with his wife while she rehabilitates in houston. meanwhile, jared loughner has pleaded not guilty to charges that he tried to kill giffords and two of her aides. making his second court appearance monday, loughner apparently smiled through most of the proceeding. when asked if there were any doubts about loughner's ability to understand the charges, his lawyers gave no hint of the way they plan to deficit the 22-year-old saying only they are not raising any issues at this time. more charges are expected to be filed, some of which may carry the death penalty. former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel appealing an illinois court's ruling that he does not meet the residency requirement to run for mayor of chicago. this was a stunner yesterday. by a 2-1 vote, the panel decided that emanuel's name should be taken off of last month's ballot, delivering a shocking blow to the race's fronts runner. he's up by some 20 points in polls. at issue is whether emanuel has been a resident of chicago continuously for the past year. something he insisted again yesterday.