• Rep. Melissa Bean has to cancel an appearance at a high school where she was scheduled to talk about flu prevention … The reason for the cancellation? Her daughter has H1N1.
• What does a test drive become grand theft auto? A Massachusetts man who allegedly kidnapped a car salesman during a test drive and drove the vehicle more than 1,000 miles was in custody in Wisconsin.
• President Obama cancels plans to travel to Germany to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Instead he will send Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Do you think this is insulting to the Germans and the people who fought the Soviet Union?
• Gun of the Day Update: 78 year old man shoots would-be burglar.
• A parent and high school coach came to blows when the coach forced a kid to run laps for being late to practice. Is it fair for a coach to punish an athlete for something that was clearly the parents fault? Did the parent over react?
• Bruce Bartlett, a former domestic policy adviser to President Ronald Reagan and a treasury official under President George H.W. Bush joined John and Cisco to talk about his new book "The New American Economy: The Failure of Reaganomics and a New Way Forward."
• Big Brother Update: A proposed law in Wisconsin would require taking DNA samples when people are arrested. Is this a violation of civil rights or just keeping track of criminals?
• The Louisiana Justice of the Peace who refused to marry an interracial couple said on "The Early Show" he doesn't see what the problem is with what he did now, because the couple is already married.
• Blago’s hopes of being a reality show superstar may be dashed yet again: A judge is worried that be may talk about his case on Celebrity Apprentice. Is it fair to put limits on what Blagojevich can say on TV?
• Some ignored intelligence may have led to some US casualties in Afghanistan. John and Cisco got the story from Bill Gertz, the defense and national security reporter for The Washington Times.
  

A Southern California immigrant rights group on Friday asked the Target store chain and a costume company to stop selling an "illegal alien" Halloween costume it said is offensive to immigrants. (From Fox News)

Do you think it's offensive or harmless Halloween fun?

• Moments in Racial Insensitivity: Governor Bobby Jindal and Sen. Mary Landrieu are both calling for the resignation of the Louisiana Justice of The Peace who refuses to perform interracial marriages.
• Elvis hair update: The King’s hair sold for $15,000. Plus two of his shirts went to John Urso from Inverness for about $80,000.
• A female high school student in Mississippi won't be in her year book because she wanted to wear a tuxedo. She didn't like the female attire for the year book, but the schools says that she is violating the rules. Of course the SCLU is now involved. Since there is now firm rule on the books, does the school have the right to tell students what to wear in their photos?
• House of Squalor: Woman convicted of animal cruelty uses stun gun on trooper. She had several dogs, roosters, a donkey and a wolverine among other animals living in her home.
• At this point it isn't much of a shock, but Balloon boy was a total hoax. Charges are most likely going to be filed. Should the parents have to pay for the rescue costs? John and Cisco checked in with trial attorney Mimi Coffey.
  
• A Philadelphia firefighter has been suspended for refusing to remove an American flag sticker from his locker. The fire department has banned any personal stickers from lockers, regardless of how patriotic they may be.
• The White House is stepping up its war against Fox News Channel over the weekend. David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel were on the Sunday morning talk shows and both took shots at the news outlet.
• Congressman Aaron Schock joined John and Cisco to talk about health care, plus his idea of taking the wasteful stimulus money and using it for transportation.
• Moments in Racial Insensitivity: A California group is demanding that Target pull their illegal alien costume.
• Residents in Naperville are opposing a planned Muslim school and meeting place in town. They believe its activities would be too late and cause congestion.
• Michelle Malkin will be in town on Thursday evening for the United Republican Fund's 75th Anniversary Celebration.
  

Meghan McCain caused quite a stir she posted this picture on her Twitter account. What do you think, is this picture too much?

• Lock & Roll: Lock & Roll: Elvis and Michael Jackson hair for auction. Would you want a "piece" of a dead celebrity, or is that just creepy?
• A church in North Carolina is hosting their first annual Halloween book burning. The books that they find objectionable actually include every version of the Bible other than the King James version, and authors like Bill Graham.
• More Zero Tolerance run amok: A Springfield Mass Transit District bus driver has received a one-day unpaid suspension for wearing a pink necktie to help raise awareness for breast cancer.
• The six year old boy who was thought to be in a balloon turned out to be hiding in his attic. News coverage was transfixed on the balloon for hours. Do you think that it was really an accident or just a publicity stunt? John and Cisco checked in with Jessica Rosenthal with Fox News Radio live in Fort Collins, CO for an update.
  
