack Obama.