OBAMA PAL WHITAKER: WILL HE BE THE NEXT CHICAGO-MACHINE POL UNDER INVESTIGATION TO COMMIT SUICIDE?

FOUR CHICAGO MACHINE CROOKS HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE IN THE LAST 2 YEARS.

THE MOST RECENT ONLY LAST WEEK.

NOW THIS:

One of Obama's closest friends part of federal probe

RECORDS SOUGHT | Programs funded by state Health Dept. under Whitaker are targeted

E-mails and other records of Dr. Eric Whitaker -- one of President Obama's best friends -- have been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned.

The investigation involves "faith-based initiatives" and health-awareness campaigns funded by the Illinois Department of Public Health when Whitaker ran the agency for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, according to copies of subpoenas obtained under the state's Freedom of Information Act.

Obama has said he recommended Whitaker for that job, which Whitaker landed in April 2003. The president's friend resigned in October 2007 to join Obama's wife, Michelle, as an executive at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

I BETCHYA HE TURNS UP DEAD BEFORE NOVEMBER...