• The Illinois Senate decided Thursday to let voters choose whether they want the power to recall crooked governors in the future. Do you think a recall election is a good idea?
• Moments in Racial Insensitivity: Louisiana judge won't sign a marriage license for interracial couples.
• Colin Hanna wants all bills that go through Congress to be posted online for 72 hours before they come up for a vote. He's created a website called WeThePeopleCanRead.org where you can keep track of which lawmakers have signed on to the idea.
• A Minnesota high school is cracking down on streaking after a rash of incidents at football games. They are trying to get streakers classified as sex offenders. Do you think it's fair for a prank to get high school kids classified as sex offenders?
• The RNC launched a new website this week and it was a pretty spectacular mess. It's just another is a serious of missteps by RNC Chairman Michael Steele. Jay Cost writes the Horse Race Blog at Real Clear Politics, he says that if you're a Republican and you're not worried about what's going on at the RNC, you should be.
• Greenies gone mad: California appears poised to be first to ban power-guzzling big-screen TVs to save the environment.
• Michael Medved joined John and Cisco to preview his show and also look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend.
  

• A South Carolina teenager is facing a felony charge for throwing a "deadly missile" at a moving vehicle. The "deadly missile" in question? A burrito.
• Should sex offenders be banned from church? A North Carolina church is looking to ban a sex offender from attending because they have a nursery.
• Quinnipiac University is saying that it will avoid placing its students in internships with David Letterman.
• Miami parents arrested for washing their kids mouth out with soap. They were trying to clean up their daughters language when she got sick, prompting a trip to the hospital for her, and a trip to jail for the parents.
• People Helping People: A woman walked into a Burlington coat factory and announced she'd won the lottery and would pay for everyone's purchases, but she ended up causing a riot when customers realized it was a hoax.
• Congressman Peter Roskam joined John and Cisco to talk about health care and his recent trip to Honduras.
• John and Cisco Health Desk: A Virginia woman is in the fight of her life after suffering a very rare side effect to the seasonal flu shot.
• If you're taking care of a relative you could be forced to join a union under a new executive order signed by Governor Quinn.
• The Dow hit 10,000 yesterday for the first time in a year. Is that a sign that the recession is ending? John and Cisco talked to Eric Bolling, the co-host of Happy Hour on the Fox Business Network.
• An apartment complex in Oregon is prohibiting residents from flying American flags from dwellings and parked vehicles.
• Larry Johnson is a former COO for Alcor Life Extension Foundation. He joined John and Cisco to talk about his new book "Frozen: My journey into the world of cryonics, deception and death," and the gruesome procedures performed on their "clients" including Ted Williams.
  

• A bus carrying prisoners from Cook County Jail to Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet broke down Tuesday morning on the Stevenson Expressway. Thankfully none of the passengers were able to get off of the bus.
• Channel 7 anchor Judy Hsu gave birth to a son yesterday, on the Eisenhower Expressway.
• When Animals Attack: Two Ohio boys were assaulted during a football game. It wasn't gang violence though, they were attack by two deer.
• Richard Strandlof said he survived the 9/11 attacks on the Pentagon. He said he survived again when a roadside bomb went off in Iraq, killing four fellow Marines. The problem is that none of it was true, the FBI has arrested him on the rare charge of "stolen valor."
• A Florida teacher has gotten a four year suspension for teaching while drunk. Does a four year suspension seem appropriate or should she be barred from teacher?
• In January, the Friends Cafe and Lounge in Worth will be history. The Village Board voted last week to expand the state's indoor smoking ban to include establishments in business only to welcome smokers.
• President Obama is saying that there should be a decision on an Afghanistan strategy within a few weeks. What is taking so long? John and Cisco asked Sebastian Gorka with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
• During the campaign, someone made online comments about the teenage son of Buffalo Grove village trustee Lisa Stone. Now she wants control over anonymous internet postings. Should there be limitations on speech on the web?
• The Senate Finance Committee votes to send its version of the legislation to the Senate floor after months of closely watched deliberations. What's next for the health care debate? John and Cisco talked to David Mark, the senior editor from The Politico, and also columnist Tony Blankley.
  
