Joel and his panel discuss the week's top headlines: new details are revealed in the case against former Governor Blagojevich; the stage is set for a City Council showdown over proposed Walmarts in Chicago; U.S. Senate challengers Alexi Giannoulias and Mark Kirk are in a frantic fundraising contest; McDonald's is spending a billion dollars to give their restaurants a coffee house feel; and Bulls vice president John Paxson allegedly gets into a physical altercation with head coach Vinny Del Negro.

Guests:

• Laurence Holmes - Score Sports Radio
• Angie Miles - WCIU-TV's First Business
• Mary Ann Ahern - NBC 5 News
• Mike Flannery - Political reporter