* $684,924 and we’re counting
* City’s ‘08 budget picture not pretty: $217 mil. short - Fees may rise; aldermen say no property tax hike
* Another budget crunch expected - City’s ‘08 shortfall could be $217 million
* Stroger agrees to pay raise deal for non-union workers
* Cab Drivers Stay Parked In Protest Of Low Fares - Cabbies Say Fares Haven’t Kept Up With Insurance, Gas Price
* Effect of taxi strike unclear
* Illinois Gov. gets own lawyer after AG bails on Fed. subpoena cases
* IL taxpayers sponsor latest tawdry episode of AG v. Gov. soapie
* Blagojevich Says He Wants New Lawyer
* Student-loan agency sells more assets
* Weller, Biggert back Rudy
* Agency cuts back on meal program
* Cole to try a second time for power over alcohol
* Officials interpret AG letter differently - Disagree on what it says about ISP report on police misconduct
* Sun-Times: Atheist and agnostic doctors are as likely to provide care for the poor as religious physicians, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Chicago and Yale New Haven Hospital.
* Cramer’s ‘Mad Money’ Recap: Doomsday Scenario