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Tony Rezko's upcoming trial on fraud charges is sure to be sensational, with a veritable who's who of Illinois politicians listed in the indictment, including a sitting governor and a presidential candidate. Key to the prosecution is the government's star witness, Stuart Levine, whom Rezko's defense team has been trying to discredit as a drug user. Those allegations just got, um, sexier yesterday afternoon.

at the Hyatt Regency Ballroom. Because who wants to shake hands in a cold Iowa parking lot when you can kick it at the Hyatt in Chicago?

Oprah has been doing everything in her colossal and terrifyingly formidable power to see that Obama is elected, but now she's taking it up a notch by going on the campaign trail with him. While she won't be offering everyone in Iowa a new car, she will be stopping there in the first week of December, as well as in South Carolina and New Hampshire. Tickets for each of the four stops (two in Iowa,...

As it gets closer to Halloween for LAist, a contributer recollects her tale of staring down the serial killer, Richard Ramirez, otherwise known as the Night Stalker. Must think happy thoughts -- okay, free organic chocolate chip cookies for Los Angeles -- now that's a happy thought. Other happy Los Angeles thoughts include an interview with Jack Kehler of The Big Lebowski (he was the Dude's landlord), a beautiful and magical photographic moment in...

For all the Obama groupies out there, now's your chance to live next door to the presidential candidate, assuming you have a cool $1.5 million to spend on land.

Get pumped, paleoconservatives and libertarians — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul will be in town tomorrow for a support rally. As a presidential candidate, Paul has gained a small but dedicated following, campaigning on a more defensive military role, a reduction in forces around the world, and the elimination of government-funded social programs. While his candidacy has inspired the short-lived (and only kind-of funny) lolrons, it has also inspired this much funnier website. If you'd...

Happy Father's Day! For those of you who have dads, are dads, or know dads, this one's for you, from all of us at the Gothamist network." It was a week of bizarre, embarassing headlines at DCist. The trial of the local administrative law judge who sued his cleaners for $54 million over a pair of missing pants left everyone shaking their heads. Then the capital city was nearly brought to its knees, twice, by...

The internets were buzzing this weekend with Rush Limbaugh's latest parody of liberal self-loathing. Riffing on a column by LA Times writer David Ehrenstein, the song, sung from the perspective of civil-rights activist and sometime presidential candidate Al Sharpton and set to the tune of "Puff the Magic Dragon," has quickly become controversial. A sociological term devised in the 20th Century to describe a black character that appears dramatically to save a white protagonist, the...

We know this is blasphemous and all, but we've gotten a little tired of hearing about global warming lately. Each passing day bombards us with another article about switching incandescent lightbulbs for the ones laced with mercury that can be disposed of as easily as, say, batteries, another "green issue" of Jane or Bop or whatever and another quote about the dire situation from a presidential candidate, we're terribly sorry, probably don't even recycle. That's...

A lot has been said about Barack Obama. Some believe he is the hope of the country, some think he’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Since we just finished reading “The Audacity of Hope”, we thought we’d keep it simple and review not the man or his politics, but the book itself.

This is the intro to Patrick Crowe's website that tries to convince people that Oprah would be a great presidential candidate. This is also where Crowe is trying to get you to buy his new book, "Oprah for President: Run, Oprah, Run," where he's trying to get you to buy T-shirts, buttons and bumper stickers of the same nature, and where he tries to start a guerilla campaign of getting people to write "Oprah for President" on dollar bills. He even wants you to write letters and volunteer for the cause. Big whoop, right? Just another nut who has spent 2 years of his life on a worthless cause?

Chicagoist nearly sprayed our coffee all over the living room this morning when we heard on the news that televangelist and former presidential candidate Pat Robertson is suing Governor Blagojevich. We were hoping the paler version of Alan Keyes would stay out of our state. And we’re surprised he has time to get involved here when he is so busy thanking Hurricane Katrina, anointing President Bush as God’s choice, calling for the assassination of...

Blogs are no longer hip or cool. By virtue of who's using them now, they are common tools of the political trade, and if you don't have a blog, there's probably something wrong with you. Case in point, three new blogs operated by Illinois political personalities, Sen. Barack Obama, CTA Chair Carole Brown, and Cook County Board Member (and Board President candidate) Tony Peraica. Blogs derive their power in two ways, first to disseminate information...

To prevent any possible damage during the construction of a 230,000 square-foot wing designed by architect Renzo Piano, Marc Chagall's "American Windows" will be removed temporarily from the Art Institute of Chicago on May 2, 2005. If you anticipate wanting to see the piece in the next four years, you'd better get down to the museum in the next week-and-a-half. The new wing isn't expected to be completed until 2009.

Democrats are assembling teams of lawyers to be deployed throughout the nation should another swing-state turn into the Florida of 2000. This is more likely than not with the dead-heat the 2004 race has been so far. So if you're planning an election night party you'd better stock up on supplies. The party could last all week.

Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards is coming to Chicago tomorrow in his first solo campaign appearance. John Kerry and Edwards have campaigned together since the announcement that Kerry chose Edwards as his running mate, but campaign officials say they will split up and start campaign separately. Wednesday's fund-raiser at the Chicago Hilton and Towers will be part of a weekend-long fund raising bonanza and is sure not to be Edwards only visit to IL,...