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Chicago police’s largest union donated $57,800 to Kim Foxx’s challenger in the Cook County state’s attorney’s race. In addition, the former judge looking to unseat the Democratic incumbent this November received $5,000 from the Chicago Police Sergeants Association Fund. “Kim Foxx doesn’t have the experience or judgment to run an office in regular times, and in times where there are events which obviously would test anyone, she certainly has failed that test,” O’Brien said. “There certainly is more of a feeling that I’m getting from business leaders and from individuals that they are sick and tired of favoring the criminal...

And now, we join The Insider, already in progress. Next, The Insider's Lara Spencer goes behind the scenes in DC for tonight's Tidy Cats Washington Scoop.   Pat, members of congress from the left coast and the right were shocked yesterday when clean-cut Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold called for President Bush to be censored...

It keeps getting messier for "The Insider" host Pat O'Brien. The celeb chronicler checked into rehab Sunday, just as an embarrassing string of dirty voice-mail messages, which expressed a taste for hookers, cocaine and adventurous (if possibly unhygienic) sex, became public. His reps do not deny that O'Brien made the calls. Now sources say O'Brien was reprimanded several times for sexual harassment during his time as co-host of rival show "Access Hollywood." A witness says O'Brien actually licked co-host Nancy O'Dell's face at an "Access Hollywood" Christmas party. At the same event, he was seen groping reporter Shaun Robinson's behind....

TV's Pat O'Brien Eyeing South Dakota Governorship Reuters Wednesday, October 15, 2003; 6:43 PM By Ben Berkowitz LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In Hollywood, the latest trend in real estate may not be seaside mansions but quaint little state houses. A friend and fellow celebrity of Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Wednesday he wants to join the actor-turned-politician at future gubernatorial conventions by getting elected chief executive of South Dakota. Pat O'Brien, a graduate of the University of South Dakota who also studied international economics at Johns Hopkins University, said he is seriously considering challenging incumbent Republican Mike Rounds in the 2006...

ARNOLD Schwarzenegger's gubernatorial triumph has gotten others thinking. First in line is "Access Hollywood" anchor Pat O'Brien. The former sportscaster is setting his sights on South Dakota. "I have harbored thoughts about running for governor of South Dakota," O'Brien told GQ. "I am from South Dakota. I love it there. It's not a whim. I know what I'm talking about." The self-proclaimed "George McGovern Democrat" won't be announcing his intentions on Jay Leno's show - he'll break the news to Schwarzenegger first. HIS OWN STUNTS LAST night's fund-raiser for the Rev. Al Sharpton at Jay-Z's 40/40 club was also a...