Illinois State Senator Larry Bomke (R-Springfield) really wants to see Bill Ayers fired from his job as a professor at UIC. Bomke has introduced a proposal that says anyone who has committed an act of violence against the governments of the United States or Illinois cannot work at a public university. more ›

Chicago's resident "unrepentant terrorist"/education reform scholar William Ayers was on his way to give a speech at the Centre for Urban Schooling at University of Toronto's Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, when Canadian border guards refused his entrance. more ›

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• Sweet Lou's not the only one to get baseball honors this week. White Sox outfielder Carlos Quentin and Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano were both received Silver Slugger awards today.
• Some more details have been released in the super creepy case of the Evanston woman living with her 3 dead siblings.
• John Kass takes a look at a smarty pants 12-year-old in Oak Park who decided to do a social experiment by wearing a pro-McCain shirt to school one day, and a pro-Obama shirt the next. Guess which shirt went over better.

Illinois Senator and Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama and wife Michelle, escorted by their daughters, cast their votes this morning at Shoesmith Elementary School in Hyde Park. Also voting at this location? Louis Farrakhan and William Ayers. Matt Drudge's head just exploded; as far as we know, no terrorist fist jabs were exchanged. more ›