As more information trickles out and more jurors come forward to discuss their time served during the Blago Corruption Trial we're learning more and more about what happened behind closed doors. Perhaps the most eyebrow raising news of the morning is that CBS 2 has apparently outed the holdout juror: Jo Ann Chiakulas, a retired state employee for the Illinois Department of Public Health and previously a director of teen counseling for the Chicago Urban League. CBS 2 notes that the CUL was run by former Blago press secretary Cheryle Jackson but that Chiakulas left before Jackson took over. Still, there's plenty more left to uncover from this even as Chiakulas remains silent. One juror speculated, "If it wasn't for that one lady, we'd have had him convicted on probably 80 percent of (the indictment)." Despite this, her fellow jurors refused to criticize her for holding out. Cynthia Parker said, "Everyone's entitled to their opinion, and I respect that. She did very well and she was a very strong person." more ›

You'll have to forgive us if we're a little dazed this morning. After 20 long, surreal months, it's all over. Except ... it's not. We've reached the conclusion of the ordeal known as the Blagojevich Corruption Trial but there's no closure, only expectations that The Summer Of Blago is likely going to become The Winter Of Blago and then quite possibly The Summer Of Blago 2: Electric Bugaloo. Yes, we've moved on up the board but if this were a game of Chutes & Ladders, we just hit a chute that sent us halfway back to the start. more ›

], and some members of the Kelly jury pool have given us some great examples this week. One woman was dismissed for singing high praises of Kelly, calling him a "musical genius." When asked to say something negative about him, she reluctantly brought up his feud with Jay-Z. Another woman was dismissed because the judge thought the woman's impending June wedding would distract her from juror duties. One woman, when asked if she had an opinion on Kelly replied, "Yes, he's not very smart." The Sun-Times reported that the answer caused Kelly to wear "a hurt expression on his face." Sad panda. more ›