Arts & Entertainment

TJ & Dave

We show you why a cutting-edge Chicago improv duo is now the subject of a documentary.

• TJ & Dave
• Trust Us, This is All Made Up
• Trust Us, Host a Screening

Arts & Entertainment

Greyhounds

Do you have room in your life for a retiring greyhound? We tell you about the closing of Wisconsin's last greyhound-racing facility and its dozens of dogs now in need of new homes.

• Greyhound Adoption
• Greyhounds Only, Inc.

Politics

News Analysis: Illinois's Bond Rating

What does it mean when the State of Illinois's bond rating is lowered? It happened yesterday, and Carol Marin and her panel discuss the impact.

• Moody's lowers Illinois's bond rating

Politics

Campaign Finance Legislation

Governor Quinn signed Illinois's first campaign finance reform legislation on the one-year anniversary of Governor Blagojevich's arrest. Rich Samuels has the details.

Chicago Matters: Beyond Burnham

Chicago Matters: Beyond Burnham

We meet a Chicagoan who is making major breakthroughs in breast cancer research focused on minorities.

• Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool
• Funmi Olopade

Politics

News Analysis: Honest Services Law

Prosecutors in the case against former Governor Rod Blagojevich are revising their indictment because the anti-fraud law they are using is facing a Supreme Court challenge. Elizabeth Brackett and her panel take a closer look at the impact this may have on the upcoming trial.

Big Cat and the Bears

Bears Alumni Club

The good news: the Bears won. The bad news: their opponent was the lowly St. Louis Rams. We recap the game with former Bears offensive lineman Dennis Lick.

Arts & Entertainment

Carlton Pearson

A once wildly popular televangelist whose revelation about hell sparked controversy, Carlton Pearson is now the interim head minister at a prominent South Side church. We learn more about him and the new storm brewing.

Arts & Entertainment

Asian Carp

The search for Asian carp continues even closer to Lake Michigan than last week as Illinois braces itself for a lawsuit from Michigan. Rich Samuels has the latest on the carp hunt. Then, Carol Marin and her guest look for a solution that will save the Great Lakes from this and other invasive species.

The Week in Review

The Week in Review with Joel Weisman

Joel and his panel discuss the week's top headlines: Dueling Democrats turning up the rhetoric in the governor's race; Illinois trying to stave off an Asian carp invasion; Cook County commissioners slash president Todd Stroger's controversial sales tax hike; Chicago's rainy-day parking meter fund is nearly depleted already; Brian Urlacher has some harsh criticism for the Bears woes; and the Tiger Woods saga is drawing worldwide attention.

Guests:

• Lester Munson - ESPN
• Maudlyne Ihejirika - Chicago Sun-Times
• Wally Podrazik - WBEZ Chicago Public Radio
• Abdon Pallasch - Chicago Sun-Times