Politics

News Analysis: Former U.S. Attorneys

As jury deliberations in the trial of Rod Blagojevich enter their third week, two former U.S. attorneys discuss their own high-profile corruption cases.

Blagojevich Trial 2010

Rod Blagojevich Trial

With no word yet from the jury in the Rod and Robert Blagojevich trial, their defense attorneys believe the silence means the jurors are fighting. Elizabeth Brackett tells us why.

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Arts & Entertainment

Billy Elliot: The Musical

We meet the four boys who have spent the past five months starring in the title role in the Chicago production of Billy Elliot: The Musical.

Chicago Business News

Chicago Business

Was Sam Zell misled during the Tribune Company buyout deal? WBBM's Kris Kridel joins us to explain what a bankruptcy court examiner found while combing through the details of the deal.

Blagojevich Trial 2010

News Analysis: Rod Blagojevich Trial

Carol Marin talks to three seasoned reporters who've covered their fair share of high-profile corruption trials in Chicago.

Blagojevich Trial 2010

Blagojevich Defense Attorney Sam Adam, Jr.

Colorful defense attorney Sam Adam Jr. sits down exclusively with our Elizabeth Brackett on the ninth day of jury deliberations. He talks about how he and his client are handling the waiting game.

The Week in Review

The Week In Review

Still no decision from the jurors in the Blagojevich trial. But is the media coverage too much? Mayor Daley delivers his State of City address. In it, he vows to give back $20,000 in his salary. Was the unofficial launch of his re-election campaign? And in sports, can the Blackhawks repeat without their star goalie? And was Ozzie Guillen's tirade against Major League Baseball's treatment of Latino players racist?

• Jesse Rogers, ESPN
• Dawn Reiss, Time Magazine
• Ben Joravsky, Chicago Reader
• Alejandro Escalona, Chicago Sun-Times

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Brad Herzog

A Chicago-born writer jumps in his RV and seeks out the answers to life's questions by stopping in towns named after Greek mythology. We'll find out what the author of Turn Left at the Trojan Horse: A Would-Be Hero's American Odyssey learned along the way.

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