Stories for April 6, 2008

Not rich, not famous, but super smart!

Sun, Apr 6, 10 p.m.

By Steve Clifford

Introducing the new celebrities – Nobel laureates.

Jim McDermott's wake-up call

Sun, Apr 6, 5 p.m.

By Ted Van Dyk

A court says he owes more than $1 million in a phone-eavesdropping case, and it turns out an agent of Saddam Hussein paid for his infamous 2002 trip to Baghdad. The Seattle congressman-for-life has lost his way and should be chastened by those recent events. But it's not too late for a talented politician to right himself.

Is Chicago taking over the country?

Sun, Apr 6, 10 a.m.

By David Brewster

Two reasons for getting to know more about Chicago. If Barack Obama is elected, we'd have a creature of Chicago politics in the White House. And Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, a Chicago native who even vacations in the Windy City (in August!), is positively Chicagoesque in his governing style.