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U.S. buys Thomson prison from state for $165 million

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Under orders from President Barack Obama, the U.S. Justice Department moved forward Tuesday with the purchase of Illinois' long-dormant Thomson prison, cutting a $165 million check to the cash-strapped state and bypassing the objections of a powerful veteran Republican U.S. House member who had blocked the sale

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