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Media tries to keep busy while waiting

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As day seven nears the end at the federal courthouse there is still no word from the Blagojevich jury and reporters have grown weary waiting for a verdict.

Outside the 2nd floor cafeteria where "Camp Blagojevich" is set up, members of the media have found several ways to keep busy.

Some work on their computers without barely uttering a word, others read or play scrabble. There have also been arts and crafts and the occasional cat nap and of course, a lot of speculation as to what the jurors are doing. Everyone prepared to kick into gear at a moments notice.

The jury in the first trial took 14 days to deliberate only to find themselves hung on nearly every count.