• The first-grader who faced reform school for carrying Cub Scout tool into school has been given a reprieve. Also in the world of zero-tollerance, an Eagle Scout who had a knife in a survival kit in his locked car has been suspended
  

• A new poll shows that Mark Kirk is leading democrat Alexi Giannoulias by seven points. Do you think that Kirk can win in the general election?
• The Erin Andrews peeping case has caused a minor outbreak of peephole-paranoia in Milwaukee. Guests have started to block their peepholes, which the hotel says is a safety hazard.
• Protesters brought some different songs Monday to an elementary school where students sang in praise of President Barack Obama, bringing criticism from conservative commentators who said children were being indoctrinated.
• A flight attendant on Oprah Winfrey's private jet filed a lawsuit denying allegations that she had sex on board.
• The White House is stepping up their war against Fox News Channel. Anita Dunn, White House communications director, calls Fox News a "wing of the Republican Party," after the White House began using its government blog to criticize "Fox lies."
• Part of the GOP strategy for 2010 seems to be to target Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Will it be an effective strategy? John and Cisco talked to Washington Times columnist Amanda Carpenter.
• Six-year-old Zachary Christie was so excited to become a Cub Scout that he brought his camping utensil to school. It had a knife on it, so he has been suspended indefinitely and may face 45 days in a reform school.
• This morning the Senate Finance Committee will have a hearing where they will eventually vote on the health care reform plan. John and Cisco checked in with Rich Johnson with Fox News Radio live in Washington.
• A Colorado insurance company, citing "flaws" in its system, has now agreed to provide health coverage to a baby it previously said was too fat to qualify.
• Gun of The Day Update: A would-be robber in Philadelphia is dead after one of his alleged victims fought back.
• President Obama is finally sending more troops to Afghanistan. John and Cisco talked to K.T. McFarland, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan Administration. 
• An Elmhurst woman claims that she was evicted from her apartment for calling the police on a domestic violence incident. The apartment complex claims that she was evicted for violating the terms of her lease.
• Former LAPD Detective Mark Fuhrman joined John and Cisco to talk about his new book "The Murder Business: How the Media Turns Crime Into Entertainment and Subverts Justice."

• A New Jersey school is honoring Columbus Day by showing the dark side of the Italian explorer. Activities include having some students were forced to stand in a cafeteria and not allowed to eat while other students teased and intimidated them - apparently so they could better understand the suffering indigenous populations endured because of Columbus.
• Marge Simpson has done something that Homer might not like but will make Bart the proudest kid in his school: She's posed for Playboy magazine. Aye Carumba!
• Are you worried about getting the flu vaccine? Some Say Getting Immunized Is a Matter of Social Responsibility.
• Governor Pat Quinn signed a bill Saturday requiring Illinois public schools to teach about the expulsion of Mexicans and Mexican Americans during the depression. Do you think that is a good use of class time?
• Three Oak Park residents are suing to turn out the lights on high school football in their community.The residents claim the lights have a negative impact on the neighborhood, and they're asking the school district to take them down or help mitigate the noise and the light. The school needs to have night games, but do they have a case since they were there before the stadium?
• People are still reacting to President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday morning. Do you think that it's good that an American won it, or are you angered by the fact that Obama has not accomplished anything yet?
• Harvey Silverglate is the author of the new book "Three Felonies A Day: How The Feds Target The Innocent"
• Mayor Richard Daley is highlighting a new technology program and mentoring to fight teen violence. Do you think mentoring can do the trick?
• Global Warming Update: The BBC is now asking "What happened to the global warming?"
• A University of Toledo-area business has scrapped a plan to deliver beer to customers before it got started. Isn't beer delivery a better idea than late night drunken beer runs?
• The DNC is saying that Republicans who criticize Obama's Nobel Prize are siding with terrorists. How should the GOP handle Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize. John and Cisco checked in with John J. Miller, national political reporter for The National Review.

• In surprise news on Friday morning, the Nobel committee has announced that President Barack Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." What exactly has Obama accomplished in nine months to warrant a Nobel Peace Prize?
• There's more bad news out of Afghanistan. Chaplains are saying that American soldiers serving in Afghanistan are depressed and deeply disillusioned.
• Obama is shifting focus to fighting Al Qaeda over the Taliban in Afghanistan. They are even saying that the Taliban is an indigenous group and should have some say in Afghanistan's future.
• Chris Wallace joined fill-in host Guy Benson to preview Fox News Sunday and talk about the story that the White House is unhappy with their coverage in the mainstream media.
• Errors by Census Bureau employees may have resulted in 200 people with criminal records being hired to conduct door-to-door canvassing. Which would you be more worried about coming to your door, convicted criminals or ACORN employees?

• The Department of Homeland Security is targeting Sheriff Joe. Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s deputies will no longer have the authority to arrest suspected illegal immigrants in the streets in the course of their duty.
• The Congressional budget office says that the Baucus health plan in the Senate will cost $829 billion over ten years. Interestingly it will actually shave $81 billion off of the deficit. We got into the nuts and bolts with Rich Johnson from Fox News Radio.
• The state’s money woes are worse than predicted due to plummeting tax revenues and an unprecedented number of unpaid bills, the Illinois comptroller's office said on Wednesday. If the state is in such a hole, how could Chicago have afforded the Olympics?
• Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi criticized Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal for making recomendations for Afghanistan during press conferences. Didn't Pelosi use press conferences to criticize Bush's policies?
• Judith Miller believes that President Obama is creating more questions than answers on Afghanistan. Can our current strategy succeed if more troops are added? Or can and should the mission in Afghanistan be redefined? Miller is a Pulitzer Prize winning author and former reporter for The New York Times.
• Anne Leary is a Chicago blogger from “Back Yard Conservative.” She ran into Bill Ayers at Reagan Airport in DC and he said that he wrote Barack Obama’s autobiography.
• The Ron Clark Academy kids are back --  this time with a healthcare video.
• The Congressional budget office says that the Baucus health plan in the Senate will cost $829 billion over ten years. Interestingly it will actually shave $81 billion off of the deficit.
• Gun Of The Day Update: A Tucson man turned the tables on a would be robber thanks to his trusty sidearm.
  
• U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Attorney General Eric Holder came to Chicago Wednesday to address the issue of youth violence. Do you believe that bringing the feds in will actually improve the situation?
• During Obama's first year in office the House has settled into a routine of 4 days weekends and hardly and votes. We talked about the House’s working vacation with Jake Sherman, Congressional reporter for The Politico.

• Titanic memorial cruise to sail on 100th anniversary. John's a history geek, so he is ready to sign up. Would it be creepy to follow the path of the ill-fated ocean liner?
• A Muslim soccer team is refusing to play against a French team because they are gay. The Muslim team is forfeiting the game on religious grounds.
• The Cold War between Fox News Channel and the White House may be thawing a bit. David Axelrod of Fox President Roger Ailes met yesterday to work on their less than cordial relationship.
• The UN says that Iran has enough uranium for two atomic bombs and the data to build them. Now the US is calling for tighter sanctions against them. Is there any hope for a diplomatic solution in Iran? John and Cisco checked in with former Israeli ambassador Dore Gold, author of "The Rise of Nuclear Iran."
• The Supreme Court is taking up a legal fight over a cross honoring World War I soldiers in a remote part of California. Is it separation of church and state or another frivolous lawsuit?
• A mother has been mauled to death by her pet bear. What is the draw of having exotic animals as pets?
• Andy Shaw the Executive Director of the Better Government Association joined John and Cisco to talk about what's next for the city of Chicago after the failure of the Olympic bid.
• Senate and House leaders of both parties met with Obama at the White House to discuss the President's strategy for Afghanistan. There was some tension between Obama and Senator John McCain. John and Cisco got the details from Rich Johnson with Fox News Radio.
• Security cameras captured the beating of a 15-year-old Special Education student by a police officer. The police officer used a hold called a "face-down-take-down" which is banned in eight states. Was it excessive force or was the officer just defending himself?
  
• The Wisconsin parents who decided to pray for their daughter rather than treat her diabetes have gotten six months in the slammer. Is six months the right punishment or should they have gotten more jail time?
• President Obama is still trying to drum up support for the public option, but does he have the votes for health care reform? Rich Baehr has been counting votes. Rich is the co-founder and chief political correspondent for The American Thinker.
• The Supreme Court is looking at whether or not its Constitutational for the government to ban videos of things like dog fights. John Roberts says that if the government can’t, it could lead to human sacrifice on pay-per-view.

• Jim Ryan may be considering throwing his hat in the ring for the GOP nomination for governor.
• Mother Of The Year Nominee: Alabama mother puts her daughter in a box on top of her van.
• A man got 15 years in prison for stealing a box of cereal and a can of evaporated milk. He had several prior convictions. Do you think the punishment was a little too harsh?
• Congressman Thaddeus McCotter is the 4th ranking Republican in the House, and Chairman of the Republican House Policy Committee. He joined John and Cisco to talk about President Obama's meeting with physicians on Monday and the possible revival of the Public Option.
• NYC schools have now banned bake sales. The school system is trying to limit the amount of sugar the kids have in their diets. Is it the nanny state run amok or just a good healthy idea?
• Gun Of The Day Update: 5-Year-Old child in suburban Dallas shoots an 800-pound alligator.
• A couple of months ago an execution in Ohio was delayed because they could not find a vein on the prisoner. Now they have stayed his execution and Ohio is reviewing their lethal injection process.
• David Letterman was back on the air and talking about his sex escapades with staffers. Is he being genuine by talking about it or at this point does it look like he is just going for ratings.
• A 74 year old Florida woman was attacked by a vicious gang in broad daylight. It was a gang of raccoons. Animal control officers are still looking for the culprits.
• According to the Supreme Court, Illinois is not required to offer pro-life license plates. Choose Life Illinois had gathered more than 25,000 signatures in favor of such a plate but the state told them to buzz off. The Supreme Court agreed.
• President Obama finally met with Gen. McChrystal, but still hasn't agreed to send more troops to Afghanistan. John and Cisco talked to Jed Babbin, a former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense who believes this situation looks a lot like Vietnam.
• According to the Supreme Court, Illinois is not required to offer pro-life license plates. Choose Life Illinois had gathered more than 25,000 signatures in favor of such a plate but the state told them to buzz off. The Supreme Court agreed.
• Saturday Night Live finally took a few shots at President Obama over the weekend. CNN decided to fact-check the comedy bit.

• Smoking Police Update: A Dallas woman has filed a lawsuit seeking six figures from a former neighbor and landlord for damage she says was caused by cigarette smoke wafting through adjoining walls of her high-end townhome.
• A homeowner says a Phoenix police officer shot him six times in the back during a 911 home-invasion call. How is it possible for someone to be shot six times in the back?
• The folks in the audience weren’t the only ones laughing and applauding awkwardly during David Letterman’s confession Thursday night. Apparently he didn’t even inform his staff of what was going to happen.
• Mike Flannery is the political editor for CBS 2. He joined John and Cisco to talk about what effect the Olympic loss may have on Mayor Daley's political future.
• It turns out that the person who video taped ESPN reporter Erin Andrews in her hotel room is from Westmont. Shouldn't the hotel have gotten some red flags when the man asked where Erin Andrews was staying?
• The August unemployment numbers are in and they aren't pretty. The unemployment rate is up to 9.8%. Rich Edson with the Fox Business Network joined John and Cisco to break down the numbers.
• A man in Sarasota is in hot water after he put razor blades on his bushes to keep kids from coming into his yard. The worst part is that he does not even own the property, but rents it. Is he just defending his house or is this taking things a bit too far?
• President Obama couldn't deliver the 2016 Olympics to his adopted hometown. Will there be any political fallout for the President? John and Cisco talked to Fox News political analyst Jeff Birnbaum.
• Ron Kessler joined John and Cisco to talk about his new book "In The President's Secret Service."