What You Missed: The Best of Our Weekend Posts

Every Monday around this time we round up the posts from our weekend staff that had readers talking that you might have missed being away from the computer. And, since last weekend was Christmas, a lot of you were away. Here's what you missed.

• Mayor Daley became Chicago's longest-serving mayor yesterday and Prescott marked the occasion with a compilation of His Elective Majesty's greatest sound bites, compiled by Steve Dahl Show producer Pete Zimmerman.
• The weekday staff took over Christmas Day with stories of sibling rivalry, cooking, making your own snow, the family hi-fi, and unflattering photographs.
• A county whislteblower is facing retaliation after bringing merit pay to investigators' attention.