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Reports on the record performance of golfers Tom Purtzer, John Harris and Arnold Palmer at the Bank of America Championship in Concord, Massachusetts.

Rod Blagojevich's former chief of staff, John Harris, was sentenced Wednesday to 10 days in prison for helping his old boss try to sell the Senate seat formerly held by President Obama. The sentencing by Judge James B. Zagel of Federal District Court came two weeks after Mr. Blagojevich, the former governor, reported to prison to serve a 14-year sentence on related charges. Mr. Harris pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery in a 2010 plea agreement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Three political power brokers who were indicted along with former Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich pleaded not guilty in federal court to accusations that they were part of the ''Blagojevich enterprise,'' a web of corruption that prosecutors have described as a scheme to enrich the participants at the state's expense. The men, Christopher Kelly, 50, Mr. Blagojevich's former fund-raiser; John Harris, 47, a former chief of staff; and William Cellini, 74, a Springfield businessman and lobbyist, entered their pleas before Judge James B. Zagel of Federal District Court in Chicago. Mr. Blagojevich pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to the charges in the 19-count indictment, which accuses him of trying to sell the Senate seat vacated by President Obama, among other things. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Service Employees International Union has long boasted that it is on the cutting edge of the labor movement. But the union found itself badly embarrassed this week when it was named in the federal criminal complaint charging Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois with maneuvering to secure financial gain from the appointment of the state's next senator. The complaint said Mr. Blagojevich's chief of staff, John Harris, had suggested to a service employees official that the union should help make the governor the president of Change to Win, a federation of seven unions that broke away from the A.F.L.-C.I.O. The complaint said Mr. Blagojevich, a Democrat, was seeking a position that paid $250,000 to $300,000 a year. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article offers information related to antiques. According to John Harris, a British architectural historian, 1,500 houses were demolished between world War I and World War II. A sale of antique property from the estate of Robin Roberts, the founder of the textile company, Clarence House, will take place on December 18, 2007.

The article reports on John Harris, a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) hockey champion who is playing golf these days. Harris said that hockey had changed too much for him to miss playing it. It is stated that Harris has played well to get the third place in a golf game on June 30, 2007.

The article reports that political reporters John Harris and Jim Vandehei of the newspaper "Washington Post" have left the paper to join Allbritton Communications Co. They will be involved in creating an Internet news organization focused on political issues. The circulation of the newspaper is dropping and they are planning changes in their newsroom.

Reports that Electronic Data Systems' (E.D.S.) gave John R. Harris responsibility for companywide marketing and strategy. Mission of raising company's visibility; Harris' contributions in building E.D.S.' services for telecommunications companies.