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PFT Live: Mike Florio takes calls and tweets from PFT Planet. Steven Jackson's projected role in Atlanta is discussed, as well as the odds of a Laurent Robinson return in Dallas. (NBC Sports)

PFT Live: Mike Florio addresses the topic of free agency. Will free agents get the deals they are looking for? Why haven't teams expressed interest in big named players that are currently free agents? Where will Steven Jackson land? (NBC Sports)

Admitting that he took money received in political contributions, former Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., pleaded guilty in federal court to misusing campaign cash for personal expenses. NBC's Pete Williams reports. (Nightly News)

Reid Weingarten, attorney for Jesse Jackson Jr., speaks Wednesday after Jackson appeared in federal court to face charges that he spent $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items. (NBC News)

The day after former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. was charged with misusing campaign funds, the downfall of the once rising political star has shaken his hometown of Chicago. NBC's Michael Isikoff reports. (Nightly News)

The director talks with TODAY's Ann Curry about his love for New Zealand, where the "Lord of the Rings" and "Hobbit" films were made, and gives a demonstration of some of the incredible special effects that will be featured in "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey." (TODAY)

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s resignation comes just two weeks after he won a ninth term as a representative of Illinois without campaigning and after being out of the public eye for months due to a personal struggle with mental illness. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports. (TODAY)

Jackson, who has been hospitalized on and off since June for treatment of bipolar disorder, gave up his seat in Congress after 17 years. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports. (Nightly News)

NBC's Luke Russert reports on the breaking news that Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has resigned from Congress. (NewsNation)