"The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that Chicago ballots must include Rahm Emanuel's name, issuing a stay of a lower-court order that said he wasn't qualified to run for mayor." Also: "The court has not decided whether to hear Emanuel’s appeal of Monday’s Illinois Appellate Court ruling that tossed him out of the race to replace Mayor Daley. But the Supreme Court granted Emanuel’s motion for a stay of the ruling."

There'll be lots of swearing in Chicago today (or, you know, more so than usual, even given the Bears loss): "Rahm Emanuel was thrown off the ballot for mayor of Chicago today by an appellate court panel, a stunning blow to the fund-raising leader in the race. An appellate panel ruled 2-1 that Emanuel did not meet the residency standard to run for mayor." Emmanuel is expected to appeal to Illinois' Supreme Court.

This is helpful, since it pulls way back to start with, like, "What's a Tunisia" for those of us who have some geographical blank spots.

There is still an ongoing appeal in this one, but anyway: "A judge ordered former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to serve three years in prison Monday for his role in a scheme to illegally funnel corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002."