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Jesse Jackson Hospitalized With Stomach Pains

by rubber2002 | September 4, 2008 at 10:12 am

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson has been hospitalized after complaining of stomach pains, a spokeswoman for Northwestern Memorial Hospital said Thursday.

Hospital representative Latoya Porter said Jackson admitted himself around 3 p.m. CT on Wednesday. She did not have an update on his condition but said he was having tests Thursday morning.

Jackson, 66, a long-time civil rights activist, had been in Atlanta, Georgia, working on behalf of the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama.

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Rachel Nixon

at 10:15 on September 4th, 2008

Hi. Thanks for posting this story so quickly. However since it comes from another news source (CNN), please use the Highlight tool to indicate this. Thanks.