• Dan Hynes campaign for governor got a posthumous boost from the late Mayor Harold Washington -- who, it's worth noting, couldn't stand Hynes' father, Tom -- in a a new political ad which replays some not-so-glowing words Washington had for Gov. Pat Quinn, who Washington shitcanned in 1987.
• Two thousand Chicago Teamsters are gearing up to vote "yes" next week on authorizing a strike which would put an immediate stop to snow plowing and garbage pickup services. Sounds like a great plan since, you know, Mayor Daley doesn't want to privatize those services or anything.
• Weight loss specialist and constant talk radio advertising presence Dr. Gautum Gupta had his five Illinois clinics searched by the Feds yesterday.

WGN news anchor Allison Payne says she wasn't drunk during the broadcast on Thursday: She says her slurred speech was a result of the series of ministrokes she suffered earlier this year. Exhaustion and stress apparently exacerbate the effects of the ministrokes, and Payne says that last week "was extremely stressful." [Trib] more ›