After a week of staring directly into Mayor Rahm Emanuel's soulless, inkwell eyes, the Chicago teachers union has resisted the tempting urge to blink and will wade into the second week of its strike. Schools will stay shuttered come Monday morning after union delegates declined to formally vote on contract settlements…

Last week we were introduced to the tragic story of Heaven Sutton, a seven-year-old girl who was shot and killed while selling candy and snow cones outside her Chicago home. Well, now there's a small piece of good news in an otherwise very sad situation: Police have arrested and charged a 26-year-old gang member with…

New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor has a new book coming out this week called The Obamas, about—as you might have guessed from the title—the Obamas. For the book, which many are calling "explosive" for its revelations about the very private Obama White House, Kantor says she interviewed 33 members of Obama's staff. She…

CHICAGO - NOVEMBER 13: Confusingly attractive and notoriously foul-mouthed former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel formally announces his candidacy for mayor of The Windy City. (Photo by John Gress/Getty Images)

There have always been dicks, douchebags and asses. But it's only in our time that the pursuit of assholery has become not just acceptable but a quality — nay, a full-time job to which individuals strive. Will it ever end?

How to address the 219-212 passage of a universal health-care reform bill that the President calls an answer to ‘the call of history'? Why, by talking about the pols' outfits, a la Singin in the Rain's "Beautiful Girls!"

"Take your fucking tampon out and tell me what you have to say."-Rahm Emanuel to a junior White House staffer during a meeting, according to an upcoming book by Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter. [NYMag]

The Grand Old Party has decided forgo the traditional hater's day off and heckle the Democrats on Valentine's Day. While most of the jokes are boring, some are a great example of accidental hilarity - especially Ben Nelson's. [GOP Valentines]

Sarah Palin criticized Rush Limbaugh for his comment that Rahm Emanuel was just "calling a bunch of people who are retards, retards." However, she did not ask that he be fired. [NY Daily News]