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Country Club Hills residents angry about questionable spending by the city packed a council meeting Monday night and pointed the finger at one man-- Mayor Dwight Welch. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-country-club-hills-residents-angered-over-spending-20111115,0,4214087.story

suntimes.com   Two days after Quinn denounced the bill for its “serious shortcomings” in casino oversight, Emanuel says what's important is that the $150 million bonanza of annual casino revenues is available to rebuild its aging infrastructure and put people to work ...

communities.washingtontimes.com   Durbin asks, "Will you please leave" and fellow reporters threaten to call the cops; Illinois Radio Network's Jim Anderson: "If you're not quiet, we're gonna have you thrown out of the room by the cops, OK?" ...

dailyherald.com  Mayor Irvana Wilks explained village policy that crews only work on public property, but that the policy could be reviewed; mystery valve discussed, existence denied by Michael Janonis, Village Manager  ...

chicagotribune.com  Emanuel: when he (Romney) was governor Massachusetts was 47th out of 50 in job production  ...

suntimes.com  Highlights Obama's failure to improve economy, even in his hometown of Chicago -- sagging housing market, layoffs, lingering unemployment  ...   youtube.com  Obama Isn't Working Chicago  ...

chicagotribune.com  Jennifer Burke hired for the Illinois Pollution Control Board; Friends of Edward M. Burke campaign fund loaned Quinn $200K during his campaign for governor and donated more than $52K since Burke's wife Justice Anne Burke swore Quinn into office following ouster of Blagojevich  ...

suntimes.com  Walsh’s attorney, R. Steven Polachek, called the claim of a $117,437 debt “unfounded.”  ...

chicagotribune.com  Last Friday, Ryan's lawyers petitioned an appellate court to allow Ryan to leave prison and visit his wife in the hospital but the court refused the request  ...

nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room Mark Kirk: "Today's verdict is a stark reminder that no one is above the law."  ...

politics.blogs.foxnews.com Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin: "Don't murder someone who's already committing suicide (quoting Pres. Woodrow Wilson) ... He has serious problems that will not go away soon. " ... 

nbcchicago.com Lupe Fiasco: He wants to stop ..."The foreign policies that we have in place in different countries that inspire people to become terrorists" ...

suntimes.com Friends of controversial school district board president Jeff Pesek  ...

chicago.cbslocal.com “We need good education so everybody knows their history lessons.” ...  bostonherald.com Experts back Sarah Palin’s historical account of Paul Revere; Cornell law professor William Jacobson asserted last week that Palin was correct  ...

abclocal.go.com/wls Blagojevich: "I try to be as truthful as possible. Politics is a difficult business."  ... Wikipedia Rod Blagojevich ...

washingtonexaminer.com  U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald inexplicably dropped all charges against Blagojevich that involved Rezko  ... NUCLEAR | CHICAGO Winning thru intimidation of citizen journalists? ... Wikipedia Patrick Fitzgerald ... Wikipedia Gov. Rod Blagojevich ... Wikipedia Tony Rezko ...

newsblogs.chicagotribune.com CLOUT STREET  Aimed at keeping Republicans as the minority party for another decade  ...

chicagobreakingnews.com  Palestinian group claims owner of food company financially supports Israeli military units accused of human rights abuses  ...

suntimes.com  ... senatedem.ilga.gov Senate maps online